Consultant Lead Clinical Psychologist Oncology (Macmillan) & HIV

To work with service managers and commissioners to develop clinical health psychology at NMUH.

To provide highly specialist psychological assessments of service users within a highly specialized clinical setting referred by the HIV and cancer teams based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the service user's care.

To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a service user's mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the service user's problems, and employing methods of proven efficacy, across the full range of care settings.

To be responsible for implementing a range of highly specialized and innovative psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across 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 highly skilled decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors

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. To work autonomous within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within Oncology and HIV services. Key requirements of this job includes 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. There is 1.8 wte psychology provision in the service based in the cancer service. This service covers ten cancer specialties, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy over a large catchment area and is part of the Psychology Expert Reference Group for the North Central London Alliance. Within the trust there is also 0.7wte red cell psychology and 0.4 wte cardiology psychology provision at 8a level., 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. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.