The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Senior Clinical Psychologist

The closing date is 09 February 2026

Job summary

Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust, Wakefield Council and Kirklees Active Leisure are working collaboratively with Yorkshire Cancer Research and Sheffield Hallam University to implement the Active Together model to individuals diagnosed with cancer in Wakefield and North Kirklees.

The Active Together programme will run alongside the existing diagnostic and treatment pathways to ensure patients are optimally prepared for treatment and beyond. It aims to maximise resilience to treatment, improve longer term health, minimise side effects and empower patients to be partners in their healthcare. The programme combines physical activity, nutritional support and psychological support alongside the clinical pathway.

The programme has a staged implementation into all relevant cancer pathways. Patients will receive individual assessments and be triaged into a support pathway suitable to their needs. This may be delivered in Mid Yorkshire Hospitals, selected council facilities closest to the patients home or may be a self-management pathway.

With support from senior colleagues, the post-holder will represent psychology at the Active Together MDT and will deliver the psychology component of the programme. The current vacancy is full-time, and the project is funded until 31st March 2027. Flexible working, part time or job share options would be considered.

Main duties of the job

To develop and provide the psychological component of the Active Together Programme.
To provide specialist psychological assessment of patients based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological tests self-report measures, direct and indirect observation and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members/carers and/others involved in the patients care.
To draw upon a range of conceptual models and therapeutic frameworks to formulate, develop and implement specialised programmes of care for individuals, couples and groups.
To make skilled evaluations and decisions about treatment options; taking into account therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual and are relevant to the presenting problems.
To refine psychological formulations by drawing upon different explanatory models of proven efficacy and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
To manage situations where there may be a difference of opinion over decisions made in the patients best interests, taking the psychological impact on the patient into account

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers,home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Date posted

03 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

13 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

001014

Job locations

Dewsbury District Hospital

Dewsbury

West Yorkshire

WF13 4HS

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential person specification requirements

Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
(or equivalent for those trained before 1996)
as accredited by BPS
HCPC registration.
Further training in a specialised area of clinical practice through post doctoral training or a combination of specialist short courses together with an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential person specification requirements

Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
(or equivalent for those trained before 1996)
as accredited by BPS
HCPC registration.
Further training in a specialised area of clinical practice through post doctoral training or a combination of specialist short courses together with an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please click apply now to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please click apply now to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application)

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.