Diabetes Psychologist - London, United Kingdom - Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

To help develop and provide a highly specialist psychology service for the diabetes service within Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust including specialist screening, assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.

To work autonomously within professional guidelines and to provide a specialist resource to the wider professional community, teaching and to undertake research activities.

To contribute to the effective working of the diabetes service and to help contribute to the development and facilitation of a psychologically informed framework for the service

To contribute to the team and services delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities
To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services
To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members
To participate in the ongoing implementation of new initiatives across the service

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust formed in 2013 is responsible for University Hospital Lewisham (UHL), Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), a range of community services in Lewisham and some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

We serve a population of more than 666,000 people across Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley, employ 6,500 staff and have 901 beds across our two hospitals.

UHL, which is located in the heart of Lewisham, is a teaching hospital that gained university status in 1997, due to the role it plays in undergraduate education and research.

QEH is based on Woolwich serving the local community.

Our vision is to work together to provide high quality care for every patient, every day.

Our staff put patients at the heart of everything they do - there is a genuine commitment to providing the best services we can for the local population.

This is reflected in the positive feedback we receive from patients, and by the number of Trust staff who have won national awards for best practice.

By joining us now, you can play a role in making this vision a reality.

CLINICAL

Provision of highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for patients in the diabetes service experiencing a range of psychological needs including adjustment difficulties, emotional distress in relation to their illness, depression, anxiety, eating issues, poor diabetes self-care and medication adherence issues
To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred patients when required
To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans
To provide specialist psychological consultation and supervision to colleagues within the diabetes MDT as well as to consult with other services who may be involved in the patient's care on psychological aspects specific to diabetes and its management
To work with diabetes colleagues to coordinate the psychological services delivered as part of the diabetes multidisciplinary team
To provide psychological support for Type 1 diabetes in particular the young adults and transition patients

TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION

To provide clinical and professional supervision to qualified clinical psychologists
To provide specialist advice, consultation, training and clinical supervision to other members of the team
To continue to develop expertise in the area of professional training

MANAGEMENT, RECRUITMENT, POLICY AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT

To contribute to the effective working of the diabetes service and to help contribute to the development and facilitation of a psychologically informed framework for the service
To contribute to the team and services delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities
To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services
To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members
To participate in the ongoing implementation of new initiatives across the service

GENERAL

Active participation in internal and external CPD training to ensure the development, maintenance and dissemination of the highest professional standards of practice.
To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group, and follow trust policies relating to its management
To ensure the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of HCPC policies and procedures.