The Medical Psychology service provides psychological assessment, support and treatment to medical patients within South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychologist with an interest in applying psychology to physical health to join the Cancer & Specialist Palliative Care workstream in the Medical Psychology service.
The role is available at Band 6 (pre-qualification) or 7 (post qualification). Please note that progression to 8a is not available within the bounds of this job role.
The role includes working with established MDT clinicians, providing multidisciplinary assessment, group work, psychological assessment and therapy with inpatients and outpatients. Clinics may take place either on our hospital sites at James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough and the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, remotely and/or in a number of community sites across the region.
Medical Psychology
The Medical Psychology service is made up of Clinical Psychologists, Counselling Psychologists, Health Psychologists, Psychological Therapists and Counsellors. We deliver psychological assessment, intervention and support to patients with a range of medical conditions across the lifespan. We utilise third wave therapies (especially Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Mindfulness) alongside CBT as the core therapeutic modalities, with training and supervision provided to support delivery of these approaches. We also carry out clinical audit, research and service evaluation. We have strong links with the Doctoral Training Programmes at the University of Teesside, and we provide teaching, placements and research projects for Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology and Health Psychology trainees.
The Trust encourages innovation and service development, and we actively support this within the Medical Psychology service. All clinicians are expected to take on service development and service governance duties as part of their role, both within the Psychology service and within the wider MDTs in which we work. We provide mentoring and support to deliver this.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Dr Graham Dyson
Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Email address: stees.psychology@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01642282708
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