Macmillan Clinical Psychologist
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Norwich, NR4 7UY
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
7 September 2026
7 days left
Job description
Fixed term contract/ secondment opportunity until 1st June 2027 We are delighted to advertise vacancy for a Clinical Psychologist to join the Macmilla...
The service currently offers outpatient psychological assessment and intervention (group and individual) for people affected by cancer alongside staff support, consultation, teaching and training.
The Clinical Psychologist will be an integral member of the Macmillan funded Psycho-oncology service at NNUH working along side the wider oncology team of doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to optimise the care and wellbeing of people affected by cancer.
Main responsibilities will include
- Working as part of the cancer MDT providing specialist psychological assessment and intervention for patients at NNUH affected by cancer, through individual and group working.
- Supporting the delivery of supervision, consultation and teaching to hospital-based level 2 practitioners, including clinical nurse specialists and AHP's, as well as providing support to other staff within oncology services and the wider hospital cancer care team at NNUH and James Paget Hospital services as appropriate.
- Contributing to service evaluation, clinical audit, quality improvement and research projects, including collecting, analysing and presenting data to inform service development.
- Working closely with the service lead to support the development of a business case for substantive funding of the psycho-oncology service at NNUH and increasing psychologically informed cancer care across the Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals group
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
Experience
Essential
- Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for client's psychological care and treatment, within the context of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Some relevant pre-qualification experience and a variety of clinical placements during training
Skills
Essential
- A high level ability to communicate effectively (both written and oral) complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Attitude, aptitude
Essential
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
How to apply
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Source
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First seen
25 August 2026
Last checked
27 August 2026
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