Preceptorship or 8a role in Medical Psychology

Job summary

Main duties of the job

In the General Medical role there is the opportunity to work with a team of psychologists offering complex assessments, one to one intervention and groups to patients referred by multiple teams within UHL (including diabetes, cardiology, obstetrics and gynaecology and neurology).

The team is also developing ways to support staff within UHL to offer level 2 psychological support for patients, which the successful applicant can become involved with. There is also the opportunity to support the pain team. This team offers input to the UHL pain management programme, assessments of individual patients and some one to one work, as well as a groups to support patients in coping with pain. With high demand in this area the team is working to find creative ways to support patients and so there will also be new developments in this area. The asthma role involves working with the medical MDT to support patients with severe asthma.

This includes attending and MDT meeting, signposting patients to appropriate services, as well as offering assessments and interventions. As a relatively new service there is also scope for service development in the future, exploring how to support the medical team to understand the psychological needs of their patients.

Job responsibilities

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.