About this role
Job summary
Would you like to join a supportive, friendly and innovative psychology team who are celebrating over 25 years of providing a service at GSTT? This is an opportunity to work in a large, acute healthcare Trust, in a psychology team that provides outpatient and inpatient support, MDT clinical work and input into service delivery.
Our team takes a proactive, inclusive and reflexive approach to integrating evidence-based, patient-centred psychological care into the treatment provided for people living with haematological conditions and their families. We engage in regular reflective spaces, CPD and aim to continually embed anti-discriminatory practices in our service delivery. We invite applicants who share this ethos and have a strong interest in the relationship between psychological and physical health and multidisciplinary working across inpatient and outpatient care.
A large proportion of people accessing our service are people of the Global Majority. We particularly welcome applicants who can add to the diversity of the existing team and who value working with diverse communities. We strive to be as representative of the local population as possible.
This is a fixed term role ending 31 March 2027
Interviews will be held: 13 July 2026
Main duties of the job
This part-time, fixed-term role will focus primarily on:
- Triaging (by phone)/assessing/providing therapy to outpatients (and potentially inpatients), relating to the psychological aspects of living with their haematological condition(s).
- Where appropriate, providing input into multidisciplinary team meetings/clinics.
Where time permits, there may also be opportunities to be involved in audits and service development, support junior staff members, teaching/training, group work and transition work.
There is also access to a range of department-wide and trust-wide learning opportunities/events to further develop your experiences of working within physical healthcare.
We are looking for someone with:
Experience of working in a general hospital setting, using evidence-based psychological therapies with people with long-term physical conditions Innovative ideas about how to make care accessible and effective for the communities we serve We welcome applications from trainee psychologists who are in the process of completing training requirements and obtaining HCPC registration. If HCPC registration has not been achieved by the time the post starts, candidates would start on B6 and move to B7 once conditions for that banding (including HCPC registration) have been achieved (providing this can be done within a reasonable and agreed time frame).
About us
Since 1997, the Haematology Psychology Service (HPS) has provided psychological support to patients with blood disorders and their families at GSTT. We are based within the haematology department at Guy's Hospital, with dedicated space in the Haemostasis & Thrombosis Centre at St Thomas' and are therefore well integrated within the multidisciplinary haematology teams.
The HPS is led by the Consultant Clinical & Health Psychologist and comprises of Practitioner Psychologists of various grades including a Senior Assistant Psychologist. The service is a popular placement destination for Doctoral clinical psychology trainees, MSc health psychology trainees, and psychology undergraduates. We host the 8a community psychologist role within the South East London Sickle Cell Enhanced Community care pilot and the GSTT Infected Blood Psychological Service. We also meet regularly with other psychologists across GSTT and are involved in Trust-wide initiatives.
We aim to attract a committed, diverse, and talented workforce who are passionate about delivering psychological care within an acute hospital setting and adapting approaches to meet the needs of our services and service users. In return, we offer a supportive, dynamic work setting where you can link with colleagues and develop your career.
As a flexible working organisation, we are open to discuss flexible working on appointment.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Professional Registration Essential
Doctoral level qualification or its equivalent in clinical or health or counselling psychology as accredited by BPS Registered with HCPC as practitioner psychologist or expect to do so by 31/10/26
Experience Essential
Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of adult patients with physical health problems Experience of using evidence based psychological Interventions, for assessment and treatment of a wide variety of psychological problems Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team Experience of providing both group based and individual psychological interventions Experience and ability to undertake risk assessment of client in relation to self and others, and refer on to appropriate services as necessary
Desirable
Experience in the psychological management of haematological disorders, chronic pain
Knowledge Essential
Knowledge of evidence-based psychological therapeutic interventions Awareness of racial, cultural and diversity differences/issues through attendance of relevant training
Desirable
Specialist knowledge of the theory of specialised psychological therapies in specific areas of physical health such as haematology or chronic pain
Skills Essential
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological and behavioural assessment and intervention A strong ability to communicate at both a written and oral level, imparting complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, and carers and a wide range of lay and professional people within and outside the NHS
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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 Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address Guy's Hospital
Great Maze Pond
London
SE1 9RT
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)