Clinical Psychologist(Band 8b)

Tehy Care Group; Preston; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist to lead psychological care for patients with persistent pain and ME/CFS. In this crucial role, you will provide specialist assessments, lead group therapy sessions, and oversee training and supervision within a collaborative team. The ideal candidate will possess a doctoral-level qualification and significant experience in clinical psychology. This position offers the opportunity for professional growth in an innovative environment.

Benefits

Competitive locum rate

Supportive work environment

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant post-qualification experience working as a qualified clinical psychologist.
• Evidence of continuous professional development as recommended by the HCPC and BPS.
• Experience of working with patients with persistent pain and/or ME/CFS.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist psychological assessments of patients with persistent pain.
• Lead delivery and evaluation of group-based Pain Management Programmes.
• Provide clinical supervision to other psychologists and trainees.

Skills

Advanced psychological assessment

Clinical supervision

Psychological intervention

Team collaboration

Continuous professional development

Education

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Job description

Are you a senior Clinical Psychologist driven to make a profound difference in a specialist field? Our Community Pain & ME/CFS Service is looking for a leader like you.

Step into a pivotal role where your expertise will shape the psychological care for patients with complex, long-term conditions. You will be the key psychological specialist within our innovative multi-disciplinary team, leading on the delivery of our group-based Pain Management Programmes and providing vital supervision and consultation to colleagues.

This is more than a job; it's a chance to pioneer and lead in the rewarding areas of persistent pain and ME/CFS, helping patients reclaim their lives. We offer a supportive, collaborative environment where your professional development is a priority.

If you are ready to take your career to the next level and provide the exceptional care our patients deserve, we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

You will provide highly specialist psychological assessment and interventions for patients with persistent pain and ME/CFS. A central duty will be to co-design, deliver, and evaluate our group-based Pain Management Programmes (PMPs) in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.

You will act as the service's psychological expert, offering consultation, supervision, and advice to enhance the practice of all team members. Your role is crucial in embedding a psychologically-informed approach across the service, supporting both direct patient care and the professional development of your colleagues.

About us

At Tehy Care, we connect exceptional clinical talent like you with rewarding opportunities. We are more than just an agency; we are your career partner, dedicated to finding you the perfect fit.

The role is within a dedicated NHS Community Pain & ME/CFS service. Their team is known for its collaborative, multi-disciplinary ethos, where your psychological expertise will be highly valued. They foster a supportive and innovative atmosphere, focused on improving patient outcomes.

Our benefit is getting you there. We handle the complexities from swift compliance and payroll to securing you a competitive Band 8b locum rate. We offer a personal service, dedicated support, and access to exclusive roles, giving you the freedom to focus on what you do best: delivering outstanding patient care.

Job responsibilities

Variable hours

Monday Friday upto full time consideredP/T-F/T

To provide a highly specialist clinical psychology service to clients of the Community Pain & ME/CFS Service. To provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and therapy to patients with persistent pain and ME/CFS. To offer advice, consultation, and supervision on patients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and other non-professional carers. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services policies and procedures.

2. Key Responsibilities

Clinical

To provide highly specialist psychological assessments of patients referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations, and semi-structured interviews.

To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a patients psychological problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the patients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy.

To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, families, and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations as required.

To take a lead role in the joint planning, delivery, and evaluation of the services group-based Pain Management Programmes (PMPs).

To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options, considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual.

Teaching, Training, and Supervision

To provide clinical supervision to other psychologists, assistant psychologists, and trainees as appