Lead Psychologist in Cancer Services (Macmillan)

Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

This is an exciting opportunity to take on a new role, funded initially by Macmillan and EMCA, then the local ICB.

The post holder will be involved in setting up the psychological provision for cancer services within the area. This will involve working closely with the relevant MDTs, developing a local plan and pathway, input to meetings and clinics, offering training and supervision. The role will also involve patient work, including psychological assessments (including for suitability for surgery), signposting and intervention. We are also recruiting to a 7/8a post, to work alongside the 8b, as well as an assistant to support with the development of the service.

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths., As a new post there will be the opportunity to work closely with the cancer services within UHL, as well as Macmillan and other organisations offering support to cancer patients to determine how to set up this new service. The 8B psychologist will be supported by a band 7/8a psychologist and an assistant. As well as determining the local plan and pathways the successful candidate will look at supporting staff within the local services, potentially through training and supervision, offer input to MDTs, alongside offering direct clinical assessments and intervention where appropriate.

The post holder will be well supported by Macmillan, as well as joining a growing medical psychology team, with excellent processes and resources already in place. With multiple new posts in the region in cancer services there is already a network of support and supervision, to ensure that the candidate has good links with other psychologists and services. Our well-established Department of Medical Psychology. The department is friendly, supportive, and flexible. The team includes clinical psychologists, trainees, assistants, and excellent admin/clerical support. We place great emphasis on supervision and personal development, which is possible through working within a psychology department. We meet regularly for case presentations, clinical governance, and business meetings. We also have a monthly peer group meeting and regular time-out to enable reflection and service development., working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential cri

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied