Band 8B Principal Practitioner Psychologist | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 21 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £72,921 - £83,362 per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 September 2025 |
| Location: | London, NW3 2QG |
| Company: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7434699/391-RFL-7029802-C |
Summary
"An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Practitioner Psychologist to join the Royal Free London (RFL) Infected Blood Psychology Service (IBPS). This is a new service that was established following the Infected Blood Inquiry to provide multidisciplinary psychosocial care for those infected and affected by the contaminated blood products. The service is the regional branch of the England IBPS and covers the North and West regions of London. It is hosted within the Katharine Dormandy Haemophilia Centre and Thrombosis (KDHT) unit and collaborates closely with its multidisciplinary team, while maintaining its distinct identity.
The post holder will work flexibly and independently as part of the wider IBPS, KDHT, and other medical services in the North and West regions of London. They will work under the supervision and line management of a qualified practitioner psychologist and will be providing open-ended specialist formulation-driven psychological interventions for infected and affected.
The post holder will manage and lead the specialist clinical psychology service for all patients registered at the Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre at Royal Free hospital and patients across the North London Adult Haemophilia network , consistent with the World Class Care values and objectives of the Trust including the clinical supervision and day-to-day management (line management) of any psychological staff in this specialist service (e.g. trainee clinical or counselling psychologists).
To directly provide a clinical psychology service to patients and carers (where appropriate) across the North London Adult Haemophilia network; providing highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and treatments, complex risk assessments and advice on care (where psychological aspects are relevant), and offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures.
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Sep 2025
The post holder will work flexibly and independently as part of the wider IBPS, KDHT, and other medical services in the North and West regions of London. They will work under the supervision and line management of a qualified practitioner psychologist and will be providing open-ended specialist formulation-driven psychological interventions for infected and affected.
The post holder will manage and lead the specialist clinical psychology service for all patients registered at the Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre at Royal Free hospital and patients across the North London Adult Haemophilia network , consistent with the World Class Care values and objectives of the Trust including the clinical supervision and day-to-day management (line management) of any psychological staff in this specialist service (e.g. trainee clinical or counselling psychologists).
To directly provide a clinical psychology service to patients and carers (where appropriate) across the North London Adult Haemophilia network; providing highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and treatments, complex risk assessments and advice on care (where psychological aspects are relevant), and offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures.
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Sep 2025