Senior Practitioner Psychologist | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 30 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,927 - £68,676 pro rata per annum inc |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 30 May 2025 |
| Location: | London, EC1A 7BE |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7180534/ |
Summary
Senior Practitioner Psychologist
Band 8a
Part time (fixed term for 12 months)
We are pleased to be advertising this new 8a Practitioner Psychologist posts within the well-established, multiprofessional Cancer Psychological Services (CPS) team based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital (SBH) in the City of London.
The role will contribute psychological thinking and direct patient care to cancer pathways across Barts Health but there will be an emphasis on working closely with the haemato-oncology MDT as part of the allogenic stem-cell transplant/ CAR-T therapy pathways based at SBH. One day (a Thursday) will be spent working within the Women’s Precision Prevention Clinic (WPPC), which provides advice and management for people known to have increased risk of gynaecological cancers due to a genetic alteration. Psychological support is offered as part of the MDT, with the aim of supporting people who are considering risk reducing surgery as well as support for those managing longer-term effects following surgery. The service is developing to include an ovarian cancer surveillance pilot project which will include psychological support provision.
CPS is connected with the many other psychological professionals working across Barts Health, with opportunities for the post holder to support the development of psychological services across the trust, funded CPD and joining a specialist psychotherapeutic supervision group (eg ACT, CFT, Narrative, EMDR).
The role will involve providing a clinical service to both inpatients and outpatients and close working with cancer MDT colleagues. Though the service frequently provides direct support to individuals requiring specialist psychological intervention, our overarching aim is to improve the psychological wellbeing of all cancer/ palliative care patients and their families through the sharing of psychological knowledge and skills and service developments. Applicants should therefore be skilled and keen to engage in multi-disciplinary working. The post holder may also be expected to provide line management and supervision to both qualified and unqualified members of the team.
Experience of working with people who have been diagnosed with cancer or other life limiting conditions and in multi-cultural settings is highly desirable.
There will be a requirement for the successful candidate to work on a Thursday to attend the WPPC and one other day that works for both the successful applicant and the service
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band
This advert closes on Wednesday 14 May 2025