Job summary
Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychologist Pain Management Band 7
Fixed-Term: 12 months maternity cover
Part-time: 22.5 hours per week
We are looking for a HCPC Registered Clinical, Counselling, or Health Psychologist to join our well-established multidisciplinary team within the Pain Management Service and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. We would consider applications from newly qualified psychologists with appropriate trainee experience and/or interest in physical health.
This band 7 post is 0.6 wte (3 days) and is being offered to cover the recumbent psychologist's maternity leave. The current days are Weds, Thursday and Fridays but we would be open to negotiation. The post is held within the outpatient pain management department at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and offers experience of specialist assessment clinics, dual psychologist and physiotherapist intervention clinics, group and 1:1 work. To work in sessions with both physiotherapists and pain consultants.
In the event of a successful candidate being pre-HCPC registered the post will be re-banded to Band 6 and made fixed term for one year or until such a time as the post-holder achieves registered status in order for the post to become Band 7 substantive. The below duties therefore would be subject to appropriate clinical supervision from a HCPC registered psychologist in the team.
PLEASE NOTE VACANCY WILL CLOSE ONCE SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
Main duties of the job
To participate in the design and delivery of the psychology service to a diverse range of patients and presentations within the Pain Management Service
To be able to accurately triage patient's difficulties related to their persistent pain from a biopsychosocial perspective and decide with them the most appropriate pathway of assessment and treatment
To be able to provide a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment and formulation to the benefit of both the patient and fellow professionals also involved in their care
To participate in the design and delivery of current specialist interdisciplinary pathways with the Pain Management Therapy Service inclusive of, Pain Management Programmes (online and in-person); Spinal Cord Stimulation; Fibromyalgia; Complex Regional Pain Syndrome; Survivors of Torture and Pelvic Pain.
To manage your own caseload of complex individuals and presentations within your individual psychology clinic; dual psychology-physiotherapy clinic; education sessions; and pain management therapy groups.
To use a range of evidence-based psychological models and therapies (specifically ACT, CBT, EMDR) to benefit patient's management of their persistent pain related difficulty.
About us
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.
We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people.Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's,in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We're one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for -our staff says they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe,effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate. We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
To participate in the design and delivery of the psychology service to a diverse range of patients and presentations within the Pain Management Service
To be able to accurately triage patients difficulties related to their persistent pain from a biopsychosocial perspective and decide with them the most appropriate pathway of assessment and treatment
To be able to provide a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment and formulation to the benefit of both the patient and fellow professionals also involved in their care
To participate in the design and delivery of current specialist interdisciplinary pathways with the Pain Management Therapy Service inclusive of, Pain Management Programmes (online and in-person); Spinal Cord Stimulation; Fibromyalgia; Complex Regional Pain Syndrome; Survivors of Torture and Pelvic Pain.
To manage your own caseload of complex individuals and presentations within your individual psychology clinic; dual psychology-physiotherapy clinic; education sessions; and pain management therapy groups.
To use a range of evidence-based psychological models and therapies (specifically ACT, CBT, EMDR) to benefit patients management of their persistent pain related difficulty.
To participate in multidisciplinary meetings and discussions and management of complex problems in patients with the Pain Management Service.
To comprehensively assess and manage potential risk of suicide and harmful behaviour in patients within the Pain Management Service and to communicate management plans to relevant services.
To be able to provide high quality often sensitive verbal and written information to patients and other professionals involved in their care.
To input and maintain appropriate written and digital records inclusive of the Trusts electronic patient record.
To maintain compliance with statutory and regulatory standards to ensure safe practice and highest standards of care.
To maintain up to date knowledge of registration, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
To participate in the maintenance of waiting lists and the Therapy Services programme of work.
To participate in co-development of pain management services with people with lived experience of pain
Training, Teaching, Supervision and Consultation
To develop and deliver appropriate training and teaching sessions for psychological and multidisciplinary colleagues and other relevant services on a range of psychological and pain-related issues
To be prepared to undertake training relevant to the development and delivery of your role as a psychologist within pain management
To be prepared to provide supervision to assistant and trainee psychologists within the department
To receive regular individual and/or group/modality specific supervision from psychological colleagues
To provide appropriate psychologically informed consultation to multidisciplinary colleagues on a range of issues related to patients under their care
To be available for psychologically informed consultation by colleagues via a range of mediums
Research and Evaluations
To promote and disseminate relevant psychology and pain related research and evidenced based practice within appropriate meetings and forums within the multidisciplinary team and other relevant services
To develop and contribute to the Pain Management Services Research Profile via the publishing of posters, articles, studies in relevant journals and via attendance at relevant domestic and international conferences
To provide research consultation and supervision to the wider multidisciplinary team
To develop, maintain and present audits of outcome data within the Pain Therapy Pathways to inform iterative development of Therapy Interventions and best practice
PLEASE SEE JD/PS FOR FULL DUTIES OF THE POST
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
To participate in the design and delivery of the psychology service to a diverse range of patients and presentations within the Pain Management Service
To be able to accurately triage patients difficulties related to their persistent pain from a biopsychosocial perspective and decide with them the most appropriate pathway of assessment and treatment
To be able to provide a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment and formulation to the benefit of both the patient and fellow professionals also involved in their care
To participate in the design and delivery of current specialist interdisciplinary pathways with the Pain Management Therapy Service inclusive of, Pain Management Programmes (online and in-person); Spinal Cord Stimulation; Fibromyalgia; Complex Regional Pain Syndrome; Survivors of Torture and Pelvic Pain.
