Consultant Lead Clinical Psychologist Oncology (Macmillan) & HIV

Consultant Lead Clinical Psychologist Oncology (Macmillan) & HIV North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

We are looking to appoint a Consultant Lead Clinical Psychologist to lead the provision of specialized psychological services for cancer and HIV care at NMUH. This role involves the development and delivery of high-quality, patient-centered psychological support, as well as consultant-level guidance for Haematology and Cardiology services. Key requirements of this job include carrying out audit, policy and service development, staff training (including level 2 for Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialists) and research with clients with complex health difficulties.

The Cancer services at NMUH have had a Macmillan funded cancer psychology service since 2015 and the post holder will be leading the development of a model of stepped care for emotional support, screening and intervention for the service including: direct assessment, therapy and staff support, supervision and training.

Main duties of the job

1. To work with service managers and commissioners to develop clinical health psychology at NMUH.
2. To provide highly specialist psychological assessments of service users within a highly specialized clinical setting referred by the HIV and cancer teams.
3. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a service user's mental health problems.
4. To be responsible for implementing a range of highly specialized and innovative psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups.
5. To evaluate and make highly skilled decisions about treatment options.

About us

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care.

Job responsibilities

1. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of service users.
2. To provide expertise and specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals.
3. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual service users.
4. To communicate highly complex and potentially contentious information in a highly skilled and sensitive manner.
5. To provide expert consultation about the care of these client groups to staff and outside agencies.

Person Specification Qualifications

• HPC registration
• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology.
• Post-doctoral training in specialized areas of psychological practice.

Experience

• Experience working as a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist for a minimum of six years.
• Experience of working psychologically within physical healthcare.

Knowledge and Skills

• Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management.
• A high level ability to communicate effectively.

Other

• Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff.
• Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations.

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.

Salary: £80,025 to £91,336 a year inclusive of outer HCAs