Highly Specialist Psychologist in Sickle Cell Disorder
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 29 Ionawr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £61,631 - £68,623 per annum inc HCAS pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 28 Chwefror 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | London, NW6 5FA |
| Cwmni: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7695389/333-J-WE-0804 |
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A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
The role is to provide inpatient and outpatient specialist psychologist support to adults with sickle cell disorder within the red cell haematology service at Central Middlesex and Northwick Park hospitals and provide support for staff caring for this service user group.
Job Purpose:
· To provide a qualified clinical health psychology service to adult service users of London North West University Hospital Trust (LNWHT) receiving care for sickle cell disorder, including highly specialist psychological assessment, treatment, planning, implementation, and monitoring of outcomes.
· To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
· To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a specialist in psychological services for sickle cell disorder.
· To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.
· To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
· To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
The postholder is directly employed by Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL), contracted to work as a specialist psychologist embedded within the clinical haematology red cell service at London North West University Hospital Trust (LNWH).
Our values and commitments:
At CNWL, our core values include compassion, respect, empowerment, and partnership. These values represent the way in which we care for those using our service, and for each other.
Key Responsibilities:
KR 1 Clinical and Client Care
· To provide specialist psychological assessments and formulation of service users referred to or by the sickle cell service, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the service user’s care.
· To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred service users when required.
· To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
· To act as care coordinator, ensuring the provision of a care package appropriate for the service user’s needs, coordinating the work of others involved with care, tasking responsibility for arranging CPA reviews as required and communicating effectively with the service user, their family and all others involved in the network of care, and to monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.
KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning
· To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service.
· To contribute to the team or 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 service users.
· To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with service users to develop and review care plans.
· To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
KR 3 Policy and service development
· To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.
· To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.
· To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
KR 4 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 as needed.
KR 5 Management and supervision
· To be responsible for the allocation and/or clinical supervision of the work of more junior psychologists with support from a more senior psychologist.
· To supervise trainee applied psychologists within own area of specialism.
· To contribute to the appraisal of more junior psychologists, as appropriate.
· To contribute to the recruitment of more junior psychologists, as appropriate.
· To provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi-disciplinary staff as appropriate.
KR 6 Teaching and Training
· To undertake occasional teaching and training of pre and post- qualification psychologists and specialised training to other professions as appropriate.
· To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within the sickle cell service by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology and sickle cell disorder and by implementing knowledge gained in practice.
· To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.
KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance
· To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required 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.
KR 8 Research and development
· To initiate, undertake, support and supervise regular complex service evaluation and audits.
· To initiate and carry out appropriate research which will contribute to the well-being of the patient group, directly or indirectly.
· To provide expertise in a specialist research area which will contribute to the sickle cell service.
· To initiate and implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment and assist other staff in the implementation of same.
KR 9 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.
KR10 General
· To travel to community events and other meetingsas appropriate and across the Trust when required.
· To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the service user group and follow trust policies relating to its management.
To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations (such as challenging behaviour, abuse etc)and to support others involved in such situations.
This advert closes on Thursday 12 Feb 2026
The role is to provide inpatient and outpatient specialist psychologist support to adults with sickle cell disorder within the red cell haematology service at Central Middlesex and Northwick Park hospitals and provide support for staff caring for this service user group.
Job Purpose:
· To provide a qualified clinical health psychology service to adult service users of London North West University Hospital Trust (LNWHT) receiving care for sickle cell disorder, including highly specialist psychological assessment, treatment, planning, implementation, and monitoring of outcomes.
· To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
· To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a specialist in psychological services for sickle cell disorder.
· To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.
· To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
· To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
The postholder is directly employed by Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL), contracted to work as a specialist psychologist embedded within the clinical haematology red cell service at London North West University Hospital Trust (LNWH).
Our values and commitments:
At CNWL, our core values include compassion, respect, empowerment, and partnership. These values represent the way in which we care for those using our service, and for each other.
Key Responsibilities:
KR 1 Clinical and Client Care
· To provide specialist psychological assessments and formulation of service users referred to or by the sickle cell service, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the service user’s care.
· To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred service users when required.
· To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
· To act as care coordinator, ensuring the provision of a care package appropriate for the service user’s needs, coordinating the work of others involved with care, tasking responsibility for arranging CPA reviews as required and communicating effectively with the service user, their family and all others involved in the network of care, and to monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.
KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning
· To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service.
· To contribute to the team or 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 service users.
· To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with service users to develop and review care plans.
· To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
KR 3 Policy and service development
· To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.
· To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.
· To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
KR 4 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 as needed.
KR 5 Management and supervision
· To be responsible for the allocation and/or clinical supervision of the work of more junior psychologists with support from a more senior psychologist.
· To supervise trainee applied psychologists within own area of specialism.
· To contribute to the appraisal of more junior psychologists, as appropriate.
· To contribute to the recruitment of more junior psychologists, as appropriate.
· To provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi-disciplinary staff as appropriate.
KR 6 Teaching and Training
· To undertake occasional teaching and training of pre and post- qualification psychologists and specialised training to other professions as appropriate.
· To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within the sickle cell service by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology and sickle cell disorder and by implementing knowledge gained in practice.
· To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.
KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance
· To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required 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.
KR 8 Research and development
· To initiate, undertake, support and supervise regular complex service evaluation and audits.
· To initiate and carry out appropriate research which will contribute to the well-being of the patient group, directly or indirectly.
· To provide expertise in a specialist research area which will contribute to the sickle cell service.
· To initiate and implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment and assist other staff in the implementation of same.
KR 9 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.
KR10 General
· To travel to community events and other meetingsas appropriate and across the Trust when required.
· To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the service user group and follow trust policies relating to its management.
To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations (such as challenging behaviour, abuse etc)and to support others involved in such situations.
This advert closes on Thursday 12 Feb 2026
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