Lead Clinical Psychologist for Children’s Oncology

☞ University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

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Update day: 01-06-2024

Location: Poole South West

Category: Health / Medical Care

Industry: Hospitals Health Care

Position: Associate

Job type: Full-time

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We recently went into partnership with Bournemouth University and, with the merger of Poole Hospital and Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts, became University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust this is a really exciting time to join us!

Our ambitious multi-million pound plans to develop our sites are well underway, including developing RBH as the major acute and emergency hospital in East Dorset, PH as the major planned care hospital, and ambitious plans for Christchurch to support on-going patient treatment.

Joining UHD gives you the opportunity to enjoy all that Dorset has to offer. Bournemouth is a vibrant university town , and Poole has a large natural harbour and is perfect for water sports or relaxing at a quayside restaurant.

With both the New Forest and Isle of Purbeck on our doorstep, over 7 miles of stunning sandy beaches and coastal paths, we are located within an area of amazing beauty providing a great place for you to achieve your rewarding work life balance.

We have received fantastic support from the Robert White Charity fund to develop our Paediatric Oncology Team at University Hospitals Dorset.

We are therefore delighted to be able to recruit into a permanent 0.5 WTE Band 8b Lead Psychologist. Initially based at Poole Hospital the post holder will join a small friendly psychology team in delivering exceptional psychological care to children and their families who attend the Children’s Unit. They will also work closely with the oncology tertiary team at University Hospital Southampton.

Primarily the post holder will take a lead in developing psychological services within the Paediatric Oncology service. They will provide highly specialist assessments, including neuropsychological assessment, therapy and care planning to children/young people and their families/carers. They will act as a highly specialist resource to other professions in the team, outside agencies and service stakeholders. The successful candidate will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and a key aspect of the role is the provision of supervision, teaching, training, and consultation. They will also be expected to carry out service evaluation, audit, research and service development. The post holder will lead in the recruitment of further members of the team and take on their management.

Clinical and professional supervision will be provided by an external supervisor.

This opportunity is suited to someone who is creative, innovative and can demonstrate excellent clinical, communication skills whilst demonstrating compassion and flexibility within this busy service.

Base Location: Poole Hospital

Interview Date: TBC

For Further Details / Informal Visits Contact

Name: Dr Liz Hickson

Job title: Lead Psychologist Child Health

Email address: liz.hickson@uhd.nhs.uk

Additional contact information

Dr Mark Tighe

mark.tighe@uhd.nhs.uk / 0300 019 8666

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Network Group (LGBTQ+), European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

Please Note

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations when service demands require it.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.
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Deadline: 16-07-2024

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