Assistant Psychologist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Assistant Psychologist to join our Macmillan Cancer Psychology Service Lincolnshire. The service provides specialist level 4 psychological support to adults affected by cancer, including family and carers, both within the community and in hospital. The service consists of a qualified Clinical and Health Psychologist who delivers evidence-based psychological interventions across the cancer pathway.The post holder will support the clinical work of the qualified psychologists with opportunities to assist in the delivery of assessment and intervention under supervision, contributing to group work, co-delivering level 2 psychological skills training to the cancer workforce, supporting outcome measurement, service development, and the preparation of clinical materials. Regular clinical supervision will be provided.

The role requires a compassionate, organised, and reflective individual with strong communication skills and the ability to work with people experiencing distress related to cancer diagnosis, treatment, death, and survivorship.

The speciality prides itself on being a close, tight-knit and very positive team to work in, where people are very motivated to provide the best service they can using their initiative and love of working with the diverse challenges.

Enquiries to Dr Jennifer Carty, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Email jen.carty@nhs.net tel. 01476 464046.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be supporting the Head of Speciality and the Practitioner Psychologists in the delivery of high-quality psychological care for adults affected by cancer.

Some patient contact is expected, which includes delivery of pre-assessment support to patients and the opportunity to deliver assessment, formulation and intervention under the supervision of a qualified psychologist.

Additionally, the role involves the development of a therapy group programme and co-delivery alongside a qualified psychologist. It involves assisting in ongoing use of organisational and IT systems, including clinical data collection and the collation of metrics enabling continued evaluation of the service to support future funding requests. It will require liaison with individuals both in LPFT and outside of it, including key stakeholders, referrers and neighbouring services.

We may close the position early if we receive a high number of applications.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.