Job summary
Part-time - 30 hours per week (22.5 hours Hospital, 7.5 hours Hospice)
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the well-established Hospital Palliative Care Service at North West Anglia Foundation Trust (NWAFT) based at Peterborough City Hospital and Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice.
The Hospital Palliative Care Team provides specialist palliative care of patients with an advanced, incurable and progressive illness who are thought to be in the last 12 months of life. This palliative care post has been well established over the last 10 years. You will work alongside the Cancer Wellbeing Team based at the Robert Horrell Centre who provide wellbeing and emotional support to people affected by cancer. You will be supporting and supervising medical staff in providing level 2 psychological support.
Sue Ryder, Thorpe Hall Hospice is registered with the Care Quality Commission and offers short-term care for symptom management and end of life care to people who are living with life-limiting conditions. The hospice has a patient wellbeing team which the post holder will work alongside. Appointments with hospice patients shall be held at Thorpe Hall Hospice, but may exceptionally be conducted in service users' homes, if this is considered appropriate. Working across the hospitals and hospice allows for continuity of patient care.
Main duties of the job
The post is managed and supported by the local mental health trust; CPFT which will provide the post with CPD support and facilitate strong links with primary and secondary care. CPFT also provide Peterborough City Hospital with a Liaison Psychiatric Service on site so the post will have links to them. We are keen to support and develop our staff through a clear career pathway and encourage promotional opportunities within the Trust.
CPFT has over 40 Clinical Psychologists working in the Psychological Medicine Service, working across the age range, and linked with a large variety of specialties. Each Psychologist has expertise within medical specialties, and are accredited in a range of therapeutic modalities, these include CBT, CAT, IPT, ACT and CFT and EMDR, so there are many opportunities to develop skills through supervised practice.
The post would be suitable for a Clinical Psychologist who has a strong team work ethic, has a passion for working with individuals, couples and families and want to further develop the role of psychology within a palliative care setting.
About us
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
If you are unable to attend an interview on the suggested date, please let us know on your application form as other options may be available.
For further information relating to this role please contact Dr Sarah Ronaghan, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on 01733 678332 or via email sarah.ronaghan@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- To provide highly specialist psychological assessments based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of highly complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological (and neuropsychological tests where appropriate), self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
- To develop psychological formulations of presenting problems or situations that integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon psychological theory and evidence, and which incorporates interpersonal, societal, cultural, and biological factors.
- To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups, within and across hospital andcommunity-based teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
- To evaluate and make decisions about psychological treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
- To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
- To ensure that all members of the treating team have access to a psychologically based framework for understanding and care of clients of the service, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and theory.
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management in line with hospital/hospice and inter-agency policies and procedures.
- To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.
- To provide expertise, advice, and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- To work in partnership with other disciplines and to maintain links with statutory and non-statutory and primary care agencies as appropriate.
- To communicate with families about difficult and highly distressing issues, related to the patient's physical and mental health status including decisions about the withdrawal and withholding of life prolonging treatment in accordance with published medical guidelines. To assist the medical team in communicating difficult, complex, and sensitive information which is both developmentally appropriate and psychologically informed.
- To attain a thorough knowledge and understanding of palliative care/cancer care, in order to provide a clinical psychology service, informed by the demands of the specific specialist service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- To provide highly specialist psychological assessments based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of highly complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological (and neuropsychological tests where appropriate), self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
- To develop psychological formulations of presenting problems or situations that integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon psychological theory and evidence, and which incorporates interpersonal, societal, cultural, and biological factors.
- To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups, within and across hospital andcommunity-based teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
- To evaluate and make decisions about psychological treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
- To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
- To ensure that all members of the treating team have access to a psychologically based framework for understanding and care of clients of the service, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and theory.
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management in line with hospital/hospice and inter-agency policies and procedures.
- To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.
- To provide expertise, advice, and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- To work in partnership with other disciplines and to maintain links with statutory and non-statutory and primary care agencies as appropriate.
- To communicate with families about difficult and highly distressing issues, related to the patient's physical and mental health status including decisions about the withdrawal and withholding of life prolonging treatment in accordance with published medical guidelines. To assist the medical team in communicating difficult, complex, and sensitive information which is both developmentally appropriate and psychologically informed.
- To attain a thorough knowledge and understanding of palliative care/cancer care, in order to provide a clinical psychology service, informed by the demands of the specific specialist service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, or a BPS Statement of Equivalence.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a hospital/hospice setting.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information including contentious and highly distressing information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Desirable
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, or a BPS Statement of Equivalence.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a hospital/hospice setting.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information including contentious and highly distressing information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Desirable
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Peterborough City Hospital/ Thorpe Hall Hospice
Peterborough
PE3 9GZ
Employer's website
https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
