North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Senior Clinical Psychologist
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Role Overview
Based on relevant experience, this post can either be offered at a Band 8a or a Band 7/ 8a Preceptorship. We would welcome applications from final year trainee clinical or counselling psychologists. Appropriate supervision and development opportunities will be provided for the preceptorship.
About the Role
We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Clinical Psychologist to join our Physical Health Psychology Team. The role offers specialist psychological care for people affected by cancer experiencing severe psychological distress and pre-surgical psychological assessment for people on the Tier 4 bariatric surgical pathway. Our service works closely with MDT colleagues in Cancer Care and Bariatrics at University Hospitals North Midlands.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention through individual and group work, alongside consultation, training, and supervision.
- Provide clinical supervision within the profession and cross-professionally offering Level 2 supervision and training to cancer clinical nurse specialists.
- Develop leadership skills through referral and pathway management and service improvement initiatives working alongside the Consultant Clinical Psychologist and the Senior Service Manager.
- Deliver a highly specialist clinical health psychology service to outpatients as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team comprising a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Psychologists, and Psychological Therapists.
- Provide psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based interventions to individuals and groups, supporting emotional adjustment and enhancing quality of life.
- Work with people experiencing psychological distress and complex mental health difficulties associated with living with and beyond cancer, as well as individuals undergoing assessment and preparation for bariatric surgery.
- Responsibilities will also include consultation, referral screening and triage, pathway and service development, clinical supervision, training, and risk assessment and management.
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Additional Duties
- Offer clinical supervision to band 7, trainees, and assistants.
- Offer level 2 supervision and training to nursing colleagues across the relevant specialties at UHNM.
About Us
- As a Trust, we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high-quality care.
- We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
- We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk)). Sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers.
- The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi, and trans communities.
- The Trust is committed to the Step into Health scheme and actively encourages applicants from the Armed Forces Communities to apply.
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Contact Information
For further details/informal visits, contact:
- Name: Rachel Holland
- Job Title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email Address: Rachel.Holland@combined.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 0300 123 1535
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