Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

www.healthjobsuk.com - jobboard; Poole; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 61,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading hospital trust is seeking a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join their Cancer Centre team in Poole. This part-time position involves providing psychological support for cancer patients and their families while participating in training and supervision of healthcare professionals. The role offers a chance to work within a compassionate team dedicated to enhancing patient care across multiple locations.

Qualifications

• Experienced in clinical health psychology, especially cancer and palliative care.
• Skilled in clinical supervision, training, and teaching.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychological assessments and therapy for patients with cancer.
• Provide training and supervision to clinical staff and trainees.
• Work flexibly across multiple sites to meet patient needs.

Skills

Consultation

Flexibility

Education

Post-graduate doctoral training in clinical or counselling psychology

HCPC registered practitioner psychologist

Post-doctoral training in psychological practice

Job description

Main area Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in Oncology and Palliative Care Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job ref 153-SP04611

Employer University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Town Poole Salary £46,148 - £60,504 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 06/07/2025 23:59

Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Band 8a

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity to join the growing Dorset Cancer Centre Counselling and Psychology Service, working with patients, their families and carers under the care of Cancer services, including Palliative Care. You will provide a safe and effective evidence-based Level 4 psychological support service to individuals, couples and families who are affected by a diagnosis of cancer or other life-limiting illness in line with NICE Guidance on Cancer Care Services, Improving Supportive and Palliative Care for Adults. You will work closely within our team comprised of Clinical Psychologist and Team Lead, Counsellors, Systemic Family Psychotherapist, and a Social Worker. We all work alongside multidisciplinary professionals providing nursing, medical and therapeutic care.

Base Location: Poole Hospital

Interview Date: TBC

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced Clinical/Counselling Psychologist who will be involved in training and clinical supervision of healthcare professionals and able to offer placement to Clinical or Counselling Psychologist on Doctoral courses. We are also looking for someone who will fit in well with our compassionate and dedicated team. You will need to be flexible and open-minded as we develop our services across the Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole area in line with the recent merger of the acute hospitals, and the transformation agenda. The postholder would be expected to work across the 3 main sites in Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch. Our services provide a range of modalities to support our service users and you will be open to working with people face-to-face, via telephone and via video.

Working for our organisation

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Although this post is advertised at a Band 8a, we would welcome applications from newly- or recently-qualified Psychologists for a Preceptorship role at Band 7, with progression to 8a once requirements are fulfilled. Full support will be given.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
• HCPC registered practitioner psychologist
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

Experience

• Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical or counselling psychologist
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment
• Post-qualification experience of working in clinical health psychology, preferably including cancer and palliative care
• Experience of providing clinical supervision, teaching and training.

Technical Skills and Competencies

• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Ability to work across the lifespan, with individuals, couples and groups

Knowledge

• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists

Please note:

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.