Specialised Clinical Psychologist

To contribute to the provision of the Dental Psychology Service, including highly specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
The post-holder will provide clinical supervision to more junior psychologists and consultation to colleagues. They will undertake service evaluation, audit, research and policy development. They will 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, take responsibility for their work with the support of their clinical supervisor.
They will work across a diverse range of services in the Dental Institute. Allocation of their time between services will be guided by more senior psychologists in the Institute, commensurate with the needs of each service. The post-holder may be required to spend some of their time at Queen Mary Hospital, Sidcup., The post holder will hold an diverse caseload and provide psychological interventions in the areas of trauma, anxiety, appearance-related distress and dental treatment-related phobias. They will work closely with surgeons, dentists and nurses to provide excellent multidisciplinary care to patients in KCH Dental Hospital.
They will also be required to develop existing psychology pathways with other members of the Dental Psychology Service, to supervise qualified psychologists and trainees and to contribute to research and audit projects, for which thy will receive protected time., · To provide highly specialist expertise in the psychological care of patients attending the Dental Hospital and their families and carers
· To provide specialist psychological assessments, clinical formulations and to select and deliver evidence based psychological treatments, in a diverse range of services across the Dental Hospital
· To work as an independent and autonomous professional, within BPS guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, taking full responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions
· To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans
· To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals in order to develop and review care plans
· To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required, to ensure that all psychology services provided are acceptable and accessible to the diverse communities served by the Dental Hospital
· To provide specialist psychological consultation to multi-disciplinary colleagues
· To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities
+ With management support as appropriate, to be responsible for the allocation of work and clinical supervision of the Band 7 practitioner psychologist
+ To supervise trainee applied psychologists
+ To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a senior psychologist, according to BPS, HCPC and Trust guidelines
+ To communicate skilfully and sensitively highly complex and sensitive information with patients, carers, colleagues in the multi-disciplinary team and other health professionals, taking account of sensory and cultural barriers to communication.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley., King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible., + Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust's criminal records checking policy
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