Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist - NICU | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
We are recruiting for a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
This is an exciting new hub role post-split between three sites, Lister Hospital Stevenage, Princess Alexander Hospital Harlow and Watford General, Watford.
The post is based at Lister Hospital, Stevenage.
As part of the Neonatal critical care review, we are looking to employ a Neonatal Clinical Psychologist to support our Services.
This is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to plan, develop and lead the Neonatal Services across 3 sites which will include the provision of consultation and training to colleagues within the multidisciplinary team, psychological assessment and brief interventions and liaison with partnership services.Research and service evaluation is a key part of this role.
You will have psychological skills and experience of working with parents and colleagues within a healthcare setting and experience in mental health.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Our level 2 unit at the Lister hospital consists of 28 cots, 10 of which are designed to ITU/HDU. We are part of the East of England Neonatal network, providing expert care for sick and preterm babies in our area and supporting services in the network.
We also manage a 6 bedded Transitional care area, located on the postnatal ward, where patients can remain with their babies up until they are discharged.
Clinical supervision will be provided by the Paediatric Psychology Service Lead and monthly Supervision by the ODN East of England Lead Clinical Psychologist.
You will liaise closely with the multi-disciplinary team to provide specialist advice and consultation on babies and families psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
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We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Saturday 1 Mar 2025