Senior Clinical Psychologist

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness program

Job summary

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust in Stoke-on-Trent is seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist to join its Physical Health Psychology Team. The role focuses on highly specialist assessment and intervention for individuals affected by cancer and those undergoing bariatric surgery, within a multidisciplinary setting.

The post offers opportunities for leadership, supervision, and service development alongside the Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Senior Service Manager, with a

Qualifications

• Qualified clinical psychologist or final year trainee
• Experience in adult mental health setting preferred
• Experience in cancer care or bariatrics desirable

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention
• Deliver individual and group work within MDT
• Provide clinical supervision and Level 2 supervision/training to nursing colleagues
• Lead pathway management and service improvement initiatives
• Offer consultation, referral screening and triage
• Engage in training and risk assessment activities
• Support emotional adjustment and quality of life for cancer patients and bariatric surgery patients

Skills

Clinical psychology

Preceptorship/Leadership

Supervision

Team collaboration

Counselling psychology

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Counselling psychology training

Job description

Based on relevant experience, this post can either be offered at a Band 8a or a Band 7/ 8a Preceptorship. We would welcome applications from final year trainee clinical or counselling psychologists. Appropriate supervision and development opportunities will be provided for the preceptorship.

We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Clinical Psychologist to join our Physical Health Psychology Team. The role offers specialist psychological care for people affected by cancer experiencing severe psychological distress and pre-surgical psychological assessment for people on the Tier 4 bariatric surgical pathway. Our service works closely with MDT colleagues in Cancer Care and Bariatrics at University Hospitals North Midlands.

The post holder will provide highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention through individual and group work, alongside consultation, training, and supervision. This includes providing clinical supervision within the profession and cross-professionally offering Level 2 supervision and training to cancer clinical nurse specialists. The post also offers opportunities to develop leadership skills through referral and pathway management and service improvement initiatives working alongside the Consultant Clinical Psychologist and the Senior Service Manager.

We will consider applications from people whose main area of work since qualification has been in an adult mental health setting.

To deliver a highly specialist clinical health psychology service to outpatients as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team comprising a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Psychologists, and Psychological Therapists. The post holder will provide psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based interventions to individuals and groups, supporting emotional adjustment and enhancing quality of life. The role involves working with people experiencing psychological distress and complex mental health difficulties associated with living with and beyond cancer, as well as individuals undergoing assessment and preparation for bariatric surgery.

Responsibilities will also include consultation, referral screening and triage, pathway and service development, clinical supervision, training, and risk assessment and management.

To offer clinical supervision to band 7, trainees and assistants. Offering level 2 supervision and training to nursing colleagues across the relevant specialties at UHNM.

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

• We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

The Trust is committed to the Step into Health scheme and actively encourages applicants from the Armed Forces Communities to apply.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachel Holland Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0300 123 1535