Macmillan Cancer Psychologist

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Psychologist to join the Cancer Psychological Care Team. You will provide specialist psychological assessment and formulation-based therapy for cancer patients and families, working alongside a skilled multidisciplinary group across King’s sites.

You will contribute to service development, training, and reflective practice, with links to primary and secondary care.

Qualifications

• Post holder will work with Band 7 Psychologist and MDT colleagues.
• Provide specialist psychological assessment and formulation-based interventions.
• Engage in service development projects including EDI and staff involvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide timely access to specialist psychological assessment and therapy.
• Collaborate with cancer tumour groups and MDTs to deliver high-quality care.
• Maintain contacts with community and pathways of referrals to ensure appropriate care.
• Facilitate reflective practice groups for non-qualified staff and supervision groups for MDT colleagues.
• Provide training, advice and support for reflective practice and learning needs of staff.

Skills

Clinical psychology

Psychological assessment

Psychological therapy

MDT collaboration

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

The Cancer Psychological Care Team became a permanently established service in 2022. We provide outpatient specialist psychological assessment and formulation-based interventions for patients accessing cancer treatment at King's College Hospital, as well as their family members and carers. The service adopts a compassion-based model of care, guiding how we support patients, MDT colleagues, and each other. There is a range of expertise in the service, including CFT, ACT, CBT, Narrative Therapy, and EMDR. Given the age of the service, we are engaged in a range of exciting service development projects, including EDI work, formulation-based practice, patient involvement, increasing access to psychological care, establishing psychoeducational workshops, training non-cancer specialist psychological therapists in primary care, and increasing the offer of staff psychological consultation for complex presentations.

The successful post holder will work alongside another full-time Band 7 Practitioner Psychologist colleague, three 8a Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist colleagues, an Assistant Psychologist, Trainee Clinical Psychologists, an 8b Principal Practitioner Psychologist (Service Lead), and a dedicated Medical Secretary. They will be joining a friendly, innovative, and supportive team, as well as the wider group of supportive psychologists and psychotherapists working across various medical specialities.

Key Objectives For The Role Are

• This post-holder will initially spend one day per week at Princess Royal University Hospital, offering direct patient care and identifying service need, alongside the other band 7 Psychologist in the team and an 8A Psychologist overseeing this project.
• Providing timely access to specialist psychological assessment, and psychological therapy, tailored to the needs of patients, throughout and following their cancer treatment journey.
• Collaborating with colleagues with links to cancer tumour groups and specific MDMs in the hospital as well as rehabilitation services in secondary and primary care settings to provide high quality care.
• Maintain contacts with the community and pathways of referrals and care to ensure patients receive care in the most socially acceptable and supportive environment to them.
• Facilitate reflective practice groups for non-qualified staff and supervision groups for MDT colleagues.
• Provide training, advice and support for reflective practice, which meets the learning needs of staff throughout services who support people with cancer at King's.

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Mark Groves [e-mail] Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist and Service Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02032995355