Macmillan Consultant Clinical / Counselling Psychologist in Cancer and Palliative Care- 8C post 0.8WTE

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our award-winning Macmillan team as the Lead Psychologist, where your expertise will guide a highly specialist service for cancer and palliative care patients.

The Macmillan Psycho-oncology Service operates within a model of integrated psychological care and is therefore embedded into the wider staff team of doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals.

The post is a Macmillan professional position and thus benefits from Macmillan Cancer Support professionals' programmes, including grants for CPD and access to the Macmillan Education Hub. For further information about being a Macmillan professional see Macmillan Professionals | Macmillan Cancer Support.

As a Trust, we are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities.Applications from these groups are welcomed.

Informal enquiries / visits are very welcome. Please contact: Clare Stevenson, Macmillan Consultant Clinical Psychologist, on 0208 869 2542 extn 4824 or email: clare.stevenson@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

Provide team leadership for a highly specialist psychology service to cancer and palliative care patients including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.

Hold budgetary responsibility for the service.

Enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe and informed environment.

Initiate and lead on service evaluation, audit and research

Provide clinical supervision, consultation and training for MDT staff and other psychological practitioners with thePsycho-oncology stepped care, four level model

Work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies, standards and procedures of the service, Psychological Services Network and Trust, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.

o To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.

Beyond Cancer Services, the Macmillan Psycho-oncology service is part of the wider Psychological Services Network (PSN) that brings together psychological specialists from across the Trust. The role includes participation in the teaching, support and service development activities of PSN.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A& E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Macmillan Consultant Clinical / Counselling Psychologist in Cancer and Palliative Care 8C post :Detailed job description and main responsibilities. Please see attached for the details.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

• oPost-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. Eligible for BPS Chartered Clinical Psychology Status
• oPost-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice (e.g. BABCP accredited)
• oFormal training in supervision of other psychologists.

Desirable

• oPost-doctoral training in models specifically relevant to cancer & palliative care, i.e. ACT, CFT, MBSR.
• oFormal training in quality improvement methodologies

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• oSubstantial experience of working as a psychologist in a Cancer service
• oComprehensive knowledge of Cancer pathways and those aspects of disease and treatment that are likely to require psychological intervention
• oExperience of applying clinical psychology in culturally diverse contexts.
• oExperience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• oExperience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
• oExperience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
• oDoctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies
• oDoctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology.
• oKnowledge of legislation / healthcare guidelines and their implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health
• oExperience of contributing to or leading service development / quality improvement projects oExperience of involving and working with patients/service users Experience with projects focused on hospital staff skill development or wellbeing

Desirable

• oExperience working in palliative care services
• oExperience of working in/with third-sector cancer support and information providers
• oPeer-reviewed publications and/or grant awards, in topics relevant to psycho-oncology
• oKnowledge of Macmillan Cancer Support
• Experience of leading and managing a team

Skills, Abilities and Attributes

Essential

• oAbility to articulate and interpret the role of clinical health psychology based upon a good understanding of government and professional guidelines/policy.
• oSkills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, including neuropsychological assessment and interpretation, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• oHighly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
• oAbility to demonstrate leadership and management skills.
• oSkills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• oSkills in the application of cognitive-behavioural and systemic approaches to mental health. Able to demonstrate a thorough understanding, and experience of practice.

Desirable

• oAbility to be responsive, flexible and committed in response to rapidly changing patient needs and circumstances
• oFamiliar with information technology and able to develop and use multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.

Employer details

Employer name

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Northwick Park

Northwick Park Hospital

Harrow

HA13UJ

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