Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist – Sickle Cell Disorder/CASGEVY

CompanyCentral and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

LocationLondon, England, United Kingdom

Posted At3/12/2026

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Clinical psychologists

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Description

Job Overview

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a part-time psychologist to support people with sickle cell disorder and thalassaemia. The postholder will have a specific remit to support people undergoing CASGEVY® gene-editing therapy using ground-breaking CRISPR-Cas9 technology, with the opportunity for wider input, including with patients pursuing other disease-modifying and curative therapies.

Main duties of the job

To provide a qualified clinical health psychology service to users of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust generally, and with a priority focus on those patients undergoing CASGEVY® CRISPR-Cas9 gene-edited therapy (hereafter referred to as ‘gene-therapy’) for severe sickle cell disorder or transfusion-dependent thalassemia, including highly specialist psychological assessment, treatment, planning, implementation, and monitoring of outcomes.
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 as appropriate, functioning as a specialist in psychological services for people treated with sickle cell disorder/thalassaemia.

To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.

To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.

To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.

Our values and commitments:

At CNWL, our core values include compassion, respect, empowerment, and partnership. These values represent the way in which we care for those using our service, and for each other.

Working for our organisation

The postholder is directly employed by Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL), contracted to work as a specialist psychologist embedded within the clinical haematology red cell service at Hammersmith Hospital as part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT), with a specific remit for supporting patients undergoing CASGEVY® gene-editing therapy.

Our values and commitments:

At CNWL, our core values include compassion, respect, empowerment, and partnership. These values represent the way in which we care for those using our service, and for each other.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification on this advert for further info.

Key Responsibilities:

KR 1 Clinical and Client Care

To provide specialist psychological assessments and formulation of service users based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the service user’s care.
To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred service users when required.
To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
To inform the research and transplant teams, and input to the wider National Haemoglobinopathy Panel, as to whether a patient is suitable, prepared and supported for gene therapy or transplant, from a psychological perspective, and what actions would be required to prepare and support the patient through the transplant process.

KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning

To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service.
To contribute to the team or service’s 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 advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of service users.
To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with service users in order to develop and review care plans.
To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.

KR 3 Policy and service development

To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.
To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.
To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.

KR 4 Care or management of resources

To take care of, and use carefully, the Trust’s equipment and physical resources.
To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.

KR 5 Management and supervision

To be responsible for the allocation and/or clinical supervision of the work of more junior psychologists with support from a more senior psychologist.
To supervise trainee applied psychologists within own area of specialism.
To contribute to the appraisal of more junior psychologists, as appropriate.
To contribute to the recruitment of more junior psychologists, as appropriate.
To provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi-disciplinary staff as appropriate.

KR 6 Teaching and Training

To undertake occasional teaching and training of pre and post- qualification psychologists and specialised training to other professions as appropriate.
To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within the sickle cell and transplant/gene therapy service by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology and by implementing knowledge gained in practice.

To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.

KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance

To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures.
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.

KR 8 Research and development

To initiate, undertake, support and supervise regular complex service evaluation and audits.
To initiate and carry out appropriate research which will contribute to the well-being of the patient group, directly or indirectly
To provide expertise in a specialist research area which will contribute to the sickle cell service.
To initiate and implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment and assist other staff in the implementation of same.

KR 9 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development

To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist according to HCPC and Trust guidelines.

To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and the HCPC ‘Standards for Continuing Professional Development’.

To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.

To comply with the HCPC ‘Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics’ and ‘Standards of Proficiency’, and ensure professional development in line with these.

To adhere to the BPS’s Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.

KR10 General

To travel to community events and other meetings as appropriate and across the Trust when required.
To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the service user group, and follow trust policies relating to its management.
To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations (such as challenging behaviour, abuse etc) and to support others involved in such situations.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration.

Additional training or substantial experience in Clinical Health Psychology through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice–based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma.

Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.

Desirable criteria

Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Completed training course in clinical supervision.

Experience

Essential criteria

Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in a range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of service users with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature.
Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training.

Experience of carrying out post-doctoral research, audit or service evaluation projects.

Desirable criteria

Experience working in organ or stem cell transplant services.
Experience working with sickle-cell patients or other haematology patients
Experience of working in a hospital setting.
Experience working in smoking /vaping cessation programmes.
Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions for people with long-term health conditions.
Knowledge of legislation in relation to people with protected characteristics, including disabilities, mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities.
Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis.
Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of health care.

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder / complex trauma, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.).

Specific knowledge of theory and practice related to supporting people undergoing gene therapy and/or bone marrow stem cell transplant.

High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.

