Lead ICU Psychologist

We are looking to recruit an experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to co-lead the Intensive Care Psychology service. This person will share the position of Lead Psychologist for a well respected and valued ICU Psychology service that provides specialist psychological services to patients and staff of Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex Hospital. The team sits within a large, diverse and supportive Clinical Health Psychology service. The ICUs form part of the North West London Critical Care Network Group, which is committed to sharing best practice through peer review processes and regular networking events. As part of our commitment to address inequalities in healthcare, we are keen to hear from applicants with lived experience relevant to the diverse communities we work with, and from those with particular skills in understanding and promoting anti-discrimination associated with protected characteristics. The Trust has the following active Staff Networks: BAME Staff Network, Disabled Employees Network (DEN+), Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Staff Network (LGBT+), Carers at Work Network, Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues Stigma Transformation (LEMHIST) Network and Women's Network. The postholder will be supported to access and contribute to the work of these networks as a member or ally.Main duties of the job

• To develop, deliver and lead a high quality, sustainable, evidence-based psychology service for the ICUs, including highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and interventions for patients, relatives and caregivers in the ICU setting
• To provide a range of highly specialist psychological interventions, both therapeutic and psychoeducational, for patients, relatives/caregiver sand the team to ensure psychologically informed care in the ICU
• To provide clinical leadership into the development of the ICU Psychology Service, in line with Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's vision.
• To regularly use excellent communication and interpersonal skills to defuse emotive situations and develop positive therapeutic relationships/partnerships with others, for example in end of life care
• To regularly audit and review clinical activity within the service and consider developing new cost effective, evidence-based delivery models to increase access to the service
• To serve as a source of professional leadership and consultation to the Trust in areas pertaining to psychological practice and initiatives for promoting psychological care in the ICUs
• To provide expert advice to managers and other stakeholders in the Trust in relation to promoting and improving psychological skills for staff working in the ICUs.
  
  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is a great place to work for Psychological Professions. We employ a wide range of Psychological Professions. We value the rich, diverse contributions to our services that our great staff make. We offer our Psychological Professions opportunities across a range of clinical services, in the most diverse areas in London.