We are looking to recruit an experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to co-lead the Intensive Care Psychology service. This person will share the position of Lead Psychologist for a well-respected and valued ICU Psychology service that provides specialist psychological services to patients and staff of Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex Hospital. The team sits within a large, diverse and supportive Clinical Health Psychology service. This post is based at West Middlesex Hospital.
The ICUs form part of the North West London Critical Care Network Group, which is committed to sharing best practice through peer review processes and regular networking events.
As part of our commitment to address inequalities in healthcare, we are keen to hear from applicants with lived experience relevant to the diverse communities we work with, and from those with particular skills in understanding and promoting anti-discrimination associated with protected characteristics. The Trust has the following active Staff Networks: BAME Staff Network, Disabled Employees Network (DEN+), Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Staff Network (LGBT+), Carers at Work Network, Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues Stigma Transformation (LEMHIST) Network and Women’s Network. The postholder will be supported to access and contribute to the work of these networks as a member or ally.
Key Responsibilities:
To develop, deliver and lead a high quality, sustainable, evidence-based psychology service for the ICUs, including highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and interventions for patients, relatives and caregivers in the ICU setting. To provide a range of highly specialist psychological interventions, both therapeutic and psychoeducational, for patients, relatives/caregivers and the team to ensure psychologically informed care in the ICU. To provide clinical leadership into the development of the ICU Psychology Service, in line with Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s vision. To regularly use excellent communication and interpersonal skills to defuse emotive situations and develop positive therapeutic relationships/partnerships with others, for example in end of life care. To regularly audit and review clinical activity within the service and consider developing new cost-effective, evidence-based delivery models to increase access to the service. To serve as a source of professional leadership and consultation to the Trust in areas pertaining to psychological practice and initiatives for promoting psychological care in the ICUs. To provide expert advice to managers and other stakeholders in the Trust in relation to promoting and improving psychological skills for staff working in the ICUs. To take responsibility for managing referrals to the ICU Psychology service at West Middlesex Hospital. To provide specialist psychological assessments and interventions for patients admitted to the ICUs based upon the appropriate use and interpretation of individual psychological approaches, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and consultation with the MDT. To evaluate and make decisions about intervention options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, including recognising potential for or signs of safeguarding concerns. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individuals, and to provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management. To liaise with external agencies, including Liaison Psychiatry and community-based agencies as appropriate. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of individuals and teams under their care and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of the interventions offered. To provide expertise, advice and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all members of the treatment team.
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of responsibilities.
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The ICUs form part of the North West London Critical Care Network Group, which is committed to sharing best practice through peer review processes and regular networking events.
As part of our commitment to address inequalities in healthcare, we are keen to hear from applicants with lived experience relevant to the diverse communities we work with, and from those with particular skills in understanding and promoting anti-discrimination associated with protected characteristics. The Trust has the following active Staff Networks: BAME Staff Network, Disabled Employees Network (DEN+), Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Staff Network (LGBT+), Carers at Work Network, Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues Stigma Transformation (LEMHIST) Network and Women’s Network. The postholder will be supported to access and contribute to the work of these networks as a member or ally.
Key Responsibilities:
To develop, deliver and lead a high quality, sustainable, evidence-based psychology service for the ICUs, including highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and interventions for patients, relatives and caregivers in the ICU setting. To provide a range of highly specialist psychological interventions, both therapeutic and psychoeducational, for patients, relatives/caregivers and the team to ensure psychologically informed care in the ICU. To provide clinical leadership into the development of the ICU Psychology Service, in line with Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s vision. To regularly use excellent communication and interpersonal skills to defuse emotive situations and develop positive therapeutic relationships/partnerships with others, for example in end of life care. To regularly audit and review clinical activity within the service and consider developing new cost-effective, evidence-based delivery models to increase access to the service. To serve as a source of professional leadership and consultation to the Trust in areas pertaining to psychological practice and initiatives for promoting psychological care in the ICUs. To provide expert advice to managers and other stakeholders in the Trust in relation to promoting and improving psychological skills for staff working in the ICUs. To take responsibility for managing referrals to the ICU Psychology service at West Middlesex Hospital. To provide specialist psychological assessments and interventions for patients admitted to the ICUs based upon the appropriate use and interpretation of individual psychological approaches, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and consultation with the MDT. To evaluate and make decisions about intervention options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, including recognising potential for or signs of safeguarding concerns. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individuals, and to provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management. To liaise with external agencies, including Liaison Psychiatry and community-based agencies as appropriate. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of individuals and teams under their care and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of the interventions offered. To provide expertise, advice and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all members of the treatment team.
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of responsibilities.
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