Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist in Cancer

Overview

In this role you will lead psychological care within the Psycho-Oncology Support Team, contributing to triage, assessment, and intervention for cancer patients with complex psychological needs. You will support early diagnosis pathways, provide supervision to AHP/CNS staff, and supervise junior colleagues, while engaging in service development and research. The role combines direct clinical work, multidisciplinary collaboration, and training to enhance psychological care across cancer and palliative contexts. This is a trauma‑informed, compassionate position focused on safeguarding, risk management, and co-produced service improvements.

Responsibilities

• Senior member of the triage team: triage meetings, patient referral decisions, MDT liaison, and coordination of care pathways
• Specialist psychological assessments using diverse data sources and instruments
• Development and delivery of psychological plans and interventions across care settings
• Autonomous responsibility for assessment, treatment, and discharge planning
• Provide expert psychological advice and consultation to other professionals
• Contribute to psychologically informed care across settings and agencies
• Risk assessment and risk management guidance for clients and teams
• Care coordination within cancer care and liaison with internal/external professionals
• Teaching, training, supervision, and professional development of staff
• Support early intervention pathways: psychoeducation, Level 2 assessments, resource development
• Research, audit, service evaluation, and dissemination of findings
• Maintain high standards of clinical governance, ethics, and record-keeping

Key requirements

• Doctoral level training in counselling/clinical psychology (or equivalent)
• HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
• Extensive experience with highly specialist psychological work in complex cases
• Experience with clinical triage and multi-agency liaison
• Ability to manage a busy caseload and urgent requests
• Experience presenting within MDTs and contributing to service cohesion
• Desirable: cancer/palliative care experience; experience with grief in physical health settings
• Strong safeguarding and risk management skills

• Effective communication (verbal and written) of complex information
• Professionalism under pressure
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Complex psychological assessment and formulation
• Evidence-based psychological interventions
• Risk assessment and management

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