Job summary

Would you like to work with an excellent interdisciplinary chronic pain and fatigue management service? An opportunity has arisen for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join our dedicated and well-established interdisciplinary service based in Amersham Hospital and Aylesbury.

We welcome applications from newly qualified, or less experienced clinical psychologists, initially appointed to a Band 7 Development Post. They will be supported to develop skills across predetermined core competencies of therapy, supervision, teamwork and leadership. Once assessed as meeting these competencies, they will move to band 8a.

The service works with people with a wide range of chronic pain conditions and ME/CFS. The post holder will be involved in assessment, group and individual programmes; provide clinical supervision, training and audit/evaluation.

The post includes 0.3 WTE providing psychological assessment and intervention within the related speciality of rheumatology.

Good communication and team working skills are essential. You do not need prior experience of chronic pain and fatigue management.

You will receive clinical supervision from the Clinical Psychologist leading the service and have access to a wide range of CPD activities and a network of Psychologists within the Trust. There are opportunities for service development, evaluation/research and teaching/training. The service has excellent links with the Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and Research.

Main duties of the job

To ensure the systematic provision of a high quality highly specialist clinical psychology service to persons with chronic pain and fatigue and rheumatological conditions across all sectors of care, within the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Management Service and Rheumatology Department. To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by assistant psychologists, doctoral trainee clinical psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Management Service. To utilise research skills, as a major requirement of the job, for audit, policy and service development and research. To propose and implement policy changes which may impact on other professionals within the area served by the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Management Service.

About us

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you? o As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.o We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes. o We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce. Why work for us? o We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.o As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.o Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve. What do we stand for? o Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.o Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.o Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Date posted

01 February 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£48,526 to £54,619 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

434-IEC4929389

Job locations

Amersham Hospital and Aylesbury – expected to work across sites

Whielden Road

Amersham

HP7 0JD

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

Person Specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential

  • Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology. Registration with HCPC
  • Professional registration with HCPC

EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient, and residential care settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
  • Experience of working within a variety of multi-professional teams

Desirable

  • Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist within the specialist field of Clinical health Psychology.
  • Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment
  • Experience of providing teaching, training and professional clinical supervision.

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

  • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
  • Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
  • Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis
  • Knowledge of legislation in relation to patients with psychological difficulties.
  • Knowledge and skills in the theory and practice of highly specialist psychological therapies and assessment methodologies ie. CBT etc with adults with chronic pain and fatigue and rheumatological conditions
  • Evidence of CPD as recommended by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
  • Advanced knowledge/skills in clinical supervision.
  • Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations
  • Ability to identify and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material
  • Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings

Desirable

  • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Essential

  • Ability to travel between sites within Buckinghamshire
Person Specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential

  • Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology. Registration with HCPC
  • Professional registration with HCPC

EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient, and residential care settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
  • Experience of working within a variety of multi-professional teams

Desirable

  • Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist within the specialist field of Clinical health Psychology.
  • Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment
  • Experience of providing teaching, training and professional clinical supervision.

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

  • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
  • Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
  • Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis
  • Knowledge of legislation in relation to patients with psychological difficulties.
  • Knowledge and skills in the theory and practice of highly specialist psychological therapies and assessment methodologies ie. CBT etc with adults with chronic pain and fatigue and rheumatological conditions
  • Evidence of CPD as recommended by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
  • Advanced knowledge/skills in clinical supervision.
  • Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations
  • Ability to identify and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material
  • Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings

Desirable

  • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Essential

  • Ability to travel between sites within Buckinghamshire

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).