Principal Clinical Psychologist (XR09)

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a full-time Principal Clinical Psychologist to join the Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapies service in Leeds. This role will involve delivering psychological care, conducting assessments, and supervising clinical team members, contributing significantly to the Trust's mental health initiatives.

Benefits

Generous CPD budget

Staff benefits and salary sacrifice schemes

On-site facilities, including nurseries

Qualifications

• Registered Clinical Psychologist with advanced training.
• Experience in working with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to conduct specialised psychological assessments.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessments and therapy.
• Collaborate in MDT meetings to facilitate patient care.
• Supervise and manage early career psychologists.

Skills

Psychological assessments

Therapeutic intervention

Team collaboration

Research skills

Clinical supervision

Education

Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology

Registration with Health and Care Professions Council

Formal clinical supervisor training

Job description

Weare delighted to advertise a full time Principal Clinical Psychologist post(or part-time applications also welcomed) working with the Stem CellTransplant and Cellular Therapies service, funded by the charity AnthonyNolan. The service carries out approximately 60 allogeneic stem celltransplants per year. The Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) servicestarted in 2021 and has already seen significant growth. This post-holderwill continue to develop the pre-transplant, peri-transplant and post-transplantpsychological pathways and service. The post-holder will link with otherAnthony Nolan posts nationally for support and advice. Anthony Nolan providean excellent package of benefits for this post, including a generous CPDbudget.

AnthonyNolan have provided funding for a further 10-12 months, dependant on WTE (theprevious two post-holders relocated after two years in post). We hope togather evidence for the Trust to take this on as a permanent post after thecharity funding ends.

Roleavailable 0.8-1 WTE - please contact Dr Jane Clark, Lead Consultant ClinicalPsychologist if you would like more information on 0113 206 5897 or via emailat: [e-mail]

Expected ShortlistingDate

15/07/2025

Planned InterviewDate

23/07/2025

Main duties of the job

Thepost-holder will work as an integrated member of the stem cell transplant andcellular therapy teams to facilitate psychologically informed patient care(through routine input into MDT meetings, consultation, supervision, andtraining). The work will involve direct patient work in an in-patientsetting, out-patient setting and some remote consultations. There isopportunity for some home working.

Thereis an expectation to collect data to provide to Anthony Nolan. The postholder will produce an annual report and develop a business plan todemonstrate the benefit of the role to the Trust and apply for futurefunding. The post holder will be expected to collaborate with Anthony Nolanon promotional activities, podcasts and developing patient information. Therewill be line management and supervision responsibilities for other ClinicalPsychologists within the department. The post holder will also take part inOperational Management meetings and work.

About us

Thepost sits within the LTHT Cancer Psychology Service and Haematology team, butwill also have strong links with the wider Clinical & Health PsychologyDepartment. The Department has flourished and has over 50 cliniciansorganised into three sectors (Medicine, Neuropsychology and Surgery &Rehabilitation). We have several special interest groups for psychologistswanting to develop therapeutic skills in areas such as Acceptance andCommitment Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy and Cognitive Analytic Therapy,as well as a focus on regular supervision.

Thereare very close links with the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training Programmeat the School of Medicine, Leeds University. There is an expectation to offerregular training placements to trainee clinical psychologists.

TheTrust has a range of staff benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (includingcar leasing and cycle-to-work schemes) and on-site facilities (eg nurseries).

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

Toprovide a qualified specialist clinical or counselling psychology service topatients who are seen within the designated clinical speciality/area, acrossall sites and sectors of care by:

a) Providing specialist psychologicalassessments and therapy

b) Offering advice and consultation onpatients psychological and neuropsychological care to non-psychologistcolleagues and to other non-professional carers

c) Developing, supporting andmaintaining effective working relationships with other disciplines within theservice areas, including attending Team meetings

d) Using research skills for audit,policy and service development and leading on research projects within thearea served by the team/service

e) Proposing and implementing policychanges within the specialist area served

f) Line managing Early Career andSenior Clinical or Counselling Psychologists in the discrete clinicalspeciality that the post covers and making a contribution to the generalmanagement, governance and supervision of the clinical/counselling psychologyservice as agreed

g) Working autonomously in the deliveryof these duties within professional guidelines, the evidence-based literatureand the overall framework of the Team, Department of Clinical & HealthPsychology and Trust policies and procedures.

3. JOB DIMENSIONS

NationalKSF profile

Develop and maintain communicationwith people on complex matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations

Develop oneself and contribute tothe development of others

Monitor and maintain health, safetyand security of self and others

Contribute to the improvement ofservices

Contribute to improving quality

Promote equality and valuediversity.

Healthand wellbeing:

Plan, develop and implementapproaches to promote health and wellbeing and prevent adverse effects onhealth and wellbeing

Assess complex health and wellbeingneeds and develop, monitor and review care plans to meet those needs

Contribute to protecting people atrisk

Assess physiological andpsychological functioning when there are complex and/or undifferentiatedabnormalities, diseases and disorders and develop, monitor and review relatedtreatment plans

Plan, deliver and evaluateinterventions and/or treatments when there are complex issues and/or seriousillness.

