Job summary
You will be joining a well-established and forward-thinking Cancer Psychology Team, which forms part of the wider Health Psychology Service within Northumbria. We are embedded within Cancer and Palliative Care Services and work closely with our medical, nursing, and AHP colleagues.
As a team, we are passionate about delivering high-quality psychological care for adults and their families who are affected by cancer. We also support our staff teams through advice, consultation, clinical supervision, and training.
We place a strong emphasis on activities that help prevent psychological distress and work with partners across our network, including third-sector organisations, to further this agenda. We are deeply committed to promoting and delivering Trauma-Informed Care.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
To provide high quality, effective applied psychology services to the Health Psychology services
To provide effective psychological assessment and interventions to the patients of the service.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for clinical governance of own work according to trust policies.
To undertake R&D activities for audit, policy and service development in conjunction with service leads.
To provide advice, consultation, training and supervision to colleagues within cancer and palliative care services.
To supervise and support the clinical activities of assistants and trainees.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide high quality, effective applied psychology services to the Health Psychology services
To provide effective psychological assessment and interventions to the patients of the service.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for clinical governance of own work according to trust policies.
To undertake R&D activities for audit, policy and service development in conjunction with service leads.
To provide advice, consultation, training and supervision to colleagues within cancer and palliative care services.
To supervise and support the clinical activities of assistants and trainees.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide high quality, effective applied psychology services to the Health Psychology services
To provide effective psychological assessment and interventions to the patients of the service.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for clinical governance of own work according to trust policies.
To undertake R&D activities for audit, policy and service development in conjunction with service leads.
To provide advice, consultation, training and supervision to colleagues within cancer and palliative care services.
To supervise and support the clinical activities of assistants and trainees.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Honours degree in psychology or related mental health field.
- Doctorate in clinical or counselling or health psychology that confers eligibility for registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the range of care settings.
- Experience of working with: ? a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course. - presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or consultation.
- Experience of supervision of healthcare staff.
- Experience of working with patients in a physical healthcare setting.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary setting.
Other Requirements
Essential
- You may also need to travel between Trust premises as required for the performance of your duties. You may also be expected to work at any of the trust sites. The Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Honours degree in psychology or related mental health field.
- Doctorate in clinical or counselling or health psychology that confers eligibility for registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the range of care settings.
- Experience of working with: ? a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course. - presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or consultation.
- Experience of supervision of healthcare staff.
- Experience of working with patients in a physical healthcare setting.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary setting.
Other Requirements
Essential
- You may also need to travel between Trust premises as required for the performance of your duties. You may also be expected to work at any of the trust sites. The Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
