Principal Clinical/counselling Psychologist - Dunstable, United Kingdom - East London NHS Foundation Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust

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Dunstable, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join the Cancer and Palliative Care Psychology Team.

We are seeking an experienced Clinical/Counselling Psychologist who is enthusiastic, creative and wants learning opportunities to enhance strategic and operational management skills.

This Senior Cancer and Palliative Care Psychology post is 0.6wte (22.5hrs) fixed term and will work alongside our existing Principal Psychologists to lead on service projects and provide complex clinical assessment and intervention, and help deliver our vision for improved access and experience of psychological cancer and palliative care across Bedfordshire, Luton and ICS.

The post holder will join a warm enthusiastic and dedicated specialist Cancer and Palliative Care psychology team (Level 3 and Level 4), including Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Family/Couples Therapists and CBT/Psychotherapist.

The post holder will be supervised by the Consultant Psychologists Lead and support you to deliver high quality services that operate across organisational boundaries to meet local need, as part of the Cancer Transformation Strategy.

The position offers a varied role including clinical case work, consultation, supervision groups, teaching and training, service development and research.

The post-holder will join a broader thriving diverse Clinical Health Psychology Team within ELFT Beds and Luton Community Health Services.

ELFT is committed to providing CPD opportunities to maintain and develop specialist expertise.

If this post has peaked your interest then please call to for an informal chat, , Dr Sara Rassool (Consultant Clinical Psychologists).

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve

Our values are:

We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

The Macmillan Psychology Service stretches across Luton & Bedfordshire to provide psychological care for people with cancer and palliative care needs, their families and carers.

The post holder will join a well-established team, work at a senior level, alongside an existing principal psychologist, and consult lead.

The Post holder will be responsible for providing highly specialist clinical psychology services, including, specialist psychological assessment, interventions and therapies for adult Cancer & Palliative Care patients, their families and carers.

The role also involves provision of teaching, advice, consultation and supervision on clients' psychological care to non-psychology colleagues.

The service is provided within a range of settings including hospital and hospice inpatient units, care homes, community clinics and, where necessary, in patients' homes.

The post holder will utilise research skills for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of individual and group psychological interventions, audit, service development and research.

The service works in collaboration with a range of voluntary agencies as well as other Trust services. The post holder will work with the Service Lead to maintain positive working relationships with relevant stakeholders.
The role will cover broad team and staff management including overseeing service operations, team systems, processes and staff supervision.

The post holder will utilise research skills, audit, policy and service development to implement policy changes within the area of Cancer and Palliative Care in agreement with the guidance of the Service Lead.

The post holder will facilitate implementation of both local cancer strategy and adhere to national standards appropriate to the health and social care setting, contributing to strategic planning of the service.

The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Trust's policies and procedures.