Opportunity to develop clinical, educational, and leadership skills in a supportive environment.
Involvement in a highly regarded and internationally recognized health and wellbeing programme.
Focus on delivering evidence-based initiatives that enhance the psychological wellbeing of staff, leading to improved engagement and patient care.
Ability to work within a dynamic team while also having the autonomy to manage individual responsibilities.
Engagement in both proactive and reactive psychological support initiatives, enhancing professional experience.
Participation in a role that addresses staff stress and psychological distress, making a meaningful impact on employees' lives.
The chance to contribute to an essential service that expanded significantly in response to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The role of Highly Specialised Practitioner Psychologist for Staff Wellbeing at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is a fixed-term position in central London, focused on enhancing staff psychological wellbeing within the occupational health service. The successful candidate will play a critical role in the development and delivery of a comprehensive wellbeing program, which emphasises both proactive and reactive mental health initiatives. Key responsibilities include providing individual and group interventions, delivering psychoeducation, and contributing to strategic program development while collaborating with other team members.
Candidates should possess strong clinical expertise and organisational skills, allowing them to balance clinical and non-clinical responsibilities effectively. This position not only aims to improve staff wellbeing but also supports better health outcomes and patient care through evidence-based initiatives. The role has gained particular significance following the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the ongoing relevance of psychological support in the workplace. For more information or to arrange an informal visit, potential applicants can reach out to the lead psychologists listed in the job description.
Opportunity to develop clinical, educational, and leadership skills in a supportive environment.
Involvement in a highly regarded and internationally recognised health and wellbeing programme.
Focus on delivering evidence-based initiatives that enhance the psychological wellbeing of staff, leading to improved engagement and patient care.
Ability to work within a dynamic team while also having the autonomy to manage individual responsibilities.
Engagement in both proactive and reactive psychological support initiatives, enhancing professional experience.
Participation in a role that addresses staff stress and psychological distress, making a meaningful impact on employees' lives.
The chance to contribute to an essential service that expanded significantly in response to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Highly Specialised Practitioner Psychologists for Staff Wellbeing
1.0 wte fixed term for 12 months
NHS AfC: Band 8A
Are you looking for a new challenge and an exciting opportunity to develop your clinical, educational and leadership skills? Come and join us in our busy central London NHS occupational health, safety and wellbeing service where we are looking for Practitioner Psychologists to join our team delivering the Staff Psychological Wellbeing programme. This post forms part of our sub-team to support the Cancer & Surgery clinical group.
We are proud of our substantial and internationally recognised health and wellbeing programme which includes a strong staff psychological wellbeing component involving proactive, preventative approaches as well as reactive approaches including psychological debriefs and psychological therapies. The Practitioner Psychologists will be pivotal in delivering the staff psychological wellbeing component as well as assisting the service leads with the strategic development of the programme. Our programme has a strong focus on delivering evidence-based initiatives, evaluation, and ensuring engagement with employees and stakeholders.
Interviews will be held on 6th February 2025.
This is a varied and interesting role and we are looking for proactive and creative individuals who will be able to work in a team but also autonomously. The job requires excellent organisational skills. You will be able to effectively balance the clinical and non-clinical priorities of the role. You will have extensive clinical expertise to deliver both individual and group based interventions including proactive psychoeducation.
If you enjoy a challenge and working as part of a team, then this post could be the one for you.
The Staff Wellbeing Psychology Service provides a psychological therapies service for staff referred via Occupational Health as well as a range of staff support activities across Trust sites. These include preventative initiatives. There is now clear evidence to suggest that improving the psychological wellbeing of staff leads to better health and wellbeing and has a positive impact on staff engagement and patient care. The work of the psychology service can be categorised into 1) proactive initiatives (including understanding causes of staff stress and psychological distress on an organisational level, and delivering psychoeducation and reflective practice) and 2) reactive initiatives (including psychological therapies and psychological debriefs).
This programme became all the more important through the COVID-19 pandemic and the service grew rapidly in response and this growth has been sustained.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Amanda Mwale Job title: Lead Staff Wellbeing Psychologist Cancer & Surgery Email address: Telephone number: 02
Dr Sherry Rehim
Lead Staff Wellbeing Psychologist - Cancer &
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