Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of outreach initiatives and support the overall development of the newly founded service. 

• Contribute to ongoing development of the IBPS.

• Interview date: Thursday 31 July 2025
• 33 hours 45 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy.  Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

• This post is based within the Infected Blood Psychological Service (IBPS). The service provides multidisciplinary care for those infected and affected by
• the contaminated blood products
o a) conducting outreach and psychosocial assessments and 
o b) providing psychological therapies by a team of psychological 
professionals.

• The post holder will lead on the development of the provision of a high-quality navigation/care support service, which includes psychosocial assessments and interventions to beneficiaries of the Infected Blood Psychological Service (IBPS).
• The post holder will also develop outreach programmes and support the overall development of the newly founded service. The post holder will be essential in delivering a multi- disciplinary approach to supporting the beneficiaries of the service, and the HCCC.
• The navigator element of the service will be provided on a large geographical area (regional footprint).
• Specifically, the postholder will:
o To deliver and management the provision of a specialist, comprehensive psychosocial communication, information, assessment and support service for people affected by Infected Blood their families, friends/carers served by the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and across the region (includes Leeds and Sheffield, and act as a resource for health and social care professionals. This will include:
o Taking responsibility for planning, coordinating and evaluating the navigator service provided to individuals accessing the IBPS across the region.
o To support and advise the Infected Blood clinicians in the Psychology in Healthcare IBPS in the development of the service.
o To deliver information and support to those affected by Infected Bloodinfected blood attending Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital Trusts and across the region for care
o To liaise & communicate with other professional organisations as required. 
o To assist with day-to-day management and on-going development of service both within the Trust and across the local healthcare community in line with quality standards.
o Making comprehensive psychosocial assessment according to IBPS protocol of a beneficiaries needs and communicating those needs effectively and in a timely way
o Completing risk assessments when required and where appropriate involving other staff and agencies 
o Practicing as Infected Blood information and support specialist at high level, to include direct support of patients and carers who may present with complex and challenging needs within a model of multi-disciplinary teamwork. This will include patients living with and beyond Infected Blood.
o Working across professional, departmental and Trust boundaries to develop and sustain patient-centred seamless care. Ensuring that the social, physical and emotional needs of people affected by Infected Blood are being met across all settings. 
o Acting as a specialist resource to healthcare professionals within NUTH, the local healthcare community and the region. This will include assisting primary and secondary care to improve Infected Blood support and information services. 
o Developing positive working relationships with other organisations, including the national Infected Blood Psychological Service (IBPS) and its regional and local branches, other Haemophilia centres, and third-sector organisations such as The Haemophilia Society.
o Is supported to represents the needs of individuals and their families with other agencies including Housing Department for modifications/re-housing, Employers, Job Centres and
o Disability Employment Advisers to ensure that the individual’s needs in relation to work are being met, further education establishments where beneficiaries are students, and Benefits Agency to ensure maximisation of benefit entitlement including representation at Appeals Tribunals.
o Is supported to act as Specialist adviser to other agencies and Local Authority Social Services to ensure that the particular needs of Infected Blood community are understood and they have access to appropriate services, e.g. Occupational Therapists,

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.