Job vacancy: Psychologist, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton

Job summary

Main area: Psychology
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 282-SA1748

Employer: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Marsden Hospital Sutton
Town: Sutton
Salary: £55,524 - £62,652 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 15/08/2026 23:59
Interview date: 26/08/2026

Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 7

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:

To work as a clinician in the delivery of a psychology service to the Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust, working directly and indirectly with patients, and with members of the multi-disciplinary team involved in the care of cancer patients, to improve patients’ psychological wellbeing, quality of life and coping strategies.
To provide specialist psychological assessments for patients referred to the Adult Psychological Support Service and make decisions about support options taking into account the individual needs and choice of the patient, their clinical treatment, prognosis and resources available; referring on to the most appropriate specialists if required.
To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to formulation, diagnosis and development of a psychological care treatment plan. To contribute to multi-disciplinary team meetings across tumour sites and clinical services where appropriate, develop relationships with medical teams and offer supervision where appropriate.
To attend case conferences, reviews and other meetings as and when appropriate.
To ensure that reports and other correspondence are entered into the relevant notes and communicated to other professionals, parents and children, as appropriate.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

Post-Graduate Doctoral level training in Clinical / Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996), accredited by the BPS AND Registration with Health Care Professions Council

Desirable criteria

Training in one or more additional specialised areas of clinical practice, including CBT and 3rd wave CBT/EMDR/training in management of late effects and survivorship issues in cancer care or physical health
Recognised supervision qualification/ training

Experience

Essential criteria

Psychology experience in acute settings
Psychology experience working with individuals with long term, life threatening physical illness
Experience using CBT/ ACT/ CFT approaches in pure and integrated ways
Psychological care and treatment as a professionally qualified clinician
Experience of working within multi-cultural settings

Desirable criteria

Experience of providing clinical supervision in a group and 1:1
Psychological experience working in Cancer care/ Palliative Care/ HIV/ Critical Care
Evidence of research productivity

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Please ensure your information is accurate to avoid errors with processing your application

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

London Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage Foundation

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Jennie Baxter
Job title: Counselling Psychologist
Email address: [email protected]

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NHS AfC: Band 7

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