Job summary
Macmillan Specialist Cancer & Palliative Care and Respiratory Clinical/Counselling Psychologist (Bedfordshire & Luton)
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join the Cancer and Palliative Care Psychology Team and Respiratory Services. We are seeking a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist who is enthusiastic, creative and wants opportunities to develop their skills to help deliver our vision for improved access and experience of psychological care for those with physical health adversity, across Bedfordshire and Luton. The post holder will join a supportive, ambitious and dedicated Specialist Cancer and Palliative Care Psychology team (Level 3 and Level 4), including Clinical Psychologist, Systemic Family/Couples Therapist and CBT/Psychotherapist, and work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues across Respiratory Services. The position offers a varied role including clinical casework, consultation, supervision groups, teaching and training, service development and research. The post holder will be supported within a broader thriving and diverse Clinical Health Psychology Team, and receive supervision by an experienced physical health psychologist, to deliver high quality services across organisational boundaries. Newly qualified psychologists are encouraged to apply and could be appointed on a band 7 development post working towards requirements for 8a. We would welcome your inquiries!
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work across two specialist areas, Cancer & Palliative Care Psychology and Respiratory Psychology. Working with patients, their families and carers, across Luton & Bedfordshire. The post holder will be responsible for providing specialist clinical psychology services as an integral member of the Luton and Bedfordshire Macmillan Psychology Service and operate as an integrated member of the Respiratory teams and oncology teams at Bedfordshire and Luton Hospitals. The post holder will provide specialist psychological assessment, interventions and evidence-based therapies. The role promotes the full range of psychological skills, to include the provision of teaching/training, advice, consultation and supervision, both with quilaified/unqualified and non-psychology colleagues. The post holder will utilise research skills for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of individual and group psychological interventions, quality improvement, service development and research.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work in collaboration with a range of voluntary sector agencies when needed and promote the well-established mental health care pathways across the Integrated Care System (ICS). The service is provided within a range of settings and modes to enhance the patients experience, including virtual clinics, hospital and hospices, inpatient and care homes, when needed, community clinics and, where necessary, in patients homes. The post holder is expected to contribute to the wider thriving Clinical Health Psychology Department within Bedfordshire Community Health Service.
The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Trusts policies and procedures.
ELFT is committed to providing CPD opportunities to maintain and develop specialist expertise. If this post has peaked your interest then please call for in formal chat, to hear more, 07733123334 / 07985990940, Dr Sara Rassool (Consultant Clinical Psychologist).
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work in collaboration with a range of voluntary sector agencies when needed and promote the well-established mental health care pathways across the Integrated Care System (ICS). The service is provided within a range of settings and modes to enhance the patients experience, including virtual clinics, hospital and hospices, inpatient and care homes, when needed, community clinics and, where necessary, in patients homes. The post holder is expected to contribute to the wider thriving Clinical Health Psychology Department within Bedfordshire Community Health Service.
The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Trusts policies and procedures.
ELFT is committed to providing CPD opportunities to maintain and develop specialist expertise. If this post has peaked your interest then please call for in formal chat, to hear more, 07733123334 / 07985990940, Dr Sara Rassool (Consultant Clinical Psychologist).
Person Specification
Training Qualification
Essential
- Formal training and accreditation to Doctoral level in Clinical Psychology, or its equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996. Eligible for Chartered Status. Training should include models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology.
- Competent in two or more distinct psychological therapies. Newly or soonto-qualify candidates will need to know the date they are to be awarded their degree.
- Willingness to participate in a CPD programme relevant to the requirements of the post
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development as recommended by the BPS.
- HCPC Registered (or registration pending if qualifying)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with cancer and palliative care needs or with other health psychology patients and an understanding of psychological models and therapies applied to these client groups, in previous posts or on training placement
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course, presenting problems that include the full range of clinical severity.
- Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Clinical Knowledge & Skills: Demonstrates an understanding of the challenges of working with this client group
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. Ability to choose most appropriate mode of intervention for clients, families and carers
- Communication & Relationship skills: Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS, in highly emotional situations.
- Experience of working with families and carers
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Analytical & judgemental skills: Ability to carry out specialist psychological assessment, including psychometric and neuropsychological
- Research & Guidance: Knowledge of legislation, NSF guidelines, NICE guidance and other national policies for the area of speciality and their implications for clinical practice
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, design and data analysis as practiced within the field of psychology
- Cultural awareness: Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts and awareness of the significance of cultural and ethnic issues in delivery of psychological services within this specialism.
- Information resources: IT skills, ability to complete data entry for standard collection, word processing and communication
Person Specification
Training Qualification
Essential
- Formal training and accreditation to Doctoral level in Clinical Psychology, or its equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996. Eligible for Chartered Status. Training should include models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology.
- Competent in two or more distinct psychological therapies. Newly or soonto-qualify candidates will need to know the date they are to be awarded their degree.
- Willingness to participate in a CPD programme relevant to the requirements of the post
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development as recommended by the BPS.
- HCPC Registered (or registration pending if qualifying)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with cancer and palliative care needs or with other health psychology patients and an understanding of psychological models and therapies applied to these client groups, in previous posts or on training placement
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course, presenting problems that include the full range of clinical severity.
- Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Clinical Knowledge & Skills: Demonstrates an understanding of the challenges of working with this client group
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. Ability to choose most appropriate mode of intervention for clients, families and carers
- Communication & Relationship skills: Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS, in highly emotional situations.
- Experience of working with families and carers
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Analytical & judgemental skills: Ability to carry out specialist psychological assessment, including psychometric and neuropsychological
- Research & Guidance: Knowledge of legislation, NSF guidelines, NICE guidance and other national policies for the area of speciality and their implications for clinical practice
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, design and data analysis as practiced within the field of psychology
- Cultural awareness: Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts and awareness of the significance of cultural and ethnic issues in delivery of psychological services within this specialism.
- Information resources: IT skills, ability to complete data entry for standard collection, word processing and communication
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).
