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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.
Our specialist services are available to patients across a wider catchment area, providing nationally and internationally recognised work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, haemato-oncology and foetal medicine.
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Assistant Psychologist
Accepting applications until: 23-Oct-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 23-Oct-2025 23:59
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
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday)
Salary
- Salary
- £33,094 - £36,195 per annum including HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 4)
Specialty
- Main area
- Brain Injury / Clinical Neurosciences
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 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 the London Borough of Bromley.
We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.
Job overview
A unique opportunity is now available to work as an assistant psychologist in a well-established multi-disciplinary brain injury team.
The team has a good record in supporting the development of prospective clinical psychologists.
The post holder will have supervision from a clinical psychologist, but will also have the opportunity to work closely with the specialist nurses, family psychotherapist and other members of the wider multi-disciplinary team.
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The post holder’s work will be in the domains of:
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Helping to manage the patient pathway
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Working clinically with patients and their families
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Assisting with service improvement
They will have opportunities to:
- Perform neuropsychological assessments
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Offer individual treatments under supervision
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Collect, analyse and report data for audit, service evaluation and research.
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Collect and evaluate clinical screening and outcome measures.
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To perform family systemic assessments in the acute and out-patient setting
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To work with challenging behaviour
Working for our organisation
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of 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 aim to take Team King’s to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical Responsibilities
- To support and enhance the multi-disciplinary care of people with acquired brain injury and their families.
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To assist with the delivery of the clinical service by:
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Carrying out patient and family assessments and treatments as delegated by senior members of the team
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Collecting and recording demographic, clinical assessment, outcome and service utilisation data.
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To assist with giving information to patients and families about brain injury and sources of support.
Administrative Responsibilities
- To help maintain prospective records of King’s patients and families affected by brain injury who have made use of the service. In particular, ensuring good quality, linked demographic, clinical outcome and service utilisation data.
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To work effectively with the administrative staff to ensure patients and their families are offered appropriate services in virtual and face to face clinics and support groups. Specifically, this might mean scheduling appointments with patients and families, carrying out clinical screening or triage prior to appointments, following up on management plans, liaising with other clinical staff or other agencies.
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To signpost and/or refer patients and their families to external agencies, third sector organisations, ensuring appropriate handover of clinical, family systemic and other social information.
Systems and Data Management
- To ensure all data collected for the service is accurate and kept in line with information governance policies.
- To undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes.
Research and Service Development
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To participate in the day to day management of any quality improvement projects, service evaluation, research and audit.
- Ensure appropriate inclusion of patients and their families any quality improvement work, for example by involvement in co-design processes and seeking feedback about their experience of the service.
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To undertake literature searches as required.
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To collect qualitative and quantitative data and undertake preliminary analyses for service improvement purposes. This may include clinical outcome data, individual interviews and focus groups, literature review.
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To assist with reporting of any quality improvement, audit, evaluation or research.
Education and Training
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To receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines.
- To participate in departmental training and meetings.
General
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The post holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and wellbeing and that of work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital, in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post.
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To observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of King's College Hospital NHS Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations.
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To observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
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To be responsible, with management support, for their own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.
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This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holder.
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All employees must hold an 'nhs.net' email account which will be the Trust's formal route for email communication.
Safeguarding :
The Trust takes the issues of Safeguarding Children, Adults and addressing Domestic Abuse very seriously. All employees have a responsibility to support the organisation in our duties by;
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attending mandatory training on safeguarding children and adults
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familiarising themselves with the Trust's processes for reporting concerns
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reporting any safeguarding child or adult concerns appropriately
Infection Control Statement
The post holder has an important responsibility for and contribution to infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene procedures and requirements when in clinical areas.
The post holder has an important responsibility for and contribution to make to infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role.
These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards must be strictly complied with at all times.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Shortlisting
Essential criteria
- At least a 2:1 (Hons) in Psychology [ or a Master’s degree in Applied Psychology or a further period of academic study at a commensurate level]
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
- Graduate level knowledge of psychological research methodology and statistical analysis.
- Knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical neuropsychology
- An ability to interact with people with neurological impairment and disabilities
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning.
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with people who have suffered acquired brain injuries
- Postgraduate clinical experience working as an assistant psychologist using standard neuropsychological tests
- Knowledge of family systemic theory and practice
- Experience of support working with patients and families
- A desire to explore a career in clinical psychology
- Experience of software packages for databases or data-analysis
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- John Ling
- Job title
- Nurse Consultant / Family Psychotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 299 7828
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