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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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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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Contact

Address: King's College Hospital; Denmark Hill; London; SE5 9RS
Contact Number: 0203 299 9000

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Ref: 213-Division-A-8239751-A Vacancy ID: 8342889

Practitioner Psychologist in Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia

Accepting applications until: 19-Oct-2026 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 19-Oct-2026 23:59

Location

Gwefan: King's College Hospital
Cyfeiriad: Denmark Hill
Tref: Camberwell
Cod post: SE5 9RS
Major / Minor Region: London

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: 12 months (Fixed term maternity cover until November 2027)
Oriau: Part time - 22.5 hours per week

Salary

Cyflog: £58,133 - £65,261 per annum, including high cost area (Pro Rata)
Cyfnod cyflog: Yearly
Gradd: (NHS AfC: Band 7)

Specialty

Prif leoliad: Practitioner Psychology

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 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 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.

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Clinical and client care

To provide specialist psychological assessments (including neuropsychological assessments if this is within the post holder's competencies), formulations and interventions for patients in the adult haemoglobinopathy service.
To develop and deliver psychological interventions that are tailored to the needs of both inpatients and outpatients.
To produce detailed reports based on the results of psychological assessments (and neuropsychological assessments where applicable).
To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred patients when required.
To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.

Contributing to team or service clinical functioning

To contribute to the effective working of the haemoglobinopathies team and the haematology service and to help contribute to the development and facilitation of a psychologically informed framework for the service.
To contribute to the team and service's delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.
To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.
To advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of patients.
To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals in order to develop and review care plans.

Policy and service development

To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.
To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.

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 when needed.

Management and supervision

To be responsible for the allocation and/or clinical supervision of the work of an assistant psychologist if required, under supervision from a more senior psychologist.
To supervise trainee applied psychologists within own area of specialism after completion of the relevant course's supervision training.

Teaching and training

To provide occasional specialist training in psychological approaches to other professions as appropriate.
To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.

Record-keeping and information governance

To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded 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.

Research and development

To undertake regular complex service evaluation, audits or research relevant to service needs.

Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development

To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist according to HCPC and Trust guidelines.
To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and the HCPC 'Standards for Continuing Professional Development'.
To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.
To comply with the HCPC 'Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics' and 'Standards of Proficiency', and ensure professional development in line with these.
To adhere to the BPS's Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.

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All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

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King's Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre Website

King's College Hospital is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between King's College London, and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Essential & Desirable - Person Specification

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Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration.
Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist.
Experience of receiving clinical supervision across a range of client needs.
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature.
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.
Experience of developing and carrying out research projects.
Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment.
Knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics.
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities.
To deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences.
Knowledge of the selection and administration of specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources.
To communicate skilfully and sensitively (at both a written and oral level) complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues within and outside the NHS, and overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.
To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and for meetings such as CPA and case reviews.
Skills in the use of methods of psychological assessments and intervention in a specialist area, such as cognitive behaviour therapy.
To plan allocation of tasks to assistant psychologists.
To be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials.
Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.
Ability to work effectively within complex multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environments, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings.
Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these.
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 manage verbal aggression and hostility directed towards self

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Experience in the provision of cognitive behavioural therapy
Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams with colleagues from a range of disciplines.
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs specifically related to physical illness.
Experience in the psychological management of haematological disorders, and/or chronic pain.
Experience of undertaking and interpreting neuropsychological assessments and writing reports based on the results.