Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist - Cardiac Rehabilitation

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated, experienced practitioner psychologist to the multi-disciplinary cardiac rehabilitation service at Guy's and St Thomas'. This is an exciting opportunity to join our expanding psychology service within cardiology. You will provide assessment, therapeutic interventions, educational consultations and psychological support to people that have experienced a cardiac event and have mental health/ psychological difficulties in relation to their event and/or management of their condition. The provision of 1:1 and group evidence-based psychological interventions to promote psychological well-being in physical health is a key requirement.
In addition to direct patient contact, you will have the opportunity to contribute more broadly to the strategic development and delivery of cardiac psychology services. You may also have the opportunity to provide supervision to trainee psychologists and postgraduate students., To ensure the systematic provision of a high quality, safe and highly specialist psychology service for the cardiac rehabilitation service based at St Thomas' Hospital.
To work autonomously developing pathways for psychology across GSTT and the wider directorate engaging with multidisciplinary teams within and across services and directorate when appropriate.
To work within a stepped-care model managing demand for clinical service and reporting and making recommendations regarding service provision.
To develop and deliver group and individual therapy and also consider using technology to enhance engagement built in an effective and cost-effective model of care.
To offer psychological assessment and formulation led and evidence-based treatment to cardiac patients.
To provide supervision of trainee clinical psychologists and junior staff inter and multidisciplinary if required.

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Organisational Values:
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The post holder will:
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+ Ambitious
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details please review the additional documents provided: Job Description and Personal Specification.
Interviews are scheduled for 27th January
Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.