Job summary
- Main area
- Chronic pain management
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- 12 months (12 Month fixed term maternity leave cover)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-NN-6460134-AHP-AG
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sutton Hospital
- Town
- Sutton
- Salary
- £56,388 - £62,785 pa pro rata incl HCAS (Oyuter)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist
Band 8a
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Job overview
COPE is a longstanding, interdisciplinary pain management service. The team provides expert multidisciplinary assessment and management service for people with persistent pain for whom underlying treatable causes have been investigated and treated where appropriate. Patients referred to the service often present with complex medical and psychological problems and have often had a difficult journey in healthcare. We are looking for an committed applied psychologist to join the team and help us continue to maintain and develop this well established service. The role will involve group and individual work, training and supervision.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible, with the consultant clinical psychologist, for providing high quality, specialist applied psychology input to COPE. This will include providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy including interdisciplinary group and individual pain management programmes, offering advice and consultation on psychological aspects of Pain Management to other health professionals and supporting other clinical team members who provide care based on psychological theories and principles. Where appropriate, the post holder will exercise autonomous professional responsibility for clinical decisions, working within professional guidelines and the team's policies and procedures. The post holder will be expected to utilise their knowledge of evidence based psychological interventions and research skills to identify and implement audit, research and service development projects. The post holder will also be involved in the training and continuing professional development of clinical psychologists and other health professionals.
Working for our organisation
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust offers an extensive range of services to the people of southwest London and northeast Surrey, including Sutton, Merton and Epsom.
- COPE is based at The Malvern Centre, Sutton.
- The postholder will link professionally to a group of applied psychologists working in different areas of healthcare across the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level qualification in applied psychology (Clinical, Counselling or Health)
- HCPC registered
Desirable criteria
- Relevant post-doctoral training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post-qualification assessed experience as applied psychologist with a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision
- Experience of working with a wide range of clinical presentations including co-morbid physical and mental health conditions and chronic pain across a range of clinical severity and care settings
- Experience of teaching, training and professional supervision
- Ability to work well with other team members and enhance team dynamics
- Ability to work autonomously in situations requiring careful clinical judgement.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a chronic pain service
knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- Highly skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management with individuals, couples, families and groups
- Knowledge of theory and practice in relation to the psychology of adjustment to illness, role of distress in interfering with treatment and recovery, adherence to and decision-making about treatment, and lifestyle changes to improve and maintain health.
- Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
Desirable criteria
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of applying psychological models to chronic pain
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Zoe Clyde
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 296 3900
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