Psychologist - Clinical lead (pain management service)

Job summary

We are thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for a motivated and experienced Psychologist to join our Pain Management team in North East Essex, part time 22.5 hours per week. You will be responsible for managing a complex clinical caseload and providing clinical leadership within the service. As the Clinical Lead you will guide the direction of patient care, oversee service delivery and ensure the highest standards of practice, all while leading a committed multidisciplinary team to provide exceptional patient-centered care.

You will need significant experience in pain management services with strong clinical leadership experience and ability to focus on guiding and supporting the team to deliver exceptional patient care. Using your excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills you will foster a collaborative and supportive team environment.

You will be supported in your continuous professional development (CPD), evidence-based practice, and participation in undergraduate and postgraduate education, including access to in-service training.

If you are an experienced Psychologist with a passion for pain management and leadership, and you are ready to take on a key role in shaping and leading a patient-centered service, we encourage you to apply.

You will be required to travel to clinic venues in Colchester and Clacton therefore will require a valid driver's license and access to a car.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will have opportunities to shape the future of pain management services and lead a high-performing team. You will be part of a collaborative and innovative work environment, with the opportunity to make a significant impact on patient care and service delivery.

1. Clinical Leadership: Take on the key role of clinical lead, providing oversight and direction for the pain management service. Ensure the delivery of evidence-based, high-quality care to individuals with chronic pain conditions.
2. Caseload Management: Manage a complex and varied caseload, working autonomously and making decisions with the support of the multidisciplinary team.
3. Service Delivery & Development: Lead the service, actively contribute to service development, and ensure the team adheres to best practices while promoting innovation and integrated care.
4. Educational Leadership: Facilitate educational sessions and lead group programs, empowering patients to effectively manage their pain.
5. Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with system partners to ensure a seamless, integrated service that prioritizes the self-management of chronic pain conditions.
6. Line Management: Provide support and guidance to team members, with some line management responsibilities.
7. Autonomous Practice: Work independently while contributing to the ongoing improvement and success of the service.

This post comes with well-established supervision and appraisal structure.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

1. Professional qualification in Clinical Psychology at doctoral level (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.
2. Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).
3. Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice, including training in supervision skills.

Desirable

1. Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological relevance (e.g. within physical health).
2. Formal training in supervision.

Experience

Essential

1. Considerable experience of working as a clinical psychologist, in relevant settings and services, e.g. physical health and/or mental health services.
2. Proven significant experience working in a senior clinical psychologist role.
3. Experience of being the lead clinician in a service area, responsible for the coordination of service delivery, service development and the systematic reporting of service line data.
4. Experience of supervising the work of junior staff members.
5. Experience in assessment and therapeutic work with adults with mental health/psychological needs including complex risk assessment.
6. Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
7. Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, within the context of multidisciplinary care.
8. Experience of working autonomously within the professional guidelines of the British Psychological Society, the Division of Clinical Psychology and the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).
9. Experience of representing clinical psychology in multidisciplinary settings.
10. Experience of providing supervision (professional/ clinical), teaching and/or training.

Desirable

1. Experience of delivering specialist multidisciplinary pain management group programmes.
2. Experience of using ACT and Mindfulness therapies.
3. Experience of developing intervention programmes and outcome recording measures.
4. Experience of working with groups.
5. Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the life span and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, in-patient.
6. Experience Chairing multi-professional meetings and assisting groups of professionals to work in a coordinated manner towards a shared goal.
7. Experience of joint working with commissioners.
8. Experience on line managing/supervising members of the multidisciplinary team.

Knowledge

Essential

1. Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
2. Highly competent application of theory and clinical skills in one or more distinct modes of psychological therapy.
3. Experience producing concise written reports for multiple audiences e.g. professional publication, annual reports, contribution to business plans/cases.
4. Doctoral level knowledge of research design, methodology and evaluation.
5. Knowledge and experience of applying legislation and national guidance in relation to the physical health specialism.
6. Car Driver, must be able to get to clinic bases in Colchester and Tendring.

Desirable

1. High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies specifically including ACT and Mindfulness.
2. Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in the intervention with people who have complex physical health problems.
3. Knowledge and experience of applying legislation and national guidance in relation to the physical health specialism.
4. Familiarity with selection and recruitment procedures and human resource issues.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see.

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Mill Road Therapy Centre, Mill Road, Colchester, CO4 5LJ

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