Practitioner Psychologist (Staff Wellbeing - Sexual Safety)

at  University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Are you a highly qualified psychologist or psychotherapist with a passion for restorative justice and trauma informed practice?
Would you like to be part of an exciting new initiative supporting sexual safety in the workplace?
We are looking for a compassionate, creative and highly motivated psychologist / psychotherapist to join the UCLH Staff Psychology & Welfare Service (SPWS). SPWS is well-established within the Trust and the post-holder will join a friendly and diverse multi-disciplinary team of clinical and counselling psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors, conflict coaches and mediators. This is an exciting and critically important time to work in this area, helping to support our diverse hospital workforce to cope with the impact of, and recover from the pandemic as well as the on-going nature of healthcare work in acute hospital settings. The successful candidate will work directly to support the implementation the sexual safety charter launched by NHS England in 2023.

This role within the service requires the post-holder to be confident to work independently within their own team as well as closely with multi-disciplinary teams across the Trust. They should be able to bring a good level of knowledge on trauma informed practice. The right person will be organised, self-motivated, self-aware, robust and show a commitment to working with the staff and services that provide support to our staff members in a compassionate manner.

• To assess & support Acute Health NHS Staff who report sexual safety issues and any mental health problems in the self-management of their recovery
• To assess & support those reported for sexual safety issues and are under investigation
• To assist with the provision of information/self-help material and support for self-help groups
• To provide therapeutic interventions suitable to this client group’s needs.
• To attend multidisciplinary meetings about referrals or clients in treatment
• To be involved in mapping demand, lead in monitoring outcomes for staff support work and its evaluation
• To complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service
• To support the Pathway Lead on the development & implementation of this & other trust-wide strategic projects developing a trauma informed culture with sustainable organisational support programmes
• To work with our Staff Networks, staff partner & freedom to speak up guardians to ensure equitable representation from vulnerable staff groups and ensure appropriate consideration of intersectionality is included in all aspects of the pathway
• To develop strong relationships with external providers & specialists in sexual trauma & embed a robust referral pathway outside of UCLH & SPWS is embedded into the organisational pathway for these incidents for staff

We offer excellent clinical supervision and support with line management by the Clinical Lead / Consultant Clinical Psychologist .
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicin e
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Practitioner Psychologist for Staff Wellbeing – Supporting Sexual Safety & Trauma Pathway
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
The Staff Psychology & Welfare Service has been in place for over 20 years at UCLH with this post a recent addition to enhance the service. The covid-19 pandemic has further increased the need for individual and team level staff support and The Staff Psychology & Welfare Service continues to address these needs, offering prompt access to highly specialist assessment and a range of evidence-based psychological interventions for staff. It is also part of the wider recovery programme and long term health and wellbeing agenda at UCLH. We work closely with our workforce colleagues in Staff Experience, Learning & Development and alongside our Staff Networks to encourage long term and sustainable cultural change within the organisation. This will be particularly important for the successful candidate as they will be working across the Trust with the HR Project Manager for Sexual Safety and SPWS Psychologist Sexual Safety Pathway Lead to support them to embed the charter and new reporting and intervention pathways by treating and supporting individuals within the pathway that are reporting incidents of sexual misconduct. Our team aims to represent the diverse workforce we support and is dedicated to promoting equity and embracing inclusion as core values. We aim to reduce stigma, increase engagement in self-care, and organisational support to help our staff thrive at work and in their personal lives.
Our team was expanded in response to the growing psychosocial needs of staff emerging during the coronavirus pandemic and will aim to support the recovery of the organisation and staff following the pandemic based on our trauma informed stepped-care approach. The post holder will be joining a large supportive service with good levels of supervision. The post holder will undertake clinical work under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist and be part of the treatment pathway for the sexual safety charter therapeutic input, and treatment aspects of the initiative. Other duties include working with the Pathway Lead and Assistant Psychologist to enhance the treatment pathway for staff and support them through the investigation process; this may include developing resources and supporting training workshops with eh Pathway Lead
The SPWS team is a well established and respected service. We are friendly team that works closely together to meet the support needs of our colleagues in the Trust, their teams and the organisation as a whole. The team has grown significantly to meet these needs and we continue to welcome new members to our service. This post would suit someone with a wide range of skills who has experience of undertaking this work in the NHS or large organisations. The successful candidate will be well supported but expected to work proactively, autonomously with a diverse population of staff from all areas of the Trust. The role has some flexibility for hybrid working.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.
This vacancy has been advertised in accordance with the new NHS pay rate which will take effect from autumn 2024. Please note if your employment starts before the 24/25 pay scales are implemented you will be paid under the 23/24 pay scales and any backpay will be adjusted accordingly. Further information can be found at https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/pay-scales-20242

• To assess & support Acute Health NHS Staff who report sexual safety issues and any mental health problems in the self-management of their recovery
• To assess & support those reported for sexual safety issues and are under investigation
• To assist with the provision of information/self-help material and support for self-help groups
• To provide therapeutic interventions suitable to this client group’s needs.
• To attend multidisciplinary meetings about referrals or clients in treatment
• To be involved in mapping demand, lead in monitoring outcomes for staff support work and its evaluation
• To complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service
• To support the Pathway Lead on the development & implementation of this & other trust-wide strategic projects developing a trauma informed culture with sustainable organisational support programmes
• To work with our Staff Networks, staff partner & freedom to speak up guardians to ensure equitable representation from vulnerable staff groups and ensure appropriate consideration of intersectionality is included in all aspects of the pathway
• To develop strong relationships with external providers & specialists in sexual trauma & embed a robust referral pathway outside of UCLH & SPWS is embedded into the organisational pathway for these incidents for staf