Practitioner Psychologist

Practitioner Psychologist

Closing date: 09 November 2025

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 with assignments in both our specialist Teenage and Young Adult service and our general adult service. 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.

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.

Please note, this post is for 3 days and one of these days must include a Tuesday

Main duties of the job

The total hours currently available are 22.5 per week.

Our service covers both the Bristol Haematology and Oncology Hospital (BHOC) and Weston General Hospital (WGH) and candidates may be required to see patients on both sites. Candidates invited to interview will be asked to express their preference for working hours.

• 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. Deliver these services in both ward based and out patient settings as needed.
• Undertake or support research and audit relevant to care pathways.
• 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.

About us

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, giving you a mix of city and countryside settings. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification Qualifications and Training

• Postgraduate qualification in clinical, counselling or health psychology, recognised for registration by the HCPC as Practitioner Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, or about to qualify as a clinical, counselling or health psychologist.
• HCPC registered as required in QT1 (or in progress).

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of clinical work with adults and older adults providing psychological assessments and interventions.
• Experience of presenting psychological formulations, assessments and interventions to multi professional teams.
• Experience of formal teaching/training to health and other professionals.
• Experience of clinical work in an acute physical health setting.
• Experience of clinical work with end of life patients.

Skills and Abilities

• Able to assess the psychological needs of patients and families with a chronic illness in a physical health setting, including the use of standardised, psychometric tests and assessments.
• Generate systemic and individual formulations and interventions based on applying psychological theory to the complex information generated by the family, health and social care systems.
• Understand the psychological implications of a cancer diagnosis for patients and families across the lifespan.
• Understand the roles of a psychologist in relation to a patient, their family, the staff teams and the wider organisational systems.
• Advanced communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information in a developmentally and culturally appropriate manner in highly emotive situations, including end of life care.
• Communicate highly complex psychological information to staff in an accessible manner (written, verbal, electronic).
• Record and provide information and data pertaining to clinical work, activity and outcomes (written, electronic).
• Prioritise and manage time when there are conflicting demands.
• Demonstrate commitment to team working.
• Recognise work related stress and distress in this type of clinical work and apply strategies to manage it.
• Travel to regional clinics and meetings as required.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and 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.