Clinical Psychologist

Job summary

Main duties of the job

Deliver Interventions: Provide targeted, evidence-based psychological support as part of a holistic prehabilitation programme. Support Adjustment: Help patients manage anxiety, uncertainty, and emotional distress associated with their diagnosis and upcoming treatments. Enhance Engagement: Use psychological insights to improve patient engagement, motivation, and adherence to physical activity, nutrition, and wellbeing components of prehab. Group Work: Develop and deliver workshops or group interventions focused on coping strategies, resilience, and emotional well-being. Collaborative Practice: Work closely with the wider MDT to ensure psychological considerations are embedded throughout each patients prehabilitation journey. Monitoring & Evaluation: Maintain accurate clinical records, contribute to outcome monitoring, and support ongoing development of the programmes psychological offer. Training & Consultation: Provide psychological expertise, consultation, and training to colleagues to ensure psychologically-informed care.

Job responsibilities

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, car lease and home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.