Principal Practitioner Psychologist

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the provision of psychology services within Specialist Palliative Care Cancer Services across Sunderland and South Tyneside. You will form part of a team of psychologists and psychological practitioners to continue to develop and embed psychology services for patients accessing Specialist Palliative Care and cancer care in our region.

You will deliver direct patient and relative psychological assessment and intervention, as well as team consultation, training and supervision. Psychology is a highly valued role within these services, and you will be supported to continue to develop and grow the service.

You will be part of our larger Clinical Health Psychology Service and have access to CPD and specialist clinical supervision and leadership support.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have an interest in working with individuals who have complex physical health needs. They will be work as part of a wider MDT to provide direct and indirect psychological care.

The post holder will provide psychological assessments and interventions and work in a variety of clinic settings including inpatients, outpatients and in the community creating a varied and interesting workload.

The post holder will form part of the Cancer and Palliative Care Psychology team and contribute to service development, deliver training to wider services and be involved in audits and research with the support of the clinical lead.

The post holder will also be involved in the development and delivery of a pilot project supporting adults with a curable not treatable lung cancer diagnosis.

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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.

We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for us. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via our Flexible Working Policy.

The Trust employs around 8,746 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Care Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements.If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.