Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychologist - £7k Incentive*
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
The Central Lancashire Moving Well Service provides joined up care and treatment for individuals via a number of services including Rheumatology, Community Physiotherapy, Musculoskeletal (MSK), Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and a Community Pain Service.
The Community Pain and ME/CFS Service consists of multiple specialists working together with people to help reduce any negative impact that persistent pain or ME/CFS may understandably be having on people's health and well-being. We work collaboratively with individuals to identify and build upon their strengths and skills and provide strategies to help individuals manage chronic pain and chronic fatigue effectively.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychologist with experience of working with individuals with long term health conditions, to join a dynamic team of health professionals including Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurse Specialists, Consultants, Pharmacist and Consultant Clinical Psychologist who are motivated and committed to offering high quality care to individuals with persistent pain and ME/CFS and supporting individuals to make meaningful change. We are looking for someone who enjoys MDT working and who really values team cohesion and wellbeing.
Main duties of the job
Psychology provision is well integrated and highly valued within the team and we are keen to provide the best development opportunities for our staff. The post holder will have options to access continuing professional development and training and to be supported to develop their own area of relevant specialist interest alongside developing their leadership skills.
The successful applicant will assess and manage a caseload of service users with persistent pain and ME/CFS both on a 1:1 basis and also alongside MDT colleagues, offering a range of high quality, evidence-based psychological interventions, supervision, consultation, teaching and clinical leadership. The applicant will also take a lead role in the development and delivery of group interventions such as the Pain Management Programme and a Compassion Focused Therapy group. The post will include exciting opportunities to be involved in service development, audit and evaluation. The service is also keen to maintain well established links with the North West Clinical Psychology Doctorate Courses and welcomes core and specialist trainee clinical psychologist placements, which the successful candidate will supervise.
We would love to hear from Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychologists with a wide range of experience and with the skills and enthusiasm to take our service forward. If you may be interested, we welcome any visits to the service so that you can meet the team and get a feel for the service.
About us
*The £7k Welcome Bonus package applies to this role. The bonus is only available for people who are not currently employed (or who have not been employed in the last 12 months) by any NHS provider trust in the Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care System in a like-for-like role; e.g. a Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse at another Trust in the LSC ICS would not be eligible for the bonus if moving to a Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse role at LSCFT. Bank only workers for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are eligible for the scheme if they have not held a substantive role in Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care System in the last 12 months (subject to all other terms and conditions being met). These incentives are subject to recovery clauses within the first 6 months of employment. This bonus is applicable to any successful candidate who applied from 1st July 2024 - 30th September 2024.
The £7k Welcome Bonus package is designed to attract and retain the very best staff in post. The amount a new starter would receive is shown in the Welcome Bonus Payment Schedule below:
1. £3,000 after 2 months of employment (counted from start date with LSCFT)
2. £2,000 after 12 months
3. £2,000 after 24 months
Job responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: This bonus scheme is subject to a Repayment Clause should the post holder leave this role within 6 months of commencing employment.
If you have any questions, we would be happy to discuss them please contact recruitment@lscft.nhs.uk.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Doctoral level training in clinical psychology or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and Neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
Knowledge
* An increased level of knowledge relevant to this post equivalent to a post-graduate diploma (in addition to entry level qualification).
* Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
* Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS by completion of CPD log demonstrating a minimum of 40 hours per year
Experience
* Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across a range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical.
* Demonstrable evidence of a continuing commitment to developing expertise in psychological assessment and intervention.
* Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patient's psychological care and treatment
Skills
* Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
* Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
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.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
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