Macmillan Clinical Psychologist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Clinical Psychologist to join the Macmillan funded psycho-oncology service at NNUH. The service provides specialist psychological support to adults experiencing complex psychological difficulties related to cancer diagnosis or treatment. The successful applicant will work within adult services, providing assessment and intervention, and contributing to service development and staff support. This is a fixed-term or secondment opportunity until June 2027.
Essential criteria
- Registration with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for client's psychological care and treatment, within the context of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Some relevant pre-qualification experience and a variety of clinical placements during training
- A high level ability to communicate effectively (both written and oral) complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Attitude, aptitude
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Registration with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for client's psychological care and treatment, within the context of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Some relevant pre-qualification experience and a variety of clinical placements during training
- A high level ability to communicate effectively (both written and oral) complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Attitude, aptitude
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Macmillan Clinical Psychologist
The closing date is 07 September 2026
Job summary
Fixed term contract/ secondment opportunity until 1st June 2027
We are delighted to advertise vacancy for a Clinical Psychologist to join the Macmillan funded psycho-oncology service at NNUH. Our service takes a compassionate and person-centered approach to provide specialist psychological support to adults (aged 18 and over) experiencing complex psychological difficulties relating to their diagnosis or treatment, at all stages of the cancer pathway.
The successful applicant will be based at NNUH working within adult services, and will be joining the existing Clinical Psychology team, a small supportive team working across a range of adult and paediatric health psychology specialities. The psychology team meet monthly for professional support and development. The post holder will receive line management and supervision from the Macmillan Clinical Psychologist.
Based within the Oncology Department, the post holder will work alongside the Clinical Psychologist to support the development of a substantive psycho-oncology service at NNUH. The role will also work closely with the service lead to develop psychology services in cancer care across the Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group, including James Paget University Hospital, to improv
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