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We are one of London's largest and busiest teaching Trusts, with a strong profile of local services primarily serving the boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.
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Assistant Psychologist
Closed for applications on: 28-Jul-2025 12:03
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 28-Jul-2025 12:03
Key details
Location
- Site
- King's College Hospital
- Address
- Denmark Hill
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE5 9RS
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 24 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £31,944 - £34,937 pro rata, inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 4)
Specialty
- Main area
- Major Trauma Centre, King's College Hospital
Job overview
Please note that this post may close early due a high volume of applications
We are looking for enthusiastic and flexible Assistant Psychologist to become part of a integrated psychology team within the Major Trauma Centre (MTC) at King’s College Hospital (KCH). This opportunity has arisen as a result of an innovative programme of work within London’s four MTC's that has been supported by funding from the NHS London Violence Reduction Programme team in collaboration with Specialised Commissioning.
The initial stage of the two-year project was to pilot the model to provide proof of concept and evidence of its value. This was initially a two year pilot, however the funding to sustain the service has been confirmed. Additional funding has been allocated to support routine data collection across the four London MTCs and to evaluate the success and impact of the pilot against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
The overall objective of this model is to develop and provide a comprehensive integrated model of care for major trauma patients that ensures equity of high quality physical and psychological trauma care in London’s MTCs which can be stepped up when a major incident occurs.
The successful post holder will work closely with the Practitioner Psychologists and other psychology colleagues in the MTC at KCH to deliver and operationalise the integrated model of psychological care for survivors of major trauma.
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- To assist the practitioner psychologist in the delivery of a specialist applied psychology service in the MTC at KCH.
- To provide clinical work as required by the service, under the direct guidance, close clinical and professional supervision of a practitioner psychologist.
- To ensure that systems are in place for the effective administration and management of the patient screening and referral process. This will include providing key support for the collation of new referrals, requesting additional referral information if required, presenting referrals in the team meeting, providing necessary telephone triage and helping to manage the appointment system.
- To assist in clinical and service-related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.
- To work following clinical guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, while closely supervised and regularly seeking help from clinical/professional supervisor or manager.
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King’s to another level.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
KR 1 Clinical and Client Care
- To provide clinical work as required by the service, under the clinical and professional supervision of a practitioner psychologist.
- Where appropriate, to assist in the provision of psychological screening, assessment and protocol-based interventions for patients with less complex needs in the MTC psychological support service under the supervision of a more senior psychologist.
- Where appropriate, to arrange, schedule and help provide support connected to protocol-based group psychological interventions for patients.
- To assist the psychologists in the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials, and in addition to develop such materials independently as falls within own degree of competence.
- To contribute to the training and support of other staff in developing and providing psychological care of clients.
KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning
- To contribute to the effective working of the Service, for example by creating and updating databases.
- To act in a manner that supports a psychologically informed framework for the service.
- To support the team or service’s delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.
KR 3 Policy and service development
- To follow policies and procedures in own area of work, and to comment on proposed development or changes.
- To support the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
KR 4 Care or management of resources
- To take care of, and use carefully, the Trust’s equipment and physical resources.
- To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.
KR 5 Teaching and Training
- Experience of delivering teaching/training in professional setting.
- To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations or published articles.
KR 6 Record-keeping and Information Governance
- To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures.
- To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.
- To create and maintain data bases and enter data, and perform analyses and produce reports.
KR 7 Research and development
- To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects to inform the psychologists working in the service and others in the development of Trust psychology services, training provision and research activities.
- To undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes.
- To undertake searches of evidence-based literature and research to assist in the development in the Trust of evidence-based practice.
- To conduct surveys with service users and carers to gather views on service provision.
KR 8 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development
- To receive regular clinical and professional supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines
- To gain wider experience of professional psychology within the NHS over and above that provided within the principal service area where the post-holder is employed.
- To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties.
- To undertake personal training relevant to the post in agreement with the supervising psychologist and the manager.
KR 9 General
- To attend psychology meetings as appropriate at site and across the Trust when required.
- To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group, and follow trust policies relating to its management
- To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations and to support others involved in such situations.
Person Specification
Please see further detail of all essential and desirable requirements within the Job Description.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- A First-class or Upper-second-class Bachelors degree with Honours in Psychology that is accredited by the British Psychological Society and confers the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society.
Desirable criteria
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with people with physical health problems / mental health problems (voluntary or paid work)
- Demonstrate ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals
- Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience
Desirable criteria
- Specific experience/knowledge associated with physical health problems
- Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams with colleagues from a range of disciplines
- The Trust encourages and welcomes applications from people with lived experience of mental health challenges. We see this as valuable and recognise the positive impact this experience can have on the work we do
Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills in relevant psychological assessment and interventions that enable working independently as a pre-qualified practitioner with clinical supervision
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex, sensitive or contentious information to clients, families and colleagues.
- Experience in providing teaching and training to other professional groups
- Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Graduate level knowledge of psychological research methodology and statistical analysis
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with physical or mental health problems
- Awareness of culture, ethnicity, diversity and inclusion issues through attendance of relevant training
Desirable criteria
- An understanding of models of health psychology in addition to models of psychopathology
Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles
- Ability to identify and follow relevant clinical governance procedures
- Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions
- Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour
- Ability to communicate complex, sensitive or contentious information to people who may be aroused, or hostile to the information, or have severe impediments to understanding
- Ability to manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Teuta Rexhepi-Johansson
- Job title
- Psychology Lead for Major Trauma
- Email address
- [email protected]
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