Assistant Psychologist

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Cottingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking an Assistant Psychologist to join their cancer psychological service in East Yorkshire. The role includes one-to-one patient work, facilitation of groups, and collaboration on service development. The successful candidate will work part-time in the Active Together prehabilitation program. A relevant psychology degree and experience in clinical settings are required.

Qualifications

• Must have experience in clinical settings with patients.
• Ability to facilitate groups and undertake research.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Work with patients on a one-to-one and group basis.
• Explore service development projects.
• Provide psychological aspects of the Active Together project.

Skills

Ability to manage multiple projects

Clinical supervision experience

Group facilitation skills

Research and development skills

Education

Relevant psychology degree

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an assistant psychologist to join an established and innovative cancer psychological service in East Yorkshire. The successful post-holder will have the opportunity to work as part of an MDT with a range of professionals including clinical and counselling psychologists and CBT therapists and will become an integral part of this team. There will be opportunity for one-to-one work with patients, co-facilitation of groups and involvement in service development projects.

In addition the post holder will spend 4 hours a week as part of the Active Together team alongside a senior counsellor from the service. This is a newly established service to provide prehabilitation and rehabilitation to patients on a curative cancer pathway. The post holder will have the opportunity to shape the development of this service and work alongside AHP professionals and exercise practitioners.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is able to manage working on a number of projects and is keen to develop a range of experience. The post holder will work in the cancer psychological service, undertaking clinically supervised work with patients on a one-to-one basis and within group settings. The post holder will also undertake research and development activities under the supervision of a clinical psychologist and work jointly with other professionals within the multidisciplinary teams.

In addition, the post holder will work 4 hours per week in the Active Together project alongside a senior counsellor from the service. The role will involve delivery of the psychological aspects of the programme. Active Together is a multimodal prehabilitation and rehabilitation service that has been developed by world leading academics and practitioners at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) at Sheffield Hallam University and funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research.

The Active Together Programme is designed to prepare people with cancer for, and recover from, treatment quickly and to assist them to maintain healthy lifestyles after their cancer diagnosis. The Active Together service in Hull is a collaboration between Yorkshire Cancer Research and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH), working alongside researchers from Sheffield Hallam University to develop and evaluate the service. The Active Together service is delivered by a multidisciplinary team including Physiotherapists, Fitness instructors and dieticians alongside Psychology, delivering high quality patient focused-care.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion. Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve. Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH. As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology. We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.