Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

A unique and exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated clinical or counselling psychologist to work one day a week in the Camden Diabetes Integrated Practice Unit (IPU) as part of the Community Diabetes Service. This post is a key member of the IPU Team and has been successfully delivered one day a week. It is important for the potential candidate to be available on a Wednesday, which is key to role to attend the team MDT.

The post holder will also work across two sites Peckwater Health Centre and Belsize Priory/Abbey Road Centre undertaking joint consultations with other team members, 1-2-1 clinics or groups. Interviews will be held virtually and are planned for the 23rd February AM and 9th March AM.

The IPU works as a diverse multidisciplinary team in primary, secondary and tertiary care to design care plans that meet the needs of people with Diabetes.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will use their knowledge and skills to provide a range of interventions to ameliorate psychological distress and enhance physical and physiological wellbeing in service users.

This role is embedded fully into the multi-disciplinary teams of the service and will provide psychological expertise to the team as well as working alongside medical and allied health professionals across a range of contexts.

We are looking for and HCPC registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of a wide variety of client groups across the full range of care settings.

For further details about the role, please see the job description and person specification

Camden Health Partners Limited (CHP), works to support improved health and wellbeing outcomes for the people of Camden through their General Practice and delivers direct patient care services particularly aspects of the urgent care pathway working with Acute Trusts and is an integral member of the Camden Diabetes Care collaborative. The company also has a charitable arm called Camden ANCHOR.

As a clinically led organisation, our focus is on improving patient outcomes and patient experience for the money we have available. Our priorities and work plan for this year is set out in our business plan that will be shared with you during induction. We are committed to partnership working with our provider partners, member practices, primary care networks and patients to deliver our plans.

This role is entitled to an NHS pension. Annual leave starts at 27 days rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years following proof of NHS service.

For an informal discussion, please contact Dr Shazia Mariam

Job Description

Job title:

Clinical or Counselling Psychologist in Diabetes

Hours:

7.5 hours per week

Contract:

Permanent

Accountable to:
Medical Director, Camden Health Partners

Responsible for:
Psychological Services for Individuals with Diabetes

Description of the Service

The Camden Diabetes Integrated Practice Unit (IPU) works as part of a diverse multi-disciplinary team in primary, secondary, and tertiary care to design care plans that meet the needs of people with Diabetes. The team serves patients registered with a GP and Primary Care Networks in the Camden borough. Diabetes can have a significant impact on the quality of someone life and the financial implications on the NHS.

The Team aims to optimise health and wellbeing, reducing complications and prevent unscheduled hospital visits. The Community Diabetes Team offers time-limited input for Camden patients who require specialist support. Most service users have Type 2 Diabetes but the service also offers support to individuals with Type 1 Diabetes who are disengaged with care or require outreach support. The post holder will be employed by Camden Health Partners and will work in the Camden Community Diabetes IPU based at St Pancras Hospital.

JOB PURPOSE

This role is a unique opportunity to provide high quality psychological care to an award-winning, forward thinking diabetes service in which psychological insights and care are highly valued and considered of central importance to the strategic objectives of the service.

The clinical/counselling psychologist role is highly valued and embedded fully into the multi-disciplinary teams of the service. The post-holder will be expected to work alongside medical and allied health professional colleagues across a range contexts, including but not limited to; single and multi-professional outpatient consultations, home visits, and multi-disciplinary team meetings. A key part of the role is liaising with other agencies such as mental health teams, social services, GPs.

The post holder will:

• Use their knowledge and skills to provide a range of interventions to ameliorate psychological distress and enhance physical and psychological wellbeing in service users.
• Support the psychological care offered to service users by other members of the multi-disciplinary team by providing…