Main area: Clinical Health Psychology (General Medicine)
Grade Band: 8a
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexibility considered - please enquire)
Job ref: 236-SCO-P558-25
Employer: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Salford Royal Hospital
Town: Salford
Salary: £46,148 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/03/2025 23:59
Clinical/Counselling/Health Practitioner Psychologist
Band 8a
Job Overview
An exciting 12 month opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified Clinical, Counselling or Health psychologist to join the General Medicine Psychology team within the department of Clinical Health Psychology at Salford Royal Hospital. The post would be ideal for a psychologist looking to gain experience across a diverse range of medical specialties.
Hybrid working is encouraged, with the post-holder splitting the week between working from home and attending the hospital base in Salford.
Main Duties of the Job
The Post holder will:
1. Contribute to the provision and development of specialist psychological care provided to adults with chronic or acute physical health problems across a wide range of health conditions (e.g. dermatology, diabetes, oncology, rheumatology, immunology, cardiology, etc).
2. Receive excellent peer support and supervision within the general medicine team and as part of the wider department shared between the clinical health psychology and neuropsychology teams.
3. Demonstrate enthusiasm, commitment, and excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
4. Commit to the provision of evidence-based health care and understand the psychological factors influencing physical health.
5. Cover other areas of clinical health psychology dependent on changing service needs and waiting list priorities.
Working for Our Organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust, we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
By joining us, you can access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities, and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role and the main job duties/responsibilities, please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* The post holder must satisfy the criteria for HCPC Registration for the advertised role.
* BSc Psychology (or equivalent recognised by BPS) and post-graduate doctorate training or statement of equivalence from BPS.
* Doctoral level training in Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychology.
Skills and Experience
* An interest in working with people with a variety of health conditions.
* Evidence of an understanding of the required skills to formulate and appropriately design an intervention for individuals with chronic health conditions.
* Experience of working in Clinical Health.
* CPD and clinical supervision; the post holder must demonstrate working towards the ‘Highly Specialist’ criteria for further training and experience.
* Evidence of peer-reviewed research publication.
* Experience of developing services and taking on roles of increasing responsibility such as supervision of trainee clinical psychologists.
* Research experience or further doctoral training.
* Understanding of risk assessment in medical settings.
* Familiarity working with patients in various ways including face to face and remotely.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust does not accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies and will not be liable for fees for candidates submitted speculatively.
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust serves a diverse population, and we aim to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve.
As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments.
In applying for this post, you give the Trust permission to use your data for recruitment purposes.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.
Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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