Macmillan Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Tooting; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Clinical supervision

Mentoring within department

CPD and career progression

Research links with university

Job summary

St George's Hospital is seeking a clinical or counselling psychologist for a fixed-term 12-month maternity-cover post in the specialist adult inpatient palliative care service. The role focuses on psychological work with patients with life-limiting illnesses and their relatives, with clinical supervision and teaching of the team.

Mentoring within the neuropsychology and clinical health psychology department is provided, and flexible hours will be considered.

Qualifications

• Doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent for those trained before 1996).
• HCPC registration as a clinical or counselling psychologist.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychology input for patients with life-limiting illnesses and their relatives within the palliative care service
• Carry out predominantly direct clinical work with patients and relatives
• Liaise with the multidisciplinary palliative care team and other healthcare professionals, including medical, nursing, AHP and liaison psychiatry colleagues
• Provide clinical supervision and teaching to other members of the multidisciplinary team
• Work as a member of the neuropsychology and clinical health psychology department, receiving support and mentoring

Skills

Psychological assessment

Communication skills

Consultation skills

Research design

Clinical governance

Teamwork

Education

Doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology

Job description

This fixed-term post is 12 months of maternity cover for a clinical or counselling psychologist in the specialist adult inpatient palliative care service at St George's Hospital. The role centres on psychological work with patients who have life-limiting illnesses and their relatives, with clinical supervision and teaching of other team members. It is linked to the neuropsychology and clinical health psychology department for mentoring, and flexible working hours will be considered. Applicants need a doctoral qualification and HCPC registration.

What the job involves

• Provide specialist psychology input for patients with life-limiting illnesses and their relatives within the palliative care service
• Carry out predominantly direct clinical work with patients and relatives
• Liaise with the multidisciplinary palliative care team and other healthcare professionals, including medical, nursing, AHP and liaison psychiatry colleagues
• Provide clinical supervision and teaching to other members of the multidisciplinary team
• Work as a member of the neuropsychology and clinical health psychology department, receiving support and mentoring

What’s required

Qualifications

• Doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent for those trained before 1996)

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration as a clinical or counselling psychologist

Experience

• Experience with a wide range of client groups across the life course, clinical severities and care settings, including inpatient and community
• Minimum 18 months post-qualification clinical experience, at least 12 months in a clinical health psychology specialty
• Experience of working in the NHS
• Experience of representing psychology within multidisciplinary care

Skills & knowledge

• Skills in complex psychological assessment, intervention and management
• Clear communication of technical and sensitive information, orally and in writing, to clients, families and professionals
• Skills in providing consultation to professional and non-professional groups
• Doctoral-level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate analysis
• Using clinical governance mechanisms to support practice in the face of emotive material and challenging behaviour
• Commitment to team working and working creatively

Other

• Maintaining professionalism with highly emotive, distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse
• Identifying and promoting support for carers and staff exposed to distressing situations

Nice to have

• Training in research methodology, staff training, health psychology or other applied psychology
• Ward-based working, ideally in an acute physical health setting
• Psychological work with people approaching end of life or bereaved
• Application of psychology in different cultural or multicultural contexts
• Teaching, training and/or supervision experience
• Formal training in supervising other psychologists
• Audit, project work and research experience
• Service development experience

What’s offered

• Flexible working hours will be considered
• Clinical supervision from the neuropsychology and clinical health psychology department
• Mentoring within the department
• Continuing professional development, training and career progression
• Links with St George's Hospital Medical School and the University of Surrey
• Active support for research