Assistant Psychologist

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

The Bath Centre for Pain Services (BCPS) is part of the Chronic Pain Speciality at the Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Chronic Pain Speciality is one of the largest in the UK, including a Regional Pain Clinics (adults and children) and four National Services. The BCPS provides intensive rehabilitation interventions for people of all ages (children to older adults) with complex pain associated disability, working to enable people to live their 'best life' in the presence of chronic pain.

Main duties of the job

• To work as part of the clinical, research and administration team of BCPS assisting in administration, service delivery and evaluation. Interventions are delivered on a group or individual basis.
• To collect patient data and maintain patient clinical databases to national research standards and to assist the team in the analysis and interpretation of findings.

About us

At the RUH, we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. We value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 2:1 or higher degree in psychology
• A Masters Level degree in a related subject.

Experience

• Previous experience of data collection, literature searching and data analysis.
• Previous relevant clinical/research experience.
• Previous experience of group working in a clinical setting.
• Previous NHS experience.

Knowledge

• Sound competence of IT software including Word, Excel, and competent use of email and the internet.
• Knowledge of data protection legislation and research governance requirements.
• Knowledge of SPSS, database management, and literature searches.

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.