Job vacancy: Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychologist, Chronic Pain, Band 7, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester

Job summary

Main area: Psychology / Chronic Pain
Grade: Band 7
Contract: 6 months (fixed term)
Hours: Part time - 26.25 hours per week
Job ref: 318-24-D&S-T1674

Employer: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
Town: Gloucester
Salary: £43,742 - £50,056 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 26/08/2024 23:59
Interview date: 27/09/2024

Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychologist, Chronic Pain, Band 7

Band 7

Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.

As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.

As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.

By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached job description and person specification for further details and information about the post.

Please contact us for further information as required.

Person specification

Qualifications, Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Doctoral level Practitioner Psychologist qualification
HCPC registration
Evidence of regular CPD
Experience working in the NHS
Able to work well within a team, to foster psychological safety and a climate of care, compassion and learning
Ability to contain and work therapeutically with people in extreme psychological distress
Proficient use of standard IT systems for clinical work , training, and research purposes including Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, zoom, teams
Experience of providing advice, consultation and clinical supervision to other healthcare professionals regarding psychological aspects of care.
Ability to build positive working relationships, respecting and valuing the contributions made by others and acting in an inclusive, considerate and helpful manner at all times

Desirable criteria

Experience in Physical Health in an NHS setting

The health and wellbeing of our staff and patients remains the priority of the Trust. Vaccination remains the best chance we have of conquering COVID and the Trust encourages everyone to take up this offer.

Please note, this vacancy may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received, so please apply as soon as possible if you are interested. The Recruitment Team are unable to accept any applications after the position has closed on NHS Jobs.

Committed to safeguarding our community

If applicable for the post, all successful candidates will be required to pay for their own Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The cost will be £29 (standard checks) or £46 (enhanced checks), and will be recovered through two instalments from the candidate's salary. Please contact [email protected] for further information.

The Trust is a safeguarding employer committed to the safeguarding and promotion of welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Trust is committed to safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults, and any appointment will be subject to satisfactory clearance. As part of the organisation's commitment to Safer Recruitment, candidates may request copies of relevant policies and procedures by contacting the Recruitment Team at [email protected]

Committed to supporting service personnel

As part of our commitment to support Service Personnel, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, in collaboration with the Career Transition Partnership, offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for all qualifying Service and Ex-Service Personnel. To qualify for a guaranteed interview, candidates must meet the essential criteria for the post and be either a current member of the Armed Forces, or be within the two year period of resettlement. If this applies to you please email the job reference number and your AR number to the Recruitment Team at [email protected]

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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: Polly Ashworth
Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0300 422 8469

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