Psychologist / Psychotherapist / Counsellor.
Are you a fully accredited clinician interested in joining our vibrant team working within critical care, oncology and palliative care? Wehave two full time vacancies, one at Southend and one at Broomfield hospital. We would be supportive of applicants requesting job shares and flexible working.
We are looking for appropriately qualified, enthusiastic, and highly motivated individuals, who are resilient and flexible and able to meet the challenge of this work. We require candidates who are able to work on their own initiative, as well as in a team with a displayed interest in the link between physical and psychological health.
The Psychological Therapies Service is a hospital based psychological service, offering treament for both inpatients and outpatients from a wide range of medical specialities. We are an experienced multidisciplinary team which includes psychotherapists, counsellors, clinical and counselling psychologists, mental health liaison staff and administrators. We prioritise supporting our staff and their development by providing both individual and group supervision as well as regular team discussions.
You will link closely with the critical care and oncology and palliative care medical teams. The role involves working with inpatients and outpatients as well as providing a psychological perspective within the wider system. An interest in trauma, and experience of evidence based models would be helpful.
With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Please see the detailed job description for more information. Feel free to call and speak to a member of the management team to discuss the role further.
This advert closes on Monday 17 Feb 2025