General:

Plan, deliver and reviewinterventions to enable people to learn and develop

Test and review new concepts,models, methods, practices, products and equipment

Prioritise and manage the ongoingwork of services and/or projects

Plan, allocate and supervise thework of a team.

6. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES

Ourvalues are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see thisas a strength as well as a responsibility.They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see asimportant to how we work. Our fivevalues are:

Accountable

Empowered

Allour actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values.

7. WEST YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF ACUTETRUSTS (WYAAT)

LeedsTeaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association ofAcute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from acrossWest Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possiblecare for our patients.

Bybringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across WestYorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and drivingforward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHSTrust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.

WYAATis the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and CarePartnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. ThePartnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health andwellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports thatambition.

8. CORE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS

1. To ensure the development,maintenance and dissemination of the highest professional standards ofpractice through (a) active participation in internal and external CPDtraining and development programmes and (b) the encouragement andfacilitation of the active participation of service users in the design,provision and evaluation of clinical services.

2. To ensure the development andarticulation of best practice in psychology within the service area andcontribute across the service by exercising the skills of a reflexive andreflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular clinicalsupervision* and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with currentdevelopments in the field of clinical or counselling psychology and relateddisciplines.

3. To maintain the highest standards ofclinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, reportwriting and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance inaccordance with professional codes of practice of the HCPC, BritishPsychological Society (BPS) and Trust policies and procedures.

4. To contribute to the development andarticulation of best practice in psychology across the service, by continuingto develop the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner,taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintainingan active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical orcounselling psychology and related disciplines.

5. To maintain up to date knowledge oflegislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both thespecific client group, mental health, clinical/counselling psychology andhealth psychology in general.

*Please note that all post holders of clinical psychology posts receiveclinical supervision. This is not to be confused with management supervisionin AFC terms

9. CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

Professionalknowledge:

Skills in the use of complexmethods of psychological assessment, intervention and management

Well-developed skills in theability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highlytechnical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, theirfamilies, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outsidethe NHS

Skills in providing consultation toother professional and non-professional groups

Doctoral level knowledge ofresearch methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysisas practiced within the clinical fields of psychology

Evidence of continuing professionaldevelopment as recommended by the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Understandingof the Department and Organisation

Knowledge and understanding of theLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) values and behaviours

Knowledge and understanding of thestructure of the Clinical and Health Psychology Department (the Department)

Knowledge and understanding of theDepartment operational policies

Knowledge and understanding ofTrust policies and procedures

Knowledge and understanding of thestructure of the LTHT and of the designated clinical speciality/area andClinical Support Unit (CSU).

9. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OFRESPONSIBILITY

Clinical

1. To provide specialist psychologicalassessments of patients referred to the service, based upon the appropriateuse, interpretation and integration of highly complex data from a variety ofsources including neuropsychological and psychological tests, self-reportmeasures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations andsemi-structured interviews with patients, family members and others involvedin the patients care.

2. To formulate, develop and implementplans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a patientspsychological problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of thepatients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy,across the full range of care settings.

3. To be responsible for implementing arange of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families andgroups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis,adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon differentexplanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.

4. To evaluate and make decisions abouttreatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic modelsand highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processesthat have shaped the individual, family or group.

5. To exercise autonomous professionalresponsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whoseproblems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.

6. To provide highly specialisedpsychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionalscontributing directly to patients formulation, diagnosis and treatmentplans.

7. To ensure that all relevantprofessionals have access to a psychologically based framework forunderstanding and care of patients of the service, through the provision ofadvice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research andtheory.

8. To undertake risk assessment and riskmanagement for individual patients and to provide general advice to otherprofessionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management withparticular reference to deliberate self-harm.

9. To act as care co-ordinator, whereappropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of careplans under enhanced CPA (or its equivalent in the acute physical health caresetting) including patients, their carers, referring agents and othersinvolved in the network of care.

10. To communicate in a skilled andsensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation andtreatment plans of patients under their care and to monitor and evaluateprogress during the course of care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, as accredited by the British Psychological Society
• Completion of formal clinical supervisor training sufficient to be able to supervise doctoral trainees
• Registration as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with Health and Care Professions Council (or other domain title as agreed)
• Further training in a specialised area of clinical practice through formal post- doctoral training (diploma or equivalent) or a portfolio of short courses and supervised practice-based learning
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.

Experience

• Registration as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with Health and Care Professions Council (or other domain title as agreed)
• Experience of working with a variety of patient groups, across the wholelife course, presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
• Qualified experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams and supervising healthcare staff
• Experience of working with adults with the health condition(s) covered by the designated clinical speciality/area

Skills and Behaviours

• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator (or equivalent in a physical healthcare sett
• Experience of teaching, training and provision of professional and clinical supervision
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and behaviour
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for specific difficult to treat groups
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health.

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.