Martin House provides free specialist palliative care to babies, children and young people with complex and life-shortening conditions. Families from across West, North and East Yorkshire have access to our care 24/7, 365 days a year, including specialist doctors. Every year we care for more than 550 families, at the hospice, in hospital and in families’ own homes, as well as supporting around 200 bereaved family members.
At Martin House, we believe that children, young people and families facing life-limiting conditions deserve access to compassionate, evidence-informed psychological support that helps them navigate some of life's most challenging experiences. We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Psychologist to join our Family Support Team. Working alongside the Head of Family Support and a dedicated multidisciplinary team, you will help embed psychologically informed and trauma-informed practice across our services, contributing to the emotional wellbeing of children, young people, families and staff.
This is an exciting opportunity to influence clinical practice through consultation, formulation, supervision, teaching and service development. You will support colleagues to understand and respond to complex emotional and psychological needs, whilst helping to shape innovative, evidence-based approaches to family support and bereavement care. As part of a hospice committed to excellence, collaboration and continuous learning, you will play a key role in promoting psychological thinking, strengthening clinical decision-making and supporting a culture of reflective, compassionate care.
Our Ideal Candidate will:
You will be a qualified and HCPC-registered Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychologist with substantial experience of providing psychological assessment, formulation and intervention within multidisciplinary settings.
You will bring advanced consultation skills and the confidence to support colleagues working with complex and emotionally demanding situations.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about psychologically informed and trauma-informed care, and who enjoys working collaboratively with professionals from different disciplines to improve outcomes for children, young people and families. You will be able to communicate complex psychological concepts in a way that is accessible, supportive and meaningful to others. The successful candidate will be reflective, compassionate and committed to professional excellence.
You will have experience of teaching, supervision and workforce development, alongside a genuine enthusiasm for supporting service improvement and developing innovative approaches to care. Most importantly, you will share Martin House's values of kindness, respect, collaboration and inclusivity, recognising the privilege of supporting families during some of the most significant moments in their lives.
What you'll bring:
- A doctoral qualification in Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychology and current HCPC registration.
- Significant experience of complex psychological assessment, formulation and case management.
- Experience of teaching, training, consultation and supervision.
- A commitment to evidence-based, family-centred and trauma-informed practice.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and collaborative working skills.
- A commitment to ongoing professional development and service innovation.
- A Commitment to Maryin House Values – Excellence, Respect, Integrity and Compassion.
Martin House places families at the heart of all that we do and this is reflected in the amazing benefits we offer our valued team members.
- Annual leave – eight weeks per year, including bank holidays
- Sick pay – six months full pay and six months half pay following successful completion of probationary period.
- Recognition of NHS pension scheme for candidates who are currently in the scheme and up to 10 per cent contributory AVIVA scheme.
- Enhanced maternity and partners leave to exceed the NHS entitlement
- Health and wellbeing programme including access to free of charge Employee Assistance Programme for employees and their families
- Accredited Menopause and Mindful employer
- Life insurance – two times annual salary
- Free parking at our children’s hospice in Boston Spa
Please apply via our website www.martinhouse.org.uk/get-involved/join-our-team/ and complete an application form, referring to the Job Description and Person Specification which can be found here. For further information contact Emma Taylor by email at [email protected]. The closing date for applications is noon on 20th July. Interviews will take place on Tuesday 28th July. If you have not heard from us by Friday 24th July please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Martin House is committed to providing care and improving services irrespective of race, ethnicity, disability, gender, religion or belief, age, marital status, or sexual orientation.
Martin House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment.
Recruitment checks are undertaken in accordance with safer recruitment standards and successful applicants will be required to undertake a DBS via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please note all applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK.
