Clinical or Counselling Psychologist - Airdrie, United Kingdom - Maggie's

Maggie's

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Airdrie, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location of appointment

Maggie's Lanarkshire, at the Elizabeth Montgomerie Building, Monklands Hospital, Airdrie, ML6 0JS

Monday 27 March 2023

Contract type

Permanent

Salary range

£48,607 - £58,329 DOE

As an HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist (or eligible for registration) you will have experience of working with adults with psychological problems related to general health conditions.

You will also have competency in more than one therapeutic modality evidence based as effective for people affected by cancer.

You will be enthusiastic about working directly with people affected by cancer within an innovative programme of supportive care, which integrates contributions from a range of professional disciplines.

You will have previous experience of and be confident taking full clinical or counselling responsibility for evidence-based psychological assessment and treatment.

Responsibilities:

As a member of a multidisciplinary team, you will be responsible for overseeing the provision of high quality, evidencebased and specialist programme of psychological assessment and support for people dealing with cancer.
You will contribute your professional expertise to Maggie's MDT and integrated programme of cancer support for people living with the impact of cancer, aligned with the Clinical and Counselling Psychology Role Expectation Guidelines.
You will be responsible for the facilitation of support groups, networking groups, workshops, courses, and lectures and will have responsibility for enabling people affected by cancer to access all appropriate elements of Maggie's programme of support.
You will support the continuing development of psychosocial support in relation to Maggie's programme providing teaching input within the local community about Maggie's model of psychosocial support and the theoretical and cultural underpinnings to the programme.
You will be responsible for recording data in relation to your own work in line with Maggie's policies and procedures and for participation in the ongoing programme, and you will practice evaluation in relation to both your own work and that of programme activity within the centre.
In collaboration with the Centre Head, you will be responsible for quality assurance and programme evaluation in line with Maggie's quality assurance, research and evaluation policies.

Benefits we offer

In addition to a highly rewarding career, we offer a range of staff benefits including:

unique, experiential induction based in one of our centres

- a structured, year-round performance review process focused on developing you in your current role and exploring opportunities for the future
- a competitive holiday entitlement

Read more about our staff benefits