The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Assistant Psychologist
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Job Title: Band 5 Psychologist (1.0 WTE)
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic Band 5 (1.0 WTE), working with children and teenagers who have cancer and with their families. This is an exciting opportunity to join an experienced multi-disciplinary medical and nursing oncology unit, where innovation, research, teaching and training are strongly encouraged. This is a very well-established psychology team, with excellent professional and compassionate staff, very well supported by our efficient and caring administration team within a cancer Centre of Excellence.
To ensure a fair application process, the post will remain open for (until 16 September) and will not close before this time.
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Key Responsibilities
- To assist the Clinical Psychologists in the department in the development, implementation and evaluation of clinical and research activities.
- To undertake clinically supervised work such as triage, liaison, assessments and interventions with children and young people who have cancer and with their families.
- To assist with research, service evaluations and audits.
- To be responsible for creating and maintaining databases.
- To collaborate on planning and implementing training days, workshops and groups.
About The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
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At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Charmain Keane
- Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address: charmain.keane@rmh.nhs.uk
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