Job vacancy: Assistant Psychologist - Chronic Pain and Fatigue Management, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Amersham and Aylesbury

Job summary

Main area

Chronic Pain and Fatigue Management Service

Grade

Band 4

Contract

12 months (Fixed Term for 12 months, as is standard for assistant psychologist posts.)

Hours

Full time
Part time
Flexible working

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

434-CR6493563

Employer: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Amersham Hospital and Aylesbury
Town: Amersham and Aylesbury
Salary: £25,147 - £27,596 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 18/08/2024 23:59

Assistant Psychologist - Chronic Pain and Fatigue Management

Band 4

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria

An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology.
Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Experience

Essential criteria

High-level communication skills (written and verbal). Ability to provide complex and sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses barriers to understanding.
An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge and experience to a clinical health psychology context

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

Ability to sustain concentration during frequent therapeutic interactions
An ability and interest in interacting with people with psychological and/or physical problems.

Desirable criteria

A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology.

Special Circmstance

Essential criteria

Ability to travel to other sites

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Applicant requirements

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: Dr Teresa Fediw
Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01296 831320
Additional information: Please contact:- Dr Teresa Fediw, Principal Clinical Psychologist
Chronic Pain and Fatigue Management Service, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Telephone: 01296 831320
Email: [email protected]

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