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This exciting opportunity includes working within a highly specialist Intestinal Failure clinical health psychology service, as part of the clinical health psychology team at Salford Royal Foundation Trust.

The post holder will be expected to cover tertiary referrals for patients suffering with a variety of chronic or acute gastro-intestinal disorders, including Intestinal Failure, particular nutritional challenges, and patients with functional GI difficulties.  An interest in the psychological perspectives and challenges of gastro-intestinal/ intestinal failure  conditions and associated impact of treatments such as Parenteral Nutrition (PN) and surgical interventions would be advantageous. 

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The post holder will be expected to take an active role in research and service development, with a specific emphasis on taking a lead on research to publication in line with maintaining the profile of Intestinal Failure Services in particular.

A requirement will be to offer expert supervision on the Manchester doctorate course and to contribute expertise in this field of clinical psychology to a multi-disciplinary team, including supervision of Nursing colleagues, Assistant Psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologist’s and Band 7 Clinical Psychologists. Teaching and presentation will also form a component of this job. 

To promote an understanding of gut disorders across the trust and wider whilst striving for clinical excellence. 

The work will be split between outpatients and inpatients therefore the successful applicant will be expected to have presence on the IF ward. MDT working will be a vital part of the role, including regular involvement in Ward Rounds and MDT meetings alongside consultation and support of the wider team in relation to psychological aspects of care.

The post holder may be expected to cover other areas of clinical health psychology dependent on changing service needs and waiting list priorities.

These duties must be carried out within professional ethics and trust policies.  

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The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three

core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a betterwork-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information

around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website

https://www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk