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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>An exciting opportunity has arisen, for someone to join our team of cancer counsellors at ESNEFT. We are looking for a motivated and experienced counsellor with the skills to offer therapeutic support to cancer patients and their relatives.</p>
<p>As part of a cross site collaborative counselling service, you will work 34 hours per week across 4 or 5 days, based in the Cancer Wellbeing and Information Centre at Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals. Subject to room availability and needs of the service you will work at least 2 days at Colchester (Monday and Tuesday) and 1 day in Ipswich (Wednesday or Friday). Other time can be worked from home. Regular outreach clinics are held in Clacton and counsellors also provide telephone support from home.</p>
<p>You are required to have previous experience of working as a counsellor, ideally in a secondary care setting. You will be BACP accredited or working towards accreditation with substantial experience of counselling clients and time-limited work. You will support cancer patients and their loved ones who may present with a range of needs, such as trauma, grief and loss to effectively manage the challenges and ethical dilemmas presented in this area of work.</p>
<p>Macmillan supports learning, development and networking, through access to education grants, events/ conferences and an online learning platform.</p>
<p>If you have the expertise and passion, we look forward to hearing from you!</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>You will work as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team, including counsellors, clinical nurse specialists, doctors, information staff and volunteers. Part of the role will be to facilitate education, clinical supervision and reflective practice to cancer services staff, as well as raise the awareness of the benefits of counselling to other health professionals.</p>
<p>You will have the ability to be flexible, have good organisational and problem-solving skills; prioritising workload effectively and working collaboratively to continually evaluate and improve services. Working independently you will be responsible for the administrative duties, record keeping and data collection and analysis associated with the role. You will lead on the bookings of the clients referred and liaise with the Wellbeing centre staff regarding room bookings. You will be confident in multi-tasking and able to demonstrate excellent IT and telephone skills.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.</p>   <p>We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.</p>   <p>We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.</p>   <p>Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.</p>   <p>Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.</p>   <p>We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. </p>   <p>Find out about living and working here - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A</a></p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>03 September 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £47,810 to £54,710 a year
      
        per annum pro rata
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
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          Part-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>432-HR659-25</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Colchester and Ipswich hospitals</p>
            <p>Colchester and Ipswich</p>
            <p>CO4 5JL</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.</p>
  

  
    
      
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    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Significant demonstrable post qualification experience as  a counsellor.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working in a healthcare environment</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Previous experience of  counselling in a cancer care</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>BACP / UKCP accredited counsellor or working towards  accreditation</li>
        
        <li>Qualified Counsellor who has completed a BACP  accredited or equivalent course.</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Supervision qualification</li>
          
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          Knowledge
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Proven ability to use a range of therapeutic interventions  and techniques.</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of specialist therapeutic techniques acquired  through continual professional development.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Specialist training in  therapeutic techniques used  in loss/bereavement or  cancer care.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Significant demonstrable post qualification experience as  a counsellor.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working in a healthcare environment</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Previous experience of  counselling in a cancer care</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>BACP / UKCP accredited counsellor or working towards  accreditation</li>
          
          <li>Qualified Counsellor who has completed a BACP  accredited or equivalent course.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Supervision qualification</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Knowledge
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Proven ability to use a range of therapeutic interventions  and techniques.</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of specialist therapeutic techniques acquired  through continual professional development.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Specialist training in  therapeutic techniques used  in loss/bereavement or  cancer care.</li>
            
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    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
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        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Colchester and Ipswich hospitals</p>
            <p>Colchester and Ipswich</p>
            <p>CO4 5JL</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <p>East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Colchester and Ipswich hospitals</p>
                    <p>Colchester and Ipswich</p>
                    <p>CO4 5JL</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

NHS Jobs

Cancer Counsellor

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Are you passionate about applying your psychological knowledge and DBT skills to provide and develop an outstanding service for adults of working age? If so, we want to hear from you!An exciting opportunity has arisen in East Suffolk adult community service for an experienced and enthusiastic qualified DBT Therapist.You will be taking a lead within the DBT service and work with colleagues to provide quality evidence-based DBT to service users from the three community teams. You will provide valuable consultation and training for our hard working and friendly multi disciplinary staff.</p> <p>You will be supported to flourish and develop your knowledge and skills through training and supervision.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>You will have excellent communication and engagement skills, developing and maintaininggood working relationships with multi-disciplinary staff across East Suffolk adult CMHT's and other locality teams. </p> <p>You will regularly attend team meetings, and provide DBT-informed consultation for staff. You will develop and deliver training for staff on working in a DBT informed way.</p> <p>You will provide clinical assessment and formulation, and develop and deliver high-quality DBT interventions to service users with complex emotional and relational needs. </p> <p>You will be familiar with the collection and analysis of outcome measures.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.</p>
<p><strong>Why work for us?</strong> Our community services at NSFT are undergoing exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.</p>
<p><strong>Why Norfolk and Suffolk? </strong>The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>26 August 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £47,810 to £54,710 a year
      
        gross per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>246-ESU7418846</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Mariner House</p>
      <p>43 Handford Road</p>
      <p>Ipswich</p>
            <p>IP1 2GA</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p><strong>Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!</strong></p> <p>Some of the benefits you can expect:</p> <ul>  <li>NHS pension</li>  <li>a comprehensive in house &amp; external training programmes</li>  <li>career progression</li>  <li>starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)</li>  <li>staff physio service</li>  <li>NHS discounts and many more.</li> </ul> <p><em>Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.</em></p> <p><strong>Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs</strong></p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p><strong>Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!</strong></p> <p>Some of the benefits you can expect:</p> <ul>  <li>NHS pension</li>  <li>a comprehensive in house &amp; external training programmes</li>  <li>career progression</li>  <li>starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)</li>  <li>staff physio service</li>  <li>NHS discounts and many more.</li> </ul> <p><em>Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.</em></p> <p><strong>Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs</strong></p>
    
  


      
  
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Postgraduate Diploma  or Certificate in  Dialectical Behaviour  Therapy (DBT).  DBT Therapist  Accreditation with  SfDBT</li>
        
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Post qualification experience of working  with people with serious mental health problems or complex emotional needs</li>
        
        <li>Experience of delivering  DBT to a range of service users</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Experience of working in a service for severe mental health problems</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Knowledge
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Demonstrates a  knowledge of the issues  surrounding work and the  impact it can have on mental health</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrates a highlevel knowledge of DBT,  including the theoretical  foundations and  overarching principles</li>
        
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Postgraduate Diploma  or Certificate in  Dialectical Behaviour  Therapy (DBT).  DBT Therapist  Accreditation with  SfDBT</li>
          
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            Experience
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Post qualification experience of working  with people with serious mental health problems or complex emotional needs</li>
          
          <li>Experience of delivering  DBT to a range of service users</li>
          
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            <li>Experience of working in a service for severe mental health problems</li>
            
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Demonstrates a  knowledge of the issues  surrounding work and the  impact it can have on mental health</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrates a highlevel knowledge of DBT,  including the theoretical  foundations and  overarching principles</li>
          
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    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
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      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
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        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Norfolk &amp; Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Mariner House</p>
      <p>43 Handford Road</p>
      <p>Ipswich</p>
            <p>IP1 2GA</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <p>Norfolk &amp; Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Mariner House</p>
          <p>43 Handford Road</p>
          <p>Ipswich</p>
                    <p>IP1 2GA</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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