Clinical Psychologist, Psycho-Oncology Service
| Posting date: | 02 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £55,690.00 to £62,682.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £55690.00 - £62682.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 March 2026 |
| Location: | Darlington, DL3 6HX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9439-2526-1489 |
Summary
You will play a pivotal role in developing psycho-oncology support for people affected by lung cancer in County Durham and Darlington. You will be highly motivated to offer a service that addresses social inequalities and will develop effective working relationships across, population, organisations and boundaries to do this creatively. You will work closely with the CDDFT lung multi-disciplinary team to ensure the needs of people affected by lung cancer are supported and to develop ways that psychology can fit into existing approaches. You will hold an active caseload, delivering specialist assessments and interventions for people affected by lung cancer, as well as contributing to research, training, and service development to enhance psycho-oncology delivery and care within the organisation. A key aspect of the role will be to share learning from the service across the wider region, to inform and support regional psycho-oncology care. You wil be supported by the consultant psychologist and head of service