About this role
Job summary
We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a motivated Principal Clinical Psychologist to join our specialist Adult Audiovestibular Clinical Psychology Service at the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals, UCLH. The post sits within a highly respected specialist service in one of the UK's leading NHS trusts, offering a varied clinical caseload, flexible working, and excellent opportunities for professional development. The role involves working with adults presenting with tinnitus, dizziness, hearing loss, hyperacusis, misophonia, and related ENT and sleep difficulties, offering the chance to develop expertise across a broad and interesting range of presentations. The post combines direct clinical work with opportunities for supervision, service development, teaching and research within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team. As this is a highly specialised field, prior experience in audiovestibular psychology is not expected. We would particularly welcome applications from psychologists with relevant experience in clinical health psychology or other adult services working with complex physical health presentations. The role offers a high degree of flexibility, with limited on-site working currently expected.
Main duties of the job
We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a motivated Principal Clinical Psychologist to join our specialist Adult Audiovestibular Clinical Psychology Service at the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals, UCLH. The post sits within a highly respected specialist service in one of the UK's leading NHS trusts, offering a varied clinical caseload, flexible working, and excellent opportunities for professional development. The role involves working with adults presenting with tinnitus, dizziness, hearing loss, hyperacusis, misophonia, and related ENT and sleep difficulties, offering the chance to develop expertise across a broad and interesting range of presentations. The post combines direct clinical work with opportunities for supervision, service development, teaching and research within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team. As this is a highly specialised field, prior experience in audiovestibular psychology is not expected. We would particularly welcome applications from psychologists with relevant experience in clinical health psychology or other adult services working with complex physical health presentations. The role offers a high degree of flexibility, with limited on-site working currently expected.
About us
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)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
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.
Job description Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
This is a Band 8a Principal Clinical Psychologist post (0.45 WTE / 16.9 hours per week) within the Adult Audiovestibular Clinical Psychology Service at the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals, UCLH. The post combines direct clinical work with supervision, teaching, service development, audit and research in a flexible and varied specialist clinical health setting.
Please note, due toanticipatedhigh volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You areadvised not to delaysubmittingyour completed application .
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
*UCLH top trust to work at in England- In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit:Flexible working.
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Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications Essential
Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) and registration with the Health Professions Council Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including community, primary care, outpatient and inpatient settings. Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity. Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts e.g. working with clients from different cultural backgrounds. Proven and substantial track record of service design, development and audit. Experience in preparing work for dissemination (e.g. paper publications, conference poster presentation, oral conference presentation) Evidence of continuing professional development in accordance with professional guidelines. Experience of teaching and training non-psychologists Evidence of experience of implementing innovative practice and facilitating change management
Desirable
Completion of further post-doctoral post-qualification training/professional development Formal post doctoral training in a model of psychological theory (e.g. CBT, systemic) Experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist with people with highly complex presentations. Experience of working in clinical health psychology or related adult physical health settings, and of delivering evidence-based group and individual psychological interventions. Substantial experience of working in outpatient settings with patients with complex medical problems, particularly persistent symptoms, adjustment difficulties, or ENT-related and other physical health presentations. Experience of teaching, training and clinical supervision of other psychologists and/or non-psychologists. Experience of working in clinical health psychology or related adult services.
Skills and Abilities Essential
Ability to work in partnership at all levels both within the organisation and with key stakeholders and groups across professional and interagency boundaries.
Desirable
Leadership skills capable of establishing direction & purpose and lead others within a complex organisationsal structure.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
47-49 Huntley Street
London
WC1E 6DG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)