Clinical Psychologist
- NHS
- Full Time
- Birmingham
- 46148.00 - 52809.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
This is an exciting, varied role, working alongside three experienced Clinical Psychologists in a service where psychology is well established and we are core team members.
You will be joining a friendly, supportive and forward thinking MDT, consisting of Pain Consultants, Nurse Specialists, Physiotherapists and Psychologists who strive together to deliver the highest quality pain service. You will be based at City Health Campus and required to work flexibly including working from home and working across a number of community clinics.
As well as providing individual assessment/therapy for our patients, there is opportunity to take an active role within our group programmes, in order to facilitate long-term pain self management. You will be part of the team leading the delivery of the Self-Management Programme, Pain Activity Group and monthly Pain Support Group. In addition, you will also have the opportunity to provide consultation and joint working within the team and contribute to service developments and research activity. We are strongly committed to providing supervision and CPD opportunities.
This role would suit a newly qualified practitioner psychologist, or someone wanting to develop their career further. You will need strong communication skills and enthusiasm for team working. Direct experience of working in Pain Service settings is not essential, as we recognise that people can transfer experience from other settings.
Main duties of the job
To aid in the provision of a psychology service to the multidisciplinary Pain clinic, providing highly specialist psychological assessment and interventions and offering consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychology colleagues, working with regular supervision but also autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens this year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH . If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continue your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
Job responsibilities
We have three strategic objectives:
- Our People to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients to be good or outstanding in everything we do Our Population to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical or health psychology, as accredited by the British Psychological Society
- Registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist or about to qualify with above from a BPS approved training course.
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and experience in research methodology and/or other fields of applied psychology in a healthcare setting
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and interventions, including self management support.
- Working as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT), in either primary, secondary or tertiary care settings.
- Experience of working within a physical health setting as part of an MDT
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision of graduate psychologists
- Experience of the application of psychological approaches in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working in pain management or other long term health conditions.
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).
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Address
City Health Campus
Birmingham
B18 7QH
