This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the provision of psychology services within Specialist Palliative Care Services and Head and Neck Cancer Services across Sunderland and South Tyneside. You will form part of a team of psychologists and psychological practitioners to continue to develop and embed psychology services for patients and relatives accessing specialist palliative care services.

You will also work both within palliative care services and into the Head and Neck Cancer MDT delivering both direct patient and relative psychological assessment and intervention, consultation and training and supervision. Psychology is a highly valued role within palliative care services, and you will be supported to continue to develop and grow the service.

You will be supported by a larger Clinical Health Psychology Service department and have access to CPD and specialist clinical supervision and leadership support.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have previous experience of working in physical health settings, or cancer and palliative care services, working with MDTs providing both direct and indirect psychological care.

The post holder will be skilled in delivering supervision and consultation to both psychologists/ psychological practitioners and other professionals. The post holder will work in a variety of clinic settings including inpatients, outpatients and in the community. We have two posts available and flexible working patterns can be arranged.

About us

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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.

We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for STSFT. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via the Trust's Flexible Working Policy.

The Trust employs around 8,300 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area, in some cases to a population as great as 860,000. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Childcare Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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• The post holder will support the provision and delivery of high quality clinical psychology services within Specialist Palliative Care and Head and Neck Cancer Services.
• The post holder will provide psychological advice, consultation, training and supervision to non-psychological colleagues working within Specialist Palliative Care Services Head and Neck Cancer Services.
• The post holder will attend MDTs and provide specialist advice and expertise to other professional staff groups on psychological aspects of care.
• To work jointly with members of the MDT to assess and offer psychological interventions that promotes rehabilitation and psychological wellbeing.
• To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and other research activity.
• To propose and implement policy changes within the specific areas of clinical responsibility.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of Trust policies and procedures.

Person Specification

Attitude

Essential

• Interest for a broad of psychological phenomena, an interest in models of service delivery
• A commitment to the elevation and development of the service through audit
• Willingness to provide a flexible and responsive service to meet the needs of a diverse and evolving service
• A commitment to the evaluation of the service through audit.

Qualifications

Essential

• An upper second class honours degree or higher in Psychology with eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartership with British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology accredited by HCPC (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS)
• HCPC registered as a Practitioner Psychologist

Desirable

• Additional training in relevant areas e.g. CBT, CFT, ACT, EMDR
• Supervisor Training

Experience

Essential

• Experience in applying clinical/counselling psychology within the NHS.
• Experience working as a registered practitioner psychologist.
• Experience of working within a multi-professional team
• Experience of working with adults who have physical health difficulties
• Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for patients psychological care and treatment, within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan with appropriate supervision.
• Experience of providing supervision.

Desirable

• Experience of working within physical health services/ cancer care/ palliative care
• Experience of teaching and training non-psychologists in psychological therapy skills.
• Experience of application of psychology in different cultural contexts

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Excellent organisational skills to with the ability to work autonomously and manage a range of clinical activities.
• Ability to create effective working relationships.
• Ability to work autonomously
• Interest for a broad range of psychological phenomena, models of service delivery and an ability to articulate the value added by clinical psychology services to the wider multi-disciplinary team

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including lifespan of development psychology
• Models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology and two or more distinct psychological therapies including CBT.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Ability to use the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills both verbal and written +to convey/receive highly complex/sensitive information effectively requiring empathy and reassurance in a highly emotive atmosphere.
• Ability to make clinical and service related judgements involving complex facts requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of excellent organisational skills to manage a range of clinical activities
• An ability to administer psychometric tests speedily and accurately
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology including complex multivariate data analysis as practised in clinical psychology
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice
• An understanding of the importance and function of personal boundaries and how to manage and maintain them.
• Knowledge of current issues in and opportunities for applying clinical psychology in a physical healthcare setting

Desirable

• Relevant additional clinical experience working within cancer or palliative care
• Experience of representing psychology within MDTs
• Trauma informed Approaches

Employer details

Employer name

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St. Benedicts Hospice

St. Benedicts Way

Ryhope

Sunderland

SR2 0NY

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