To manage your own caseload of complex individuals and presentations within your individual psychology clinic; dual psychology-physiotherapy clinic; education sessions; and pain management therapy groups.
To use a range of evidence-based psychological models and therapies (specifically ACT, CBT, EMDR) to benefit patients management of their persistent pain related difficulty.
To participate in multidisciplinary meetings and discussions and management of complex problems in patients with the Pain Management Service.
To comprehensively assess and manage potential risk of suicide and harmful behaviour in patients within the Pain Management Service and to communicate management plans to relevant services.
To be able to provide high quality often sensitive verbal and written information to patients and other professionals involved in their care.
To input and maintain appropriate written and digital records inclusive of the Trusts electronic patient record.
To maintain compliance with statutory and regulatory standards to ensure safe practice and highest standards of care.
To maintain up to date knowledge of registration, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
To participate in the maintenance of waiting lists and the Therapy Services programme of work.
To participate in co-development of pain management services with people with lived experience of pain
Training, Teaching, Supervision and Consultation
To develop and deliver appropriate training and teaching sessions for psychological and multidisciplinary colleagues and other relevant services on a range of psychological and pain-related issues
To be prepared to undertake training relevant to the development and delivery of your role as a psychologist within pain management
To be prepared to provide supervision to assistant and trainee psychologists within the department
To receive regular individual and/or group/modality specific supervision from psychological colleagues
To provide appropriate psychologically informed consultation to multidisciplinary colleagues on a range of issues related to patients under their care
To be available for psychologically informed consultation by colleagues via a range of mediums
Research and Evaluations
To promote and disseminate relevant psychology and pain related research and evidenced based practice within appropriate meetings and forums within the multidisciplinary team and other relevant services
To develop and contribute to the Pain Management Services Research Profile via the publishing of posters, articles, studies in relevant journals and via attendance at relevant domestic and international conferences
To provide research consultation and supervision to the wider multidisciplinary team
To develop, maintain and present audits of outcome data within the Pain Therapy Pathways to inform iterative development of Therapy Interventions and best practice
PLEASE SEE JD/PS FOR FULL DUTIES OF THE POST
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate training in Clinical Counselling or Health Psychology
- Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council
Desirable
- Additional formal training or qualification relevant to Clinical Health Psychology
- Membership of relevant professional group or society e.g. BPS,ACP, British Pain Society, IASP
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working physical health settings
- Experience of psychological assessment, intervention and management working with a wide range of clinical presentations with complex, long-term co-morbid physical and mental health conditions including pain and maintaining high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
Desirable
- Extensive experience over several years of working in clinical health psychology
- Experience of working in a pain management programme
- Experience of working with service user representatives
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies (e.g. ACT, CBT,EMDR) with the relevant client groups (e.g. people with long-term co-morbid physical and mental health problems, histories of trauma and abuse)
- Skilled in working with the above clients individually and within groups and managing group dynamics in the face of highly emotive and distressing difficulties.
- Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management with individuals, couples, families and groups, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and written, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues internally and externally to the NHS
- Ability to identify and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behavior
- Post-graduate level knowledge of research design ad methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of psychology.
Desirable
- Published peer-reviewed research and/or conference presentations within the field of clinical health psychology
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Knowledge of the wider landscape involved in the management of chronic pain
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate training in Clinical Counselling or Health Psychology
- Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council
Desirable
- Additional formal training or qualification relevant to Clinical Health Psychology
- Membership of relevant professional group or society e.g. BPS,ACP, British Pain Society, IASP
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working physical health settings
- Experience of psychological assessment, intervention and management working with a wide range of clinical presentations with complex, long-term co-morbid physical and mental health conditions including pain and maintaining high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
Desirable
- Extensive experience over several years of working in clinical health psychology
- Experience of working in a pain management programme
- Experience of working with service user representatives
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies (e.g. ACT, CBT,EMDR) with the relevant client groups (e.g. people with long-term co-morbid physical and mental health problems, histories of trauma and abuse)
- Skilled in working with the above clients individually and within groups and managing group dynamics in the face of highly emotive and distressing difficulties.
- Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management with individuals, couples, families and groups, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and written, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues internally and externally to the NHS
- Ability to identify and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behavior
- Post-graduate level knowledge of research design ad methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of psychology.
Desirable
- Published peer-reviewed research and/or conference presentations within the field of clinical health psychology
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Knowledge of the wider landscape involved in the management of chronic pain
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).