We are looking for a highly skilled, motivated and committed Principal Clinical Psychologist to join the Bexley MSK Pain Psychology service at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.
We welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds and support flexible and agile working arrangements.
Psychological professions are highly valued within Oxleas, and the successful candidate can expect an inclusive and supportive context within which to develop your career and contribute to the development of our pain psychology offer.
The post holder will join a multidisciplinary pain team that includes Pain Consultants, Pain Psychologists, Advanced Practice Physiotherapists, Pain Management Physiotherapists, Service Manager and Administrative staff. The post involves close working with MDT members to provide holistic care to treat persistent pain in a community setting so strong communication and team-working skills are essential.
The post is based clinically within the Bexley MSK Team, receiving referrals from King's Pain Team and Bexley MSK. Oxleas provides KCH pain clinic's specialist physiotherapist and psychological support to their MDT pain clinic.
Supervision will be provided by the Consultant Clinical Psychologist who is embedded within the MSK service.
Main duties of the job
1. To lead on the development of a group patient pathway to help manage patient flow through the service.
2. To contribute to ensuring the systematic provision of a high quality and specialist psychological therapy service to patients with chronic pain.
3. To offer training, supervision, consultation, advice and guidance on the provision of psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and other clinical members of the team.
4. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service.
Job responsibilities
1. To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the MSK Pain Management Service.
2. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client's mental and physical health problems.
3. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups.
4. To use routine outcome measures as required by the service.
5. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models.
6. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients.
7. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals.
8. To contribute to the design, evaluation and delivery of the Pain Management Programme RESTORE.
9. To identify clients whose needs are best served by other local services.
10. To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, complex information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Post-graduate Doctoral level training and qualification in Clinical Psychology.
* Professional registration with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.
* Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the post.
* Post-Doctoral training in specific theoretical models or psychological specialities.
* Completed training/CPD in clinical leadership.
Knowledge and Skills
* Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis.
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
* A commitment to the evaluation of services and enthusiasm for audit, research and service evaluation.
Personal
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
* Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems.
* Enthusiasm for working within MDT and with patients with chronic pain.
Experience
* Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist with 2 years at a highly specialist level.
* Experience working in physical health settings with clients with chronic physical health conditions.
* Experience of leading long term condition management groups.
* Experience of the application of psychological theory 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£67,950 to £78,028 a year pro rata pa inc
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