Assistant Psychologist - Chronic Pain and Fatigue Management

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare team as an Assistant Clinical Psychologist in Buckinghamshire, where you will support experienced clinical psychologists in managing chronic pain and fatigue. This role offers excellent learning and development opportunities, flexible working, and access to NHS benefits, aimed at enhancing care for patients. You'll be a crucial part of an interdisciplinary team committed to promoting inclusion and providing outstanding care.

Benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave and pension

Access to NHS discount schemes

Health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and hard-working individual.
• No prior experience in chronic pain management required.

Responsibilities

• Support clinical and counselling psychologists in assessments.
• Conduct psychological assessments and interventions under supervision.
• Assist in administration, audits, and research projects.

Skills

Communication

Team Working

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hard working Assistant Clinical Psychologist to join the Buckinghamshire Chronic Pain and Fatigue Management Service.

This is a well established interdisciplinary service working with people with a wide range of chronic pain conditions and ME/CFS. You will support the work of clinical/counselling psychologists and other members of the team, providing interdisciplinary assessments and chronic pain and fatigue management programmes.

You will be provided with regular supervision and support from experienced clinical psychologists. Good communication and team working skills are essential, but you do not have to have had prior experience of chronic pain and fatigue management. You will be based with the teams at our offices in Aylesbury and Amersham.

To support the work of Clinical Psychologists providing a specialist service to persons with chronic pain and fatigue. Specifically to support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the service, across all sectors of care; providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures. To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
  
  

Why work for us?

• 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.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
  
  

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Teresa Fediw Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01296 831320

Please contact:- Dr Teresa Fediw, Principal Clinical Psychologist

Chronic Pain and Fatigue Management Service, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

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