Psychosexual Therapist/ psychologistNHS

Job summary

We are looking for a psychosexual and relationship therapist, or psychologist/ psychotherapist with sex and relationship therapy experience, to work at The Royal Marsden Hospital.

We are looking for a 0.4wte, AfC band 7 qualified clinician. The role requires the postholder to be onsite 2 days each week (1 day in Chelsea and 1 day in Sutton).

The Adult Psychological Support Service (APSS) provides psychosexual and relationship therapy to cancer patients and their partners to manage the impact of cancer and its treatment on functioning and emotional intimacy.

As well as providing direct clinical services, you would provide specialist advice and consultation on patients' cancer related sexual and relationship difficulties to APSS, medical, nursing and AHP colleagues through multidisciplinary team meetings and attendance at clinics as appropriate. You would offer clinical supervision to trainees in the service; as well as to medical, nursing and AHP colleagues. You would also input to service policy and development.

Main duties of the job

To provide a qualified psychosexual and relationship therapy service to cancer patients, as partof the Adult Psychological Support Service (APSS), within a specialist cancer treatment centre at The Royal Marsden.

To provide specialist advice and consultation on patients' cancer related sexual and relationship difficulties to APSS, medical, nursing and AHP colleagues through multidisciplinary team meetings and attendance at clinics as appropriate.

To offer clinical supervision to trainees on placement; as well as to medical, nursing and AHP colleagues.

Psychosexual and relationship service development through new and innovative ways of working, for example, the development of clinical guidelines and the establishment and evaluation of psycho-education interventions.

In consultation with the Consultant Psychologist/ APSS Lead, to contribute to the strategic development of APSS on matters relating to psychosexual and relationship therapy.

Participation in audit, policy and service development and research,

Work autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the department and trust's policies and procedures.

Job description

To work as a qualified clinician contributing to the development of an outpatient psychosexual and relationship therapy service for adult cancer patients; delivering a range of interventions to support individuals / couples affected by cancer across the lifespan, in the form of individual or couple therapy and psycho-educational groups. The post willrequire independent management of caseload and provision of a psychosexual and relationship therapy service with appropriate supervision and professional management, as per professional body guidelines.

Working within the highly specialised area of psycho-oncology to provide appropriate psychosexual and relationship assessments, based upon the use, interpretation and integration of complex psychosexual data from a variety of sources including self-report measures, surgical, radiation, SACT and endocrine treatment plans, pharmacological and supportive care management and semi-structured interviews with patients, partners and others involved in the patients care.

You will be joining a supportive and friendly team of qualified and trainee staff from across a range of clinical backgrounds, including counselling, psychology, psychiatry and mental health nursing. There are excellent CPD opportunities.

We encourage you to contact us to discuss the role and/ or to arrange an informal visit. Please contact Dr Justin Grayer, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Lead of Adult Psychological Support Service on [email protected] or Isabel White, Psychosexual Therapist (Weds/Thurs), on [email protected] and 020 8661 3006.

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Closing date: 2 weeks from advert publication Provisional interview date and location: date TBC, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Rd, London

About us

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.