Practitioner Psychologist inTrafford inTrafford PUBLISHED
FRI 22 NOV 2024
This position offers an opportunity for established Clinical/Counseling/Health Psychologists to further develop their expertise in a community pain multidisciplinary team (MDT) environment. The role includes managing an independent caseload, contributing to team objectives, and engaging in research and policy audit activities. Benefits for the role include pay enhancements for evening and weekend work, a comprehensive leave allowance, pension, and additional perks such as a cycle to work scheme and wellbeing programs.
Specialist Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychologist, Band 8a (appointment will be at Band 7 for less experienced candidates)
Community Pain Services, Trafford
Hours - 22.5hrs (0.6WTE)
Permanent Contract
To provide high quality specialist psychology provision to service users of the Manchester Painservices (community and/or secondary care pain settings)To conduct advanced assessment of complex chronic pain service users to determine clinicaldiagnosis and intervention, and to maintain records as an autonomous practitionerTo act on behalf of service users by offering advice and consultation on their psychological careto NHS clinicians, as well as to other non-professional carers and workers of other agencieswhere appropriate.To work autonomously within professional/best practice guidelines for chronic pain and theoverall framework of the team and Trust's policies and procedures.To utilise research skills for audit, policy and research within the area served by the teams /service.To agree, in conjunction with Physical Health Psychological Services management, theappropriate utilisation of psychological resources to the teams. To contribute to the provision ofteam services and fulfilment of team priorities and objectives.
We are delighted to be able to provide an ideal opportunity for an interest practitioner psychologist (HCPC registered) keen to either develop or enhance their skills in working within a community pain MDT.
We are seeking applications from established Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychologists (registered as Practitioner Psychologists with the HCPC an absolute expectation). You will have gained experience in physical health settings (ideally you will have experience working in Pain services/Pain Management Programmes) as well as a familiarity and commitment to working with a medical multidisciplinary team as well as community settings.
You will work as an independent Practitioner Psychologist with your own clinical case load; as well contribute to staff consultation, research and multidisciplinary work.
About us
See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
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