Practitioner Psychologist (Staff Wellbeing - Sexual Safety)

Are you a highly qualified psychologist or psychotherapist with a passion for restorative justice and trauma informed practice?

Would you like to be part of an exciting new initiative supporting sexual safety in the workplace?

We are looking for a compassionate, creative and highly motivated psychologist / psychotherapist to join the UCLH Staff Psychology & Welfare Service (SPWS). SPWS is well-established within the Trust and the post-holder will join a friendly and diverse multi-disciplinary team of clinical and counselling psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors, conflict coaches and mediators. This is an exciting and critically important time to work in this area, helping to support our diverse hospital workforce to cope with the impact of, and recover from the pandemic as well as the on-going nature of healthcare work in acute hospital settings. The successful candidate will work directly to support the implementation the sexual safety charter launched by NHS England in 2023.

This role within the service requires the post-holder to be confident to work independently within their own team as well as closely with multi-disciplinary teams across the Trust. They should be able to bring a good level of knowledge on trauma informed practice. The right person will be organised, self-motivated, self-aware, robust and show a commitment to working with the staff and services that provide support to our staff members in a compassionate manner., o To assess & support Acute Health NHS Staff who report sexual safety issues and any mental health problems in the self-management of their recoveryo To assess & support those reported for sexual safety issues and are under investigationo To assist with the provision of information/self-help material and support for self-help groupso To provide therapeutic interventions suitable to this client group's needs.o To attend multidisciplinary meetings about referrals or clients in treatmento To be involved in mapping demand, lead in monitoring outcomes for staff support work and its evaluationo To complete all requirements relating to data collection within the serviceo To support the Pathway Lead on the development & implementation of this & other trust-wide strategic projects developing a trauma informed culture with sustainable organisational support programmeso To work with our Staff Networks, staff partner & freedom to speak up guardians to ensure equitable
representation from vulnerable staff groups and ensure appropriate consideration of intersectionality is included in all aspects of the pathwayo To develop strong relationships with external providers & specialists in sexual trauma & embed a robust referral pathway outside of UCLH & SPWS is embedded into the organisational pathway for these incidents for staff

We offer excellent clinical supervision and support with line management by the Clinical Lead / Consultant Clinical Psychologist.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing), We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.


We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.