Band 8B Principal Practitioner Psychologist | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 21 August 2025 |
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| 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 Katharine Dormandy Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre based in the Royal Free Hospital. The centre is world renowned for its expertise in managing rare inherited and acquired bleeding disorders and its ground-breaking research into genetics, basic science, and gene therapy trials. The centre is very active in clinical research led by investigators from the centre and other commercial and non-commercial studies. It is a busy tertiary referral centre managing a range of patients and their families in a lifespan clinical approach. The bleeding disorders care model is a specially commissioned service by NHSE, with Psychological support being a key component of the National Service Framework.
The post holder will work as part of a highly experienced and multi-professional core team consisting of haematologists, clinical nurse specialists, specialist physiotherapists, laboratory scientists, and Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Orthopaedics and HIV and Hepatology specialists.
We are looking to welcome new staff to the PTNC community, who share our values of working together and supporting each other.
This post is full-time. As the service is currently in its mobilisation stage and requires working across different medical centres, we are currently unable to offer part-time or flexible work arrangements.
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 Thursday 4 Sep 2025