Clinical Psychologist, Psycho-Oncology Service

NHS Jobs; Tees Valley; Presencial; GBP 50.000 - 65.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to help develop psycho-oncology support for people affected by lung cancer in County Durham and Darlington. You will work with the lung multidisciplinary team to integrate psychology into existing care pathways and address social inequalities.

You will hold an active caseload delivering specialist assessments and interventions, contribute to research, training and service development, and share learning

Responsabilidades

• Deliver specialist assessments and interventions for people affected by lung cancer.
• Contribute to research, training and service development in psycho-oncology.
• Share learning from the service across the wider region to inform and support regional psycho-oncology care.

Descripción del empleo

Clinical Psychologist, Psycho-Oncology Service

You will play a pivotal role in contributing to developing psycho-oncology support for people affected by lung cancer in County Durham and Darlington. You will be highly motivated to offer a service that addresses social inequalities and will develop effective working relationships across, population, organisations and boundaries to do this creatively. You will work closely with the CDDFT lung multi-disciplinary team to ensure the needs of people affected by lung cancer are supported and to develop ways that psychology can fit into exisiting approaches. You will hold an active caseload, delivering specialist assessments and interventions for people affected by lung cancer, as well as contributing to research, training, and service development to enhance psycho-oncology delivery and care within the organisation. A key aspect of the role will be to share learning from the service across the wider region, to inform and support regional psycho-oncology care . You wil be supported by the consultant psychologist and head of service

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust