Highly Specialist Psychologist/ Psychological Therapist inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED SUN 19 JAN 2025

We are delighted to advertise this Band 8a post (or Band 7 to 8a Preceptorship) at the National Psychosis Unit, Bethlem Royal Hospital. The post holder will support the Consultant Clinical Psychologist to provide an excellent psychological service to the ward. The post holder will have experience supporting psychologists and psychotherapists (including trainees and pre-qualified staff) to work effectively, compassionately and collaboratively. The post holder will deliver evidenced based psychological interventions for people experiencing psychosis and their carers and families. The post holder will offer neuropsychological assessments to service users. The post holder will support staff to increase the psychological safety on the ward and support compassionate and trauma informed ways of working. Supporting staff on the ward will be in an important aspect of the role.

This post also offers opportunities for research and continuing professional development. The unit enjoys excellent research links with departments at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London and the Doctoral Clinical Training Course. The service and Directorate have a long tradition in supporting psychology practitioners in developing clinical expertise in novel and emerging areas of working with psychosis.

• To provide highly specialist psychological interventions for psychosis (individual, family, and carer) in a ward setting, including neuropsychological assessment.
• To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
• To provide clinical supervision and consultation.
• To promote service evaluation, audit, and research.
• To work as an autonomous professional within registration body guidelines and codes of conduct adhering to local policies.
• To facilitate a monthly staff support group, and to participate, as a recipient, in staff support work when appropriate.
• To facilitate monthly case formulation and discussion spaces to support psychologically informed care and treatment planning.
• To provide a psychological perspective to clinical team discussions for example in ward rounds, CPAs, management rounds, and team discussions.
• To contribute to care through treatment planning and discharge planning as required.
• To take an active role in the multidisciplinary approach to safe patient care and to take appropriate action in relation to safe guarding concerns within the remit of the role.
• To contribute to delivering teaching and training to the team.
• To support the development of an anti-racist and trauma informed culture on the ward.
• To support staff wellbeing.
  
  

We are delighted to advertise this Band 8a post (or Band 7 to Band 8a Preceptorship) at the National Psychosis Unit, Bethlem Royal Hospital. The National Psychosis Unit is a clinical-academic tertiary service offering innovative individualised evidence-based multidisciplinary treatment to people with complex psychosis, where standard treatment guidelines have proven ineffective. The service aims to enhance quality of life through tailored treatments and promoting recovery thus reducing the need for high intensity placements and the risk of readmission. There is a strong focus on delivering support and interventions to carers and families. There are strong partnerships with the Departments of Psychosis Studies and Psychology based within the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London. We also liaise with clinical experts within other specialties across King’s Health Partners. The service aims to enhance quality of life through collaborative working towards recovery. Benefits include reduction in psychosis, less frequent episodes of illness, improved social functioning, better understanding of psychosis by the patient and carers and enhanced engagement with physical and mental health care plans. The ward currently has 18 beds (separate male and female wings) managed by a multidisciplinary team.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Majella Byrne Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: Telephone number: 020 3228 4570

Dr Byrne works on the NPU on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 8.00am to 6.30pm. Please communicate by email.