Job summary
15 Hours per week
The Medical Psychology service provides psychological assessment, support and treatment to medical patients within South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for a qualified Health Psychologist to work on an existing research project assessing the feasibility of a digital health and wellbeing intervention (iPrepwell project) designed to target multiple lifestyle behaviours of adults listed for major surgery. The intervention has been developed systematically using a theory and evidence-informed strategy, in collaboration with surgical patients and healthcare professionals (HCPs). The study is being led by South Tees Hospitals in collaboration with York Hospitals and Teesside University.
This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work within the core research team to support & deliver the iPREPWELL project. Operationally, they will report to the governance manager and research team lead. Professionally, they will be managed with the Medical Psychology team by a Consultant Psychologist.
The role will involve utilising both quantitative and qualitative research methods including interviewing research participants (patients and HCPs) using recognised health psychology frameworks and strategies. It is therefore essential that the post-holder has knowledge of health behaviour change theory, experience of intervention development and evaluation, and qualitative and quantitative research skills. The role will require the ability to work flexibly across hospital sites (James Cook University Hospital, Friarage Hospital, York Hospitals) both in-person and virtually.
The applicant will be a member of a wider multidisciplinary research team of medical and health professionals, exercise scientists, behavioural scientists and intervention developers.
About us
Medical Psychology
The Medical Psychology service is made up of Clinical Psychologists, Counselling Psychologists, Health Psychologists, Psychological Therapists and Counsellors. We deliver psychological assessment, intervention and support to patients with a range of medical conditions across the lifespan. We utilise third wave therapies (especially Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Mindfulness) alongside CBT as the core therapeutic modalities, with training and supervision provided to support delivery of these approaches. We also carry out clinical audit, research and service evaluation. We have strong links with the Doctoral Training Programmes at the University of Teesside, and we provide teaching, placements and research projects for Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology and Health Psychology trainees.
The Trust encourages innovation and service development, and we actively support this within the Medical Psychology service. All clinicians are expected to take on service development and service governance duties as part of their role, both within the Psychology service and within the wider MDTs in which we work. We provide mentoring and support to deliver this.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:
- Explore leadership within the NHS
- Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
- Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
- Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:
- Explore leadership within the NHS
- Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
- Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
- Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional doctorate /stage 2 qualification in Health Psychology/PhD in Health Psychology. (postgraduate doctoral degree plus specialist short courses masters Level)
- Current Good Clinical Practice (GCP) qualification
- Registered with HCPC
Experience
Essential
- Experience of multi-disciplinary research projects, with an ability to work collaboratively with colleagues internally and externally
- Liaise with people and participate in networks internally and externally, as required, to ensure good dissemination of research activities and facilitate collaborative work
- Ability to convey complex information or ideas in written or oral form to a variety of audiences, including lay audiences
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate commitment to the Trusts Vision, Mission and Values and to work within Trusts policies and procedures
Knowledge
Essential
- Application of health behaviour change theories and models
- Application of qualitative research methods (i.e., conduct of interviews with patients and clinical staff, transcription and analysis of data)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional doctorate /stage 2 qualification in Health Psychology/PhD in Health Psychology. (postgraduate doctoral degree plus specialist short courses masters Level)
- Current Good Clinical Practice (GCP) qualification
- Registered with HCPC
Experience
Essential
- Experience of multi-disciplinary research projects, with an ability to work collaboratively with colleagues internally and externally
- Liaise with people and participate in networks internally and externally, as required, to ensure good dissemination of research activities and facilitate collaborative work
- Ability to convey complex information or ideas in written or oral form to a variety of audiences, including lay audiences
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate commitment to the Trusts Vision, Mission and Values and to work within Trusts policies and procedures
Knowledge
Essential
- Application of health behaviour change theories and models
- Application of qualitative research methods (i.e., conduct of interviews with patients and clinical staff, transcription and analysis of data)
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
