Practitioner Psychologist in Adult Cystic Fibrosis

Job overview

An exciting, new, permanent band 8a role has become available within the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Service at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.  We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic practitioner psychologist into a service supporting adults with Cystic Fibrosis and the systems around them.

The person appointed will provide specialist psychological assessment and treatment to patients under the care of the Cystic Fibrosis service, as well as advice and consultation to professional colleagues. There are strong opportunities for research and service development with the CF MDT and wider psychological services.

We are looking for a candidate with experience in the field of clinical health psychology (and preferably CF) to work alongside two other practitioner psychologists. Operationally these posts sit within the wider Barts Heart and Thorax Psychological Services and clinical supervision and line management for this 8a post will be provided from this service. Further continuing professional development is actively encouraged. The post will provide a wide range of experience and allow the candidate to further develop valuable transferable skills.

Please note that the Cystic Fibrosis Service requires the postholder to be able to work Wednesday to Friday with Thursdays and Fridays being essential on-site days due to MDT clinics occurring on these days.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a candidate with experience in the field of clinical health psychology (and preferably CF) to work alongside two other practitioner psychologists (0.5 wte Band 7 and 0.5 wte Band 8a). Operationally these posts sit within the wider Barts Heart and Thorax Psychological Services and clinical supervision and line management for this 8a post will be provided from this service. Further continuing professional development is actively encouraged. The post will provide a wide range of experience and allow the candidate to further develop valuable transferable skills.

Professionally, you will join a well-established and well-regarded Cystic Fibrosis service, as well as an innovative and expanding team of psychological practitioners working across respiratory, cancer, and cardiac services on site at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. You will also join a wider professional network of over 60 psychological practitioners, working within many acute and community services across Barts Health NHS Trust.

For further details about the post, applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Vicky Kelly (Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Service Lead of Barts Heart and Thorax Psychological Services) on [email protected]

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.