Applied Psychologist

The post holder will provide input into the Medicine Speciality within the Department of MY Psychological Services. The post-holders will provide support to a range of patients accessing the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust across 3 hospital sites.

The applicant should be enthusiastic, highly motivated, and resourceful with strong skills in delivering psychological treatment and working effectively within multi-disciplinary teams. The post-holder will provide specialist psychological assessment and treatment to patients with complex medical conditions (e.g. cardiology, dermatology, diabetes and endocrinology, and gastroenterology), as well as advice and consultation to professional colleagues. They will also contribute to audit and research processes.

Clinical and professional supervision and support will be provided by the Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the service. The successful applicant will be a member of the Department of MY Psychological Serviceswhich is a developing service offering excellent opportunities for professional support and career development. Furthermore, we regularly take doctoral trainees from local courses and have good academic links to a broad range of universities.

This post is a preceptorship with the opportunity for the successful candidate to progress to band 8a after evidencing development of competencies commensurate with this band.

We provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.

We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.