Assistant Psychologist

Job overview

Please note that this post may close early due a high volume of applications

We are looking for enthusiastic and flexible Assistant Psychologist to become part of a integrated psychology team within the Major Trauma Centre (MTC) at King’s College Hospital (KCH). This opportunity has arisen as a result of an innovative programme of work within London’s four MTC's that has been supported by funding from the NHS London Violence Reduction Programme team in collaboration with Specialised Commissioning.

The initial stage of the two-year project was to pilot the model to provide proof of concept and evidence of its value. This was initially a two year pilot, however the funding to sustain the service has been confirmed. Additional funding has been allocated to support routine data collection across the four London MTCs and to evaluate the success and impact of the pilot against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

The overall objective of this model is to develop and provide a comprehensive integrated model of care for major trauma patients that ensures equity of high quality physical and psychological trauma care in London’s MTCs which can be stepped up when a major incident occurs.

The successful post holder will work closely with the Practitioner Psychologists and other psychology colleagues in the MTC at KCH to deliver and operationalise the integrated model of psychological care for survivors of major trauma.

Main duties of the job

• To assist the practitioner psychologist in the delivery of a specialist applied psychology service in the MTC at KCH.
• To provide clinical work as required by the service, under the direct guidance, close clinical and professional supervision of a practitioner psychologist.
• To ensure that systems are in place for the effective administration and management of the patient screening and referral process. This will include providing key support for the collation of new referrals, requesting additional referral information if required, presenting referrals in the team meeting, providing necessary telephone triage and helping to manage the appointment system.
• To assist in clinical and service-related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.
• To work following clinical guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, while closely supervised and regularly seeking help from clinical/professional supervisor or manager.

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 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 Bromley.

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.

The trust-wide strategy 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 can take Team King’s to another level.