The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

Assistant Psychologist (Macmillan)

The closing date is 22 October 2025

Job summary

We are delighted to advertise a fixed term vacancy for an assistant psychologist until October 2026, this is to support the Clinical Psychology service for cancer patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, funded by Macmillan. Your employment will be hosted at QEH where you would join the existing Clinical Health Psychology Department.

Clinical Psychology is highly valued at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. You will be a full member of the department and will contribute to the development of a strong and highly focused department of Clinical Health Psychology.

You will join clinical psychologists who already work within this service, as well as psychologist colleagues in a range of specialities across physical health. Supervision and line management will be provided by a Macmillan clinical psychologist within the department.

We are recruiting across the region to develop psycho-oncology services in each of the 3 Trusts, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and James Paget University Hospital, as part of a collaborative approach to ensure equity of access for our cancer patients. We would expect the post holders to work closely together to facilitate this.

Main duties of the job

You will support and enhance the professional psychological care of adults currently or previously under the care of the oncology or palliative care team at QEH.

You will also provide psychological screening, assessment, and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist within the Oncology/Palliative Psychological Speciality.

There will be the opportunity for you to assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics and development of audit and/or research projects, teaching, and project work.

About us

There's never been a more exciting time to join Team QEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.

Date posted

08 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

426-985-25TAM

Job locations

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Gayton Road

King's Lynn

PE30 4ET

Job description

Job responsibilities

Full details of the main responsibilities of this role can be found in the job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Full details of the main responsibilities of this role can be found in the job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

An upper second-class honours degree or higher In Psychology that confers GBR
Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Desirable

Further post graduate training in research methodology, and/or other fields of applied psychology

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with people with whom Clinical Psychologists regularly work.

Desirable

Experience of working with clients with medical conditions.
Experience of working in multi-disciplinary settings.
Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.

Skills, abilities and knowledge

Essential

Skills in the use of methods of psychological assessment and intervention frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
An understanding of the emotional needs and difficulties of people with physical health difficulties and an ability to apply existing skills and knowledge to working in this context.
Able to work independently and under supervision on work agreed with supervisor, recognising limits of own ability and scope of role.

Desirable

Knowledge of the psychological needs of people living with cancer.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

An upper second-class honours degree or higher In Psychology that confers GBR
Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Desirable

Further post graduate training in research methodology, and/or other fields of applied psychology

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with people with whom Clinical Psychologists regularly work.

Desirable

Experience of working with clients with medical conditions.
Experience of working in multi-disciplinary settings.
Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.

Skills, abilities and knowledge

Essential

Skills in the use of methods of psychological assessment and intervention frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
An understanding of the emotional needs and difficulties of people with physical health difficulties and an ability to apply existing skills and knowledge to working in this context.
Able to work independently and under supervision on work agreed with supervisor, recognising limits of own ability and scope of role.

Desirable

Knowledge of the psychological needs of people living with cancer.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

Address

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Gayton Road

King's Lynn

PE30 4ET

Employer's website

https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

Address

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Gayton Road

King's Lynn

PE30 4ET

Employer's website

https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)