Psychologist / Senior Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling)

Fixed Term for 6 months

This is an excellent opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist to make a valuable difference to the lives of people living with cancer, within our friendly and well-established Department of Psychological Medicine through the delivery of an externally funded project.

This post sits within our Acute Medicine and Cancer Psychology Team. The cancer psychology team consists of a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Principal Clinical Psychologist, Senior Clinical Psychologist and Specialist Counsellor.

Funding has been provided by the Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance Innovation Fund, to develop psychological skills training for newly developed roles in our wider cancer service e.g. cancer care co-ordinators and pathways navigators.

The postholder will lead on this project, undertaking a training needs assessment, developing and delivering the necessary training, alongside evaluating its impact and the project as a whole.  Support will be provided by the wider team, as well as an Assistant Psychologist.

Our department has an ongoing commitment to flexible and hybrid working, so the post will include some working from home. We see good quality supervision and CPD as essential to the well-being of our staff, and we actively support learning and development within the role.

If you would like to apply on a secondment basis you must seek approval from your current line manager

The postholder will lead on the innovation fund project, undertaking a training needs assessment, developing and delivering the necessary training, alongside evaluating its impact and the project as a whole.  Support will be provided by the wider team as well as an Assistant Psychologist (0.2wte)

The MDTs (including consultants and nurses) are very open to psychological approaches and have appreciated working with a psychologist in their teams for a number of years.

As a member of the Department of Psychological Medicine you will have the opportunity to contribute and gain experience in the way we are developing psychological care across our organisation and service development

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit you application at the earliest opportunity.

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Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities.  We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.  If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: [email protected]

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment.  It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can.  We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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