Lead Clinical Psychologist In Cancer | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,972 - £68,525 per annum (pro rata for part-time) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2024 |
| Location: | Nottinghamshire, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6197263/186-002-24-MH-A |
Summary
We welcome applications for a Prinicpal Clinical Psychologist to work in a highly supportive environment, leading a team of psychologists in cancer services. This post provides the chance to develop a well-regarded service for people facing the challenges of cancer diagnosis and treatment. Working in the Cancer Psychology Service will give you the opportunity to develop your career in clinical leadership, whilst fulfilling the broad roles of a psychologist (therapy, research, training, consultation, supervision). The team is highly valued and well-integrated with all cancer MDTs in the hospital.
The service is motivated to provide high quality personal and professional development, alongside opportunities to engage in high impact research output. The team have excellent links with local universities and DClinPsy courses providing opportunity for supervision, teaching and research.
The wider Physical Health Psychology team contributes to a variety of physical health specialties and staff wellbeing. It is well connected with national initiatives in clinical health psychology. We offer flexible working patterns and substantial CPD opportunities. Please do get in touch for an informal chat about the role and to arrange a visit.
As Lead Psychologist in the Cancer Psychology Service, you will support the delivery of a full range of psycho-oncology services and projects to patients of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust. You will provide high quality, specialist psychological assessment and therapy for individuals affected by cancer with complex physical and psychological health needs.
You will lead on projects within the team and offer consultation, supervision and training for non-psychologist cancer professionals across health, social care and the voluntary and community sectors, spanning primary and secondary care. You will liaise with Sherwood Forest Cancer Leads to ensure that the service meets the strategic priorities of the organisation, as well as liaising with others in the system to support the delivery of integrated psychological care for cancer patients. You will utilise research skills to contribute to the evaluation of the service, as well as for innovative service developments.
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an organisation which truly values its 400+ psychological professions colleagues. We have a growing workforce of approximately 180 qualified clinical psychologists along with trainees and assistants. This strong professional body affords many opportunities for CPD and professional networks. We provide a wide range of psychological approaches, therapies and specialist services affording considerable expertise to support your career development.
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
Lead a team of psychologists in cancer services, working with patients and adult family members at all stages of cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Offer specialist assessment and evidence-based treatment for a wide range of cancer-related psychological concerns.
Work closely with cancer MDTs to provide psychological consultation, training and supervision.
Use research skills to inform service developments, evaluate the service and support doctoral projects.
Contribute to regional and national service and strategy developments in psycho-oncology.
Provide clinical supervision and line management to more junior qualified clinical and counselling psychologists in the team.
Support and supervise non-psychology colleagues in psychological aspects of their work.
Assist in developing and delivering evidence based psychological programmes and self-management materials.
Liaise with, support and facilitate access to mental health services, NHS Talking Therapies and third sector support services as appropriate, developing integrated pathways of psychological care.
Assist in the promotion of the service and dissemination of relevant psychologically informed practice across the wider health system, representing the service at system meetings and building strong relationships with lead health care professionals in developing and delivering psychologically informed cancer care.
This advert closes on Sunday 5 May 2024
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