Principal Psychologist
The Psychology & Wellbeing Team at The Christie Private Care, Manchester
Full-time permanent hours 37.5hrs per week
Salary Range- Competitive dependent upon skills and experience.
An exciting opportunity is available to join the Psychology & Wellbeing Team at The Christie Private Care, a joint venture between HCA and The NHS at The Christie Hospital in Manchester, a Consultant Psychologist led service.
This post would suit a Practitioner Psychologist with experience of working within physical health settings/medical teams, ideally with experience of the specific needs of patients using Oncology & Palliative Care services. An interest in working collaboratively with others to promote psychologically informed practice and care would be crucial. The role will provide a variety of opportunities that can support career development, including experience of leading, pathway development work, project management and consultancy.
The post holder will work at The Christie Private Care, within The Psychology & Wellbeing Team.
The role will initially be focused on the provision of outpatient 121 psychology sessions and the facilitation of patient groups, along with some inpatient work.
Key Responsibilities:
The job description provides further information and here is a summary of the main responsibilities:
To provide a highly specialist psychology service, consistent with the Values of HCA, to oncology and palliative care patients, providing expert and specialist psychological assessment and treatment/intervention and offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues (MDT/wards) and liaison with other services as appropriate to the care of the person.
To be accountable for their own professional practice and work autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the services policies and procedures and exercise delegated responsibility for the systemic governance of psychological practice within the postholders areas of responsibility, including service development, quality improvement or project work. This will include data collection.
To utilise research skills for research and audit, contribute to policy and service development within the area served by the oncology and palliative care teams.
About us
The Christie Private Care is a joint venture between HCA and The NHS at The Christie Hospital in Manchester, and the private service is rated Outstanding.
HCA is the largest private health provider globally.
The post holder will work closely with the Clinical Leads of the 121 service and the group service, aswell as the Consultant Psychologist who leads the team.
At HCA UK we care about what you care about. We care that you want to deliver the very best care. We care that you want a career you can be proud of. We care that you want working conditions that support your health and wellbeing. Let us care for you and your career, the same way you do for others.
What you’ll bring:
Post-graduate doctoral level training in psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) as accredited by the British Psychological Society
HCPC registration as Practitioner Psychologist
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including community, primary care, outpatient and inpatient settings.
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and quantitative data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
• 3+ years of experience within a Hospital/healthcare industry post-doctoral qualification
Why HCA UK?
Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing.
We believe that by caring for our employees, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As a Principal Psychologist you’ll be eligible for:
25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you
Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
Private pension contribution which increases with length of service
Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
Group Life Assurance from day one
Critical illness cover
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
Discounts with over 800 major retailers
Culture and values
At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other.
Our mission is simple, above all else we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:
Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual
Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion
Honesty, integrity and fairness: - We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity
Reasonable adjustments
We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them.
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