Lead/Principal Psychologist - Clinical/Counselling

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Guildford is seeking a candidate for a fixed-term role focused on developing a level 4 psychology service to enhance cancer care. The role includes establishing multidisciplinary teams, providing training, consulting, and collaborating with clinicians. Candidates should have experience in cancer services and staff consultation. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with various leads in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience working in psychological care environments.
• Familiarity with cancer services and wellbeing initiatives.
• Ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish and evaluate an MDT focusing on psychological care.
• Provide level 2 training.
• Conduct psychological consultations to clinicians and teams.
• Offer clinical supervision.
• Provide level 4 clinical consultations with patients.
• Collaborate with specialist clinicians.
• Work with specialists to generate impactful data.

Skills

Staff consultation

Training

MDT work

Experience in cancer services

Job description

St Luke's Cancer Centre – Role Overview

St Luke's Cancer Centre at the Royal Surrey County Hospital are recruiting to a 3 day a week fixed term post (one year duration). The post requires skills in staff consultation, training and MDT work and previous experience of working in cancer services.

The purpose of this secondment is to work closely with a range of leads in the cancer service and the thriving wellbeing centre and counselling service (The Fountain Centre) to develop a level 4 psychology service that both complements the existing wellbeing offer within the cancer centre.

You will work with clinicians, and clinical and strategy leads to shape the future of level 4 psychology in cancer care locally.

You will be part of a network of around 30 psychologists specializing in physical health who are employed by Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation Trust and work into a range of local physical and mental health services and specialisms. Your supervision and management will be provided through this network.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and evaluate an MDT focusing on psychological care.
• Provision of level 2 training.
• Psychological consultations to clinicians and teams.
• Clinical supervision.
• Level 4 clinical consultations with patients.
• Joint working with specialist clinicians.
• Work with clinical and data specialists to generate data on the impact of the level 4 service.

About the Trust

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.