Practitioner Psychologist / Counsellor / Psychotherapist, Band 7

NHS; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Practitioner Psychologist to enhance cancer care services. This role involves delivering high-quality psychological support and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. The ideal candidate will have a doctorate in psychology and experience in clinical settings, contributing to innovative patient care.

Benefits

Generous annual leave allowance

NHS pension scheme

Discounts at local shops and restaurants

Access to on-site nurseries

Flexible working opportunities

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Doctorate in clinical/counselling psychology or accredited training.
• HCPC registration or alternative professional registration required.
• Experience in NHS clinical settings and with physical health issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological interventions for cancer patients.
• Consult and train healthcare professionals on psychological care.
• Conduct audits and service evaluations.

Skills

Psychological expertise

Consultation

Training

Education

Doctorate in clinical / counselling / health psychology

HCPC registration or equivalent

Job description

Go back Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Practitioner Psychologist / Counsellor / Psychotherapist, Band 7

The closing date is 08 June 2025

This is a newly created post that presents an exciting opportunity for a practitioner psychologist or psychological therapist to develop direct and indirect psychology provision for cancer care across our trust and within the oncology centre. The post is part of an award winning cancer psychology service where being innovative and creative is highly valued.

Additional working pattern details: Part time hours may be possible

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative and creative professional to engage in developing a clinical service alongside existing posts in specialist palliative care, and other posts in cancer and haematology. The post spans direct outpatient clinical work and indirect clinical work such as training and consultation, with an emphasis on a systems approach to the integration of psychologically informed care for services more broadly across both hospital sites.

The role works collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues to achieve effective, evidence based psychological provision for patients, with close links to oncology services and other key medical disciplines. You will work autonomously within professional guidelines ensuring that services provided are high quality, cost-effective, culturally appropriate and based on best clinical and professional practice, national strategic and policy guidelines.

The post is fixed term and largely based at Gloucester Royal, though at times cross site working at Cheltenham General is needed. The service has strong links with Psycho-oncology services across the region and with local hospices, alongside a supportive and friendly clinical health psychology department with access to CPD.

About us

The role offers:

- An autonomous band 7 role with the flexibility to develop and shape the service going forward, well integrated with the teams it serves.

- An innovative, stimulating and well organised psychology department - part of a well-established Clinical Health Psychology department employing a range of applied psychology roles.

- A friendly and supportive team of colleagues, excellent peer support and regular supervision.

- A commitment to the training and support of applied psychological professions and active involvement in the local clinical doctoral courses.

With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one of our innovative hospitals. As well as generous annual leave allowance, access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Job responsibilities

To be responsible for providing a high quality, specialist psychological service for people affected by a diagnosis of cancer and its treatments, consistent with the Trust's objective of "best care for everyone". This will include:

providing specialist psychological interventions to patientsproviding psychological expertise to indirect clinical work of consultation and training to other healthcare professionals and to enable cancer health care professionals to provide psychologically informed care.

- Using knowledge and skills to identify and implement audit, service evaluation and development work.

- Being involved in the continued professional development of roles such as assistant psychologists or placements if they arise.

- Acting independently and being accountable for own actions within professional guidelines and trust policies.

Please see the job description document for further details

Person Specification

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

• Doctorate in clinical / counselling /health psychology or accredited post graduate training in counselling / psychotherapist / CBT therapist
• HCPC registration or alternative prof. registration (BACP, BABCP, UKCP)
• Experience of working in the NHS in a clinical setting
• Significant understanding and experience of working with people with physical health issues, ideally in an acute hospital setting
• Experience of providing advice, consultation and supervision to other healthcare professionals regarding psychological aspects of care.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust (Beacon House)

£46,148 to £52,809 a year(pa pro rata if part-time)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time

Reference number

318-25-T0372

Job locations

Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust (Beacon House)