Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 33.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 282-C1246305
- Employer
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Marsden- Sutton
- Town
- Sutton
- Salary
- £59,490 - £66,239 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Principal Clinical Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic Band 8a (0.9 WTE) for a permanent post, working with children and teenagers who have cancer and with their families. This is an exciting opportunity to join an experienced multi-disciplinary medical and nursing oncology unit, where leadership, innovation, research, teaching and training are strongly encouraged. The psychology service provides a comprehensive assessment, consultation and support service both internally and externally to the Unit. The role encompasses both clinical and neuro psychological work. This is a very well-established psychology team, with excellent professional and compassionate staff, very well supported by our efficient and caring administration team within a cancer Centre of Excellence.
Main duties of the job
· To contribute to the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service to paediatric oncology patients and to their families, within the working context of the paediatric psychosocial team and within the wider context of the Multi-Disciplinary Team.
· To supervise Band 7 psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
· To work autonomously within professional guidelines.
· To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
· To propose and implement policy changes within the paediatric oncology clinical psychology service.
· To provide specialist advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues
· To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of the psychological practice within the service.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
• In conjunction with the Consultant Paediatric Psychologist, other team members and the wider paediatric multi-disciplinary psychosocial team, contribute to the delivery of a comprehensive clinical psychology service for children and young people with cancer, and their families
• Providing specialist psychological assessments of children and adolescents with cancer and their families, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources.
• To formulate and implement plans (or facilitate appropriate external referral) for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of the patient’s or any member of their family’s mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual or theoretical framework of the patient’s difficulties, and employing methods of proven therapeutic efficacy for intervention.
• To be responsible for implementing and coordinating a range of highly specialised psychological and neuropsychological assessments and interventions for individuals, couples, families and groups based upon appropriate psychological models.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post-Graduate Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology (or it’s equivalent for those trained abroad or prior to 1996), accredited by the BPS
- HCPC registration as a Clinical Psychologist
Desirable criteria
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of clinical practice, and attendance at specialist short courses
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist for a minimum of 2 years, including at least 1 year post qualification experience in paediatrics
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the lifespan and presenting with the full range of clinical severity. Able to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- An understanding of the impact of serious ill health on children, young people and their families
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified clinician and within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of teaching and training and clinical supervision
- Theoretical and practical knowledge of neuropsychology
- Experience of supervising qualified psychologists, trainee clinical psychologists and/or assistant psychologists
- Experience of conducting research, audits or service evaluations in a clinical setting
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams within a hospital setting, and the ability to form good working relationships
- Experience of working with children and young people with cancer
- Significant experience in neuropsychological testing
- Experience of supervising multi-disciplinary staff
- Active participation in clinical psychology SIGs or other cross-service forums
Skills Abilities/knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapy for use in physical health settings, and in difficult to treat groups
- Knowledge of legislation and implications for clinical practice
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Charmain Keane
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Recruitment Support Team
- Telephone
- 01629 690825
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