Macmillan Consultant Practitioner Psychologist

at  London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Macmillan Consultant Clinical / Counselling Psychologist in Cancer and Palliative Care– 8C post 0.8WTE
An opportunity has arisen to join our award-winning Macmillan team as the Lead Psychologist, where your expertise will guide a highly specialist service for cancer and palliative care patients.
The Macmillan Psycho-oncology Service operates within a model of integrated psychological care and is therefore embedded into the wider staff team of doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals.
The post is a Macmillan professional position and thus benefits from Macmillan Cancer Support professionals’ programmes, including grants for CPD and access to the Macmillan Education Hub. For further information about being a Macmillan professional see Macmillan Professionals | Macmillan Cancer Support .
As a Trust, we are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. Applications from these groups are welcomed.
Informal enquiries / visits are very welcome. Please contact: Mark Barrington, Head of Psychological Services on 07946 621 218 or email: markbarrington@nhs.net

WE RUN MAJOR ACUTE SERVICES AT:

Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Macmillan Consultant Clinical / Counselling Psychologist in Cancer and Palliative Care– 8C post : Detailed job description and main responsibilities. Please see attached for the details

Please refer the Job description for details