Medical Protection Advertisement

Location
Salary
£47,810 - £54,710 pro rata
Profession
Nurse practitioner
Grade
Band 7
Deadline
06 Aug 2025
Contract Type
Permanent: 0.9 wte B7 fixed term 11 month maternity cover post (33.75 hours)
Posted Date
17 Jul 2025

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a  clinical, counselling or health psychologist to work in a leading adult oncology and haematology service. The post holder will be closely supported by colleagues within an established and highly valued and supportive psychological health service.

You will have a wide range of direct clinical work covering all parts of the adult cancer pathway across different tumour sites and teams.   You will be offered opportunities to contribute to the compassionate care of staff, through clinical supervision, as well as supporting our wide ranging training programme.

There are excellent facilities to support this role, with dedicated administrative support and clinical space within Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre and Weston General Hospital.  We offer a very supportive Psychological Health Services group across the Trust, with strong links to regional and national networks.

As a large department Psychological Health Services provides applied psychology services to a wide range of specialist multidisciplinary teams. Although the current recruitment is for a specific post, we welcome applications and enquiries from those who are interested in wider opportunities within our portfolio. As a way to support individual development, growth of expertise and service priorities, successful applicants may benefit from opportunities to work into other clinical areas through discussion and planning with their line manager and head of service.

Main duties of the job

The total hours currently available are 33.75 (0.9wte).  If full time hours are desirable there may be opportunities to pick up additional hours on a fixed term basis in the family service and we may appoint more than one person.

This role covers the Bristol Haematology and Oncology Hospital (BHOC) and Weston General Hospital (WGH) and therefore requires the post holder to travel to both sites. The role requires availability on Tuesdays and Fridays, other days to be negotiated based on working patterns and sites. Candidates invited to interview will be asked to express their preference for working hours.

Interviews will be conducted on Wednesday 27th August.

  • To provide specialist psychological services, including assessment, formulation and implementation of psychological interventions for people over the age of 16 affected by cancer and haematological disorders.  To deliver these services in both ward-based and out-patient settings as needed.  To undertake or support research and audit relevant to care pathways.
  • To propose changes for service development, guidelines and protocols relevant to psychological health across these care pathways to the relevant Specialist Clinical Psychologist or Head of Services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.