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Job requirements
Essential
15 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
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Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations.
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Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
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Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse.
- Skills
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management.
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Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
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Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Knowledge
Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practised within the field of clinical or counselling psychology.
- Knowledge
Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Knowledge
Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse
- Experience
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings
- Experience
Minimum 18 months post qualification experience of working in a clinical setting, with at least 12 months of which spent in a clinical health psychology speciality.
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Experience of working in the NHS.
- Experience
Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Qualifications and Training
Doctoral level qualification in clinical/counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996)
- Qualifications and Training
Registration with the HCPC as a clinical psychologist or counselling psychologist
Desirable
18 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
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Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
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An ability to manage time and workload within tight sessional boundaries.
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Experience of service development.
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Experience of audit, project work and research.
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Ability to engage people in psychological work who are experiencing complex biopsychosocial problems.
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Ability to work effectively with colleagues within team and hand over pertinent clinical information.
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Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
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Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
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Ability to use Microsoft Word/Excel to produce clinical reports and other documents as required
- Knowledge
Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Knowledge
An ability to manage time and workload within tight sessional boundaries.
- Knowledge
Experience of service development.
- Knowledge
Experience of audit, project work and research
- Experience
Experience of ward-based working, ideally within an acute physical health setting.
- Experience
Experience of psychological work with people approaching end of life and/or experiencing bereavement.
- Experience
Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience
Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Qualifications and Training
Training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training, health psychology and/or other fields of applied psychology
Job overview
Macmillan Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Palliative Care 12 month Maternity cover
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated qualified clinical/counselling psychologist to work within the specialist adult inpatient Palliative Care Service, based at St George’s Hospital (SGH) University Hospital. This post offers excellent experience and the opportunity to be part of a well established comprehensive Specialist Palliative Care within a large teaching hospital.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide specialist clinical/counselling psychology input for patients with life limiting illnesses and their relatives, whilst under the care of the hospital palliative care service within SGH. You will be liaising with members of the multi-disciplinary palliative care team based at SGH and other involved healthcare professionals including medical, nursing, AHP and liaison psychiatry colleagues. Whilst the post will predominantly be direct clinical work with patients and relatives, the clinical supervision and teaching of other members of the multidisciplinary team will be a part of the role. A commitment to team working and being able to work creatively are essential.
The post holder will also be a member of the extensive neuropsychology and clinical health psychology department within SGH that would provide support and mentoring for the post holder. The Department is committed to clinical supervision, continuing professional development, teaching, training and career progression. The Department has excellent links with St George’s Hospital Medical School and the University of Surrey and actively supports research.
** Please note we would consider flexible working hours. **
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of the role, including the main duties, responsibilities and essential requirements for this position.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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This advert is for Macmillan Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £66,274 - £73,496 pa. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity cover). The application deadline is 10 Nov 2026.
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