Job summary
About Neonatal Psychology
Clinical Psychologists and other accredited psychological professionals, with specialist expertise in neonatology, are key providers of evidence-based psychological assessment and interventions for parents, infants and staff on neonatal units. They work as part of an MDT, provide consultation to medical teams on complex cases and supervise other professionals delivering psychological interventions for parents and providing staff support. They can provide assessment and intervention in four important areas within neonatal units:
- Parental and family mental health
- Infant Mental Health
- Staff Support and Training
Main duties of the job
Neonatal Clinical Psychologist Band 8b, Part-time
- To provide highly specialist psychological support to babies, their families and staff on the Neonatal Care Unit at CUH.
- To liaise closely with the multi-disciplinary team to provide specialised advice and consultation on babies and families psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues.
- To work systemically, supporting the neonatal MDT to deliver psychologically informed care to babies and their families.
- To contribute to the delivery of teaching, training and supervision for both psychology and non-psychologist colleagues in order to enable them to identify early families who will benefit from specialist input. For example, developing and promoting screening tools for bedside staff to use.
Interview Date: 31st July 2024
About us
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.
Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children's Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.
Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
***Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role in the job description and person specification***
Person Specification
qualification
Essential
- oDoctoral level training in clinical, counselling, health psychology, including models of psychopathology, psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS. oRegistered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist
- oExperience delivering highly skilled psychological assessments, interventions, follow-up and data monitoring utilising at least 2 therapeutic models. oExperience of supervising pre-qualified psychologists/qualified psychologists and/or professionals from other disciplines.
Desirable
- oFurther training in psychological approaches to trauma, parent-infant relationship work or systemic family therapy. oPre or post-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- oExperience of working in a neonatal, perinatal or critical care environment. oFormal training in supervision. oExperience of setting up new services. oFormal QI training
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
Desirable
- o A commitment to the evaluation of services, enthusiasm for both multi-professional and uni-professional audit, and a desire to continue to develop expertise in the area
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Address
Croydon University hospital
530, London Road
Thornton Heath
CR7 7YE