Clinical Psychologist | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 09 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,952 - £57,349 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2024 |
| Location: | 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary, NE1 4LP |
| Company: | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6187636/317-2024-14-06-DR |
Summary
An opportunity has arisen for a temporary (15 month) Band 8a Clinical Psychologist post working in the neuro-oncology team within the paediatric psychology service at Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Trust.
The post holder will be responsible for providing psychological therapies and occasional neuropsychological assessments to children with brain tumour and their families in our region.
The paediatric health psychology service is a thriving department, which is committed to child and family centred care. There are opportunities for professional development through regular journal clubs and case discussion meetings. The Paediatric Health Psychology team is part of the wider Department of Psychology in Healthcare, enabling collaboration and support with adult psychology colleagues. There are also close links with the doctorate clinical psychology course at Newcastle and Teesside universities.
• Interview date: 15th May 2024
• 7 hours 30 minutes /week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
• This role will include provision of psychological therapies and neuropsychology assessments to children and young people with a brain tumour.
• This post will involve working closely within the multi-disciplinary team and external partners such as school staff, and good team-working and communication skills are essential.
• The role involves working in an environment in which families can experience high levels of distress.
• The post holder will be skilled in providing assessment to families in a sensitive and containing manner.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
• To provide supervision of trainee clinical psychologists.
• Provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service within the Paediatric Neuro-Oncology Team providing specialist neuropsychological and psychological assessment, formulation and therapy. Working closely and reporting to the Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist within the Paediatric Neuro-Oncology Team
• Offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
• To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the Paediatric Neuro-Oncology Team.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 May 2024
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