A Vacancy at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
This is an exciting opportunityto workwithin, and be part of, a growingClinical Health Psychology Servicebased inRoyal Preston Hospital. This particular post provides specialist clinical psychology input to the Pain ManagementService and wider MDT. This includes providing input within the keyPsychologypathways(outpatient and inpatient), to the Pain Management Programme.
Direct individual and group work are also key parts of the role. The post is supported by the Lead Pain Psychologist for outpatients and the Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Pain Management, as well as theHead of the Clinical Health Psychology Service, clinical colleagues, and key stakeholders in the Clinical Business Unit.
You willideally haveexperienceof workingwithin a physical health population, and of working with individuals living with persistent pain and/orlong-termconditions. You will have experience of workingwithinMDT settingsand bemotivated andcapableto learn and develop andbuild relationships witha range of otherkeyprofessionals and services.There will be an expectation to undertake extended roles and responsibilities withinClinical HealthPsychology Services and to work flexibly across the services overall(including inpatient and outpatientworking)asrequiredand directed bythe Consultant ClinicalPsychologistand/orHead of Service.
The post is availableas a preceptorship for band 7 clinical psychologists who may be interested in developing skills inworking in this area. Completion of the preceptorship, and commencement ofa band 8a banding, will require the completion of key pre-established criteria, to be regularly reviewed through supervision and formal appraisal.
You wouldbe requiredtocontributeto the running and development ofthePainServicePsychologypathwaysin consultation and collaboration with theConsultant ClinicalPsychologist,Head of Service,clinical colleagues, and key stakeholders in the Clinical Business Unit.
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Duties to include but not be limited to:
• To provide a specialist adult psychology service across the Pain Service Pathways and within the Clinical Health Psychology Service.
• To deliver highlyspecialist psychological assessment, intervention, advice and consultation for patients’,other health professionals and carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and frameworks governing each clinical area.
• The deliver this work across both inpatient and outpatient pathways, and any other settings in which the service is currently, appropriately, provided.
• To contribute to the provision of integrated multidisciplinary care (joint appointments and MDT assessment clinics) across the inpatient and outpatient pathways to patients referred by our MDT colleagues.
• To train and support MDT colleagues in psychologically informed care (education,consultationand clinical supervision).
• To contribute to MDT promotion of patient need, clinical symptoms and approaches to care.
• To work in collaboration with the consultant clinical psychologists, MDT colleagues, and key stakeholders.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and frameworks governing each clinical area.
• To actively engage in own professional and leadership development, including reflective practice.
• To routinely undertake research,auditand service evaluation projects, including reports of clinical activity and effectiveness.
• To work flexibly across CHPs pathways as requiredand directed by the Head of Service.
For more information please see the job description.
This advert closes on Tuesday 31 Dec 2024