Clinical/Counselling Psychologist- Palliative Care Preceptorship 7/8a

at  Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the well-established Hospital Palliative Care Service at North West Anglia Foundation Trust (NWAFT) based at Peterborough City Hospital.
The Hospital Palliative Care Team provides specialist palliative care of patients with an advanced, incurable and progressive illness who are thought to be in the last 12 months of life. The team is made up of palliative medicine consultants, specialist nurses. This palliative care post has been well established over the last 10 years. You will work alongside the Cancer Wellbeing Team based at the Robert Horrell Centre who provide wellbeing and emotional support to people affected by cancer. You will be supporting and supervising medical staff in providing level 2 psychological support.
We would encourage applications from recently qualified or early career Clinical Psychologists, as a band 7 preceptorship is available. If you are currently working towards a HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist, which is due to be fulfilled within the next 12 months and would like to apply for this vacancy as a developmental role, please tick the box for HCPC registration, clarifying your course and completion date on the application form.
The post is managed and supported by the local mental health trust; CPFT which will provide the post with CPD support and facilitate strong links with primary and secondary care. CPFT also provide Peterborough City Hospital with a Liaison Psychiatric Service on site so the post will have links to them.
We are keen to support and develop our staff through a clear career pathway and encourage promotional opportunities within the Trust. CPFT has over 40 Clinical Psychologists working in the Psychological Medicine Service, working across the age range, and linked with a large variety of specialties. Each Psychologist has expertise within medical specialties, and are accredited in a range of therapeutic modalities, these include CBT, CAT, IPT, ACT and CFT and EMDR, so there are many opportunities to develop skills through supervised practice.
The post would be suitable for a clinical psychologist who has a strong team work ethic, has a passion for working with individuals, couples and families and want to further develop the role of psychology within a palliative care setting.
If you are unable to attend an interview on the suggested date, please let us know on your application form as other options may be available.
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR CPFT INCLUDE:

• Annual leave allowance 27 days plus bank holidays (this may increase depending on NHS service)
• Pension scheme - Flexible job share opportunities
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Staff discount schemes
• Professional development via the CPFT Academy which provides in-house training programmes
• Mindfulness training
• Stress awareness training
• Counselling Service
  To find out more information regarding staff benefits, locations and services please visit - http://www.cpft.nhs.uk/
  Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
  To provide highly specialist psychological assessments based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of highly complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological (and neuropsychological tests where appropriate), self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.
  To develop psychological formulations of presenting problems or situations that integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon psychological theory and evidence, and which incorporates interpersonal, societal, cultural, and biological factors.
  To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups, within and across hospital and community-based teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
  To evaluate and make decisions about psychological treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
  To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
  To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plan

Please refer the Job description for details