Additionally, the position requires collaboration with stakeholders, providing consultation on complex cases, and training non-psychologist staff to enhance psychological understanding within health teams. The ideal candidate should be passionate about service delivery, client care, and possess expertise in various psychological therapeutic modalities. This role offers a supportive environment within a dedicated team, with opportunities for professional development and engagement with regional psycho-oncology services.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an HCPC registered Band 8B Practitioner Psychologist to lead Cancer Psychological Therapies at BHRUT.
The Post holder will be an HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist. The post is responsible for leading and managing the Cancer Psychological Therapies team, as well as developing the provision for palliative care patients across the BHR area. This service falls under the NELFT Clinical Health Psychology Service and is based at Queens Hospital and King George Hospital (part of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals - BHRUT). The post holder will also have responsibility for a small single clinician service within the cardiac rehab team.
We are looking for someone as passionate about service delivery and development as they are about client care. The post holder will be a level 4 psychologist, with overall responsibility for strategic direction, service planning and development, operational management of Cancer Psychological Therapies, including service throughout, and team caseload management, management of level 2 clinical discussion groups, governance and outcome monitoring, reporting, project management, service development, representation at key meetings with stake holders and research/audit aspects.
This post will have responsibility for supervising and managing band 8a posts in Cancer Psychological Therapies, and oversight of band 7 posts, and trainee posts. The post holder will hold a small caseload of patients and offer advice and consultation on psychological care of highly complex cases to psychological professionals, non-psychologist colleagues, non-professional carers and family members. They will display expertise in the field through teaching, training, supervision and support to non-psychologist staff, helping to develop psychological mindedness in teams, especially within physical health hospital settings. There is a component of engagement with stakeholders including key relationships at NELFT and BHRUT, as well as liaison with other regional psycho-oncology services. Oversight of the Cardiac Rehab service and palliative care pilots at BHRUT also forms a small part of the role.
About us
The Cancer Psychological Therapies service is a small, close-knit team of psychological clinicians, who are all passionate about the work that they do and have formed a strong support network with one another. Sitting within CHPS means that the postholder will be well supported by the Psychological Professional Lead for CHPS and the Deputy Director of Psychological Professions for Barking & Dagenham. There are also excellent opportunities for supervision and CPD, whilst working alongside highly skilled psychology colleagues with a wide range of specialisms and therapeutic modalities.
Please see job description and person specification attached for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.Use of AIApplications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
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