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Job summary

Main area
Clinical / Counselling Psychologist
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref
395-PP158-24
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Dept of Oncology/Haematology, Queen's Hospital
Town
Romford
Salary
£50,952 - £57,349 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/08/2024 23:59

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join our Cancer Psychological Therapies service based at Queen's Hospital and King George Hospital. This substantive post is for a 0.8 WTE Band 8a  Clinical or Counselling Psychologist.

This post will interest anyone looking for a varied role with management responsibilties, service development and a commitment to working within psycho-oncology.

Main duties of the job

As the postholder, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the management of the Cancer Psychological Therapies team, contributing to management of a band 7 post, triage, caseload management, governance and outcome reporting. 

You will offer both individual and group assessments and interventions to patients diagnosed with cancer, while supporting the creation of a seamless pathway between acute and community settings using the stepped care approach.

The Clinical Health Psychology Service is a dynamic and compassionate team that offers a range of specialist interventions across various acute and community physical health teams. We have strong links with clinical and counselling training courses and regularly offer placements to trainees. We embrace a pluralistic, compassion-focused approach to support individuals with a range of physical health difficulties. Joining our service means having access to excellent development opportunities and benefiting from a supportive structure that embodies compassionate leadership. 

We are looking for an experienced professional who is dedicated to working with cancer patients. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to developing and promoting evidence-based best practices. Additionally, they will feel confident working within an acute physical health setting, providing essential psychological support.

Working for our organisation

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust.  All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.  As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes.  The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a detailed understanding of the role please see the job description and person specification document 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • HCPC registered with doctorate in clinical/counselling psychologist
  • Training in 3 evidence-based therapies
Desirable criteria
  • Additional specialist Training, skills and practice in advanced therapy skills.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings within the NHS.
  • Delivering psychological therapy in physical health services
  • Working within oncology settings or with cancer patient populations
  • Teaching, training and/or supervision experience
  • Level 2 training and supervision experience
  • Experience in contributing to governance and service evaluation
  • Experience in triage and caseload management
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in service development and project management

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Doctoral level knowledge of audit and research methodology.
  • High level knowledge of assessment and management of clinical risk.
  • Up to date knowledge of NHS legislation, NICE Guidelines, and key developments in the field of clinical health psychology
  • Knowledge of models of supervision, consultation, training and staff support.
  • Knowledge of psychology of cancer, death and dying, long term health conditions and chronic pain.
  • Knowledge relating to working with patients with physical health difficulties, and within clinical health psychology settings

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Skills in the application and delivery of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention, management and evaluation.
  • Expertise and skill in assessment, management and communication of clinical risk situations.
  • Skills in the ability to communicate effectively
  • Sensitivity to issues of equality and culture
  • Ability to work with a high level of autonomy and flexibility
  • Able to maintain a high degree of professionalism and competence when presented with complex, emotive and distressing problems
  • Skills in line management and supervision of junior colleagues and trainees.
  • Ability to create good working relationships with colleagues
  • Commitment to working collaboratively and flexibly in a multi-professional team

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Miriam Green-Armytage
Job title
Senior Clinical Psychologist
Email address
[email protected]
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