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The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a consultant clinical/counselling psychologist to join the BHRUT Pain Management team, and as a senior member of NELFT Clinical Health Psychological Services. The post holder will work closely alongside the Professional Lead for CHPS, and the consultants and multidisciplinary team at BHRUT, to develop an evidence-based, highly effective psychological assessment and treatment service for patients/carers referred to the Pain Management Programme.
Main duties of the job
1. To provide specialist psychological assessments, psychological interventions and psycho-education to patients and carers referred to the pain management programme.
2. Clinical excellence and experience in delivering comprehensive pain management programmes, and working with a range of pain aetiologies, including acute and persistent pain.
3. The promotion of appropriate provision of evidence-based psychological treatments within PMPs (mainly group but also individual programmes).
4. To maintain and improve the quality of group-based self-management training and support offered to participants.
5. Specialist spinal cord stimulation assessments.
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement - London
This post attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata).
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system.
On-call payment
This post will be required to participate in the Trust on-call rota and attracts payment of 1% of the basic salary.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To provide specialist, consultant level psychological assessments of patients, carers and families referred to the pain management programme, including specialist spinal cord stimulation psychology assessments.
2. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of the cognitive, emotional, behavioural, physical and psychological health of people with psychological distress in the Pain Management Programme/Pain service, utilising a bio-psycho-social model.
3. To implement a range of psychological interventions both therapeutic and psycho-educational, for individuals, families and groups, using evidence-based interventions and best practice.
4. To provide psychological input to the Service’s multi-disciplinary Pain Management Programme.
5. To show clinical expertise in the area of individual and group mindfulness-based therapeutic techniques, as well as a strong clinical background in CBT and ACT.
6. To show expertise, familiarity and comfort in running group-based psychology interventions.
7. To show clinical expertise and sensitivity in the psychological management of acute distress, anxiety and despair related to persistent pain.
Person specification
Qualifications
* HCPC registration clinical/counselling psychologist
* Post graduate qualification in psychological therapy such as CBT
Experience
* Experience in working with pain presentations and/or running pain management programmes.
* Experience working with physical health teams/acute hospital teams
* Expertise and enthusiasm in line management and clinical supervision of psychologists, trainees and assistant psychologists
Clinical
* Substantial experience working with complex mental health presentations
* Substantial experience working with clinical risk, safeguarding and triage
* Experience with undertaking psychological assessments for elective surgery
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
* A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
* A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers.
* Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part-time hours or another flexible pattern.
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