York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Principal Clinical Psychologist

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Job summary

We are looking to recruit to a part time (0.6wte), fixed term (12 months) maternity cover post in our chronic pain team. The post involves operational leadership for a small team of psychologists and psychological therapists who provide input to individuals experiencing persistent pain, this includes the pain management programme, complex clinic and spinal cord stimulator service.The psychology team have close working relationships with the wider Pain MDT in York & Scarborough Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust.

The post holder will sit organisationally within Psychological Medicine, a thriving service at York Hospital with a number of sub specialities. There will be an office base with other psychology colleagues, managerial supervision and support throughout the year.

Main duties of the job

Within pain psychology, the post holder will ensure the systematic provision of a high quality specialist pain psychology service to clients of YTHFT teams, across all sectors of care. Specifically the role will require the following:

  1. Providing specialist psychological assessments and therapy
  2. Offering advice and consultation on patients' psychological care to non psychologist colleagues and to other non-professional carers
  3. Developing, supporting and maintaining effective working relationships with other disciplines within the service areas, including attending Team meetings
  4. Using research skills for audit, policy and service development and leading on research projects within the area served by the team/service
  5. Proposing and implementing policy changes within the specialist area served
  6. Making a contribution to the general management, governance and supervision of the chronic pain service as agreed
  7. Working autonomously in the delivery of these duties within professional guidelines, the evidence-based literature and the overall framework of the Team, Department and Trust policies and procedures
  8. Provision of support to staff delivering to the SCS (Spinal Cord Stimulator) and PMP (Pain management program) psychology pathways, and Complex Pain Clinic

About us

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

  • Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
  • 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
  • A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
  • Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
  • NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
  • An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
  • Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance through a of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

Details

Date posted

16 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£58,972 to £68,525 a year Pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

419-5569961-PCP-CG6

Job locations

The Old Chapel

Bootham Park

York

YO30 7BY


Job description

Job responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

COVID-19

Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.

Job description

Job responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

COVID-19

Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.

Person Specification

Qualified experience

Essential

  • Has gained a significant amount of consolidated post qualification supervised experience and application of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of patients in health care services.

Desirable

  • Further therapeutic training e.g CBT, CAT, EMDR

minimum qualifications

Essential

  • HCPC registration and doctorate in clinical or counselling qualification

management

Essential

  • Experience of waiting list management
  • Experience of working within a multicultural framework and application of psychology in different cultural contexts

Desirable

  • experience of manging psychology professions
  • awareness of nhs procedures and policies

Teaching and Training

Essential

  • Experience of designing and delivering teaching and training
Person Specification

Qualified experience

Essential

  • Has gained a significant amount of consolidated post qualification supervised experience and application of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of patients in health care services.

Desirable

  • Further therapeutic training e.g CBT, CAT, EMDR

minimum qualifications

Essential

  • HCPC registration and doctorate in clinical or counselling qualification

management

Essential

  • Experience of waiting list management
  • Experience of working within a multicultural framework and application of psychology in different cultural contexts

Desirable

  • experience of manging psychology professions
  • awareness of nhs procedures and policies

Teaching and Training

Essential

  • Experience of designing and delivering teaching and training

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).

Employer details

Employer name

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Old Chapel

Bootham Park

York

YO30 7BY


Employer's website

https://www.yorkhospitals.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Old Chapel

Bootham Park

York

YO30 7BY


Employer's website

https://www.yorkhospitals.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Admin manager Psychological Medicine

Ruth.bulmer@york.nhs.uk

Ruth.bulmer@york.nhs.uk

01904725353

Details

Date posted

16 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£58,972 to £68,525 a year Pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

419-5569961-PCP-CG6

Job locations

The Old Chapel

Bootham Park

York

YO30 7BY


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