Skills

Essential criteria

To deliver psychological interventions across cultural and other differences.
To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources.
To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with service users, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.
To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual service users and groups and carers, and for meetings such as CPAs and case reviews
To plan allocation of tasks to assistant psychologists.
Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups.

Desirable criteria

To be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials.

Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.

Abilities

Essential criteria

Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings
Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these.
Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour.
Ability to manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self.

Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist – Sickle Cell Disorder/CASGEVY

CompanyCentral and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

LocationLondon, England, United Kingdom

Posted At3/12/2026

UK Visa Sponsorship Analytics

Analytics are greyed out due to low classification confidence (43.0%).

Occupation Type

Clinical psychologists

Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled

Sponsorship Salary Threshold

Varies by national pay scale

Healthcare national pay scale applies

⚕️ Healthcare job - uses national pay scale
View healthcare pay scales →

Description

To provide a qualified clinical health psychology service to users of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust generally, and with a priority focus on those patients undergoing CASGEVY® CRISPR-Cas9 gene-edited therapy (hereafter referred to as ‘gene-therapy’) for severe sickle cell disorder or transfusion-dependent thalassemia, including highly specialist psychological assessment, treatment, planning, implementation, and monitoring of outcomes.
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 as appropriate, functioning as a specialist in psychological services for people treated with sickle cell disorder/thalassaemia.

To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.

To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification on this advert for further info.

Key Responsibilities:

KR 1 Clinical and Client Care

To provide specialist psychological assessments and formulation of service users based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the service user’s care.
To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred service users when required.
To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
To inform the research and transplant teams, and input to the wider National Haemoglobinopathy Panel, as to whether a patient is suitable, prepared and supported for gene therapy or transplant, from a psychological perspective, and what actions would be required to prepare and support the patient through the transplant process.

KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning

To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service.
To contribute to the team or service’s 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 advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of service users.
To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with service users in order to develop and review care plans.
To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.

KR 3 Policy and service development

To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.
To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.
To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.

KR 4 Care or management of resources

To take care of, and use carefully, the Trust’s equipment and physical resources.
To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.

KR 5 Management and supervision

To be responsible for the allocation and/or clinical supervision of the work of more junior psychologists with support from a more senior psychologist.
To supervise trainee applied psychologists within own area of specialism.
To contribute to the appraisal of more junior psychologists, as appropriate.
To contribute to the recruitment of more junior psychologists, as appropriate.
To provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi-disciplinary staff as appropriate.

KR 6 Teaching and Training

To undertake occasional teaching and training of pre and post- qualification psychologists and specialised training to other professions as appropriate.
To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within the sickle cell and transplant/gene therapy service by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology and by implementing knowledge gained in practice.

To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.

KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance

To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures.
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.

KR 8 Research and development

To initiate, undertake, support and supervise regular complex service evaluation and audits.
To initiate and carry out appropriate research which will contribute to the well-being of the patient group, directly or indirectly
To provide expertise in a specialist research area which will contribute to the sickle cell service.
To initiate and implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment and assist other staff in the implementation of same.

KR 9 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development

To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist according to HCPC and Trust guidelines.

To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and the HCPC ‘Standards for Continuing Professional Development’.

To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.

To comply with the HCPC ‘Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics’ and ‘Standards of Proficiency’, and ensure professional development in line with these.

To adhere to the BPS’s Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.

KR10 General

To travel to community events and other meetings as appropriate and across the Trust when required.
To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the service user group, and follow trust policies relating to its management.
To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations (such as challenging behaviour, abuse etc) and to support others involved in such situations.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration.

Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.

Desirable criteria

Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Completed training course in clinical supervision.

Experience

Essential criteria

Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in a range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of service users with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature.
Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training.

Experience of carrying out post-doctoral research, audit or service evaluation projects.

Desirable criteria

Experience working in organ or stem cell transplant services.
Experience working with sickle-cell patients or other haematology patients
Experience of working in a hospital setting.
Experience working in smoking /vaping cessation programmes.
Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions for people with long-term health conditions.
Knowledge of legislation in relation to people with protected characteristics, including disabilities, mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities.
Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis.
Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of health care.

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder / complex trauma, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.).

Specific knowledge of theory and practice related to supporting people undergoing gene therapy and/or bone marrow stem cell transplant.

High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.

Skills

Essential criteria

To deliver psychological interventions across cultural and other differences.
To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources.
To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with service users, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.
To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual service users and groups and carers, and for meetings such as CPAs and case reviews
To plan allocation of tasks to assistant psychologists.
Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups.

Desirable criteria

To be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials.

Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.

Abilities

Essential criteria

Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings
Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these.
Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour.
Ability to manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self.