Clinical or Counselling Psychologist/Senior Psychological Therapist

Job overview

The gastrointestinal services division at University College Hospital is one of the largest in the UK, comprising clinical and academic consultant physicians working within the subspecialty areas of upper GI/laser medicine, HPB medicine, lower GI/IBD, nutrition, and clinical physiology. The department is based in University College Hospital and has a state-of-the-art 8 room endoscopy suite.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly skilled B7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Specialist Psychological Therapist to join our Adult Gastroenterology Psychology Service for a fixed-term maternity cover (12 months) post.

We work directly with multidisciplinary teams across Neurogastroenterology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), and into other cross-disciplinary teams across gastroenterology outpatient and inpatient services. Specialty teams include administration staff, gastroenterologists, clinical nurse specialists, pharmacists, dietitians, surgeons and other professionals. We are proud to serve a richly diverse community with representation of diversity within our staff groups.

We strongly believe that diverse teams create stronger services, and we actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and lived experiences. We offer flexible working arrangements, opportunities for personal and professional development, and a supportive, forward-thinking workplace where you can make a lasting impact.

Main duties of the job

To provide a clinical psychology service to the Adult Gastroenterology Psychology Service.

To assess and treat a specialist caseload of patients and maintain associated records.

Participate in CPD and other developmental activities.

Undertake R & D and clinical audit.

Clinically supervise Assistant Psychologists, other professionals and Trainee Clinical Psychologists as appropriate.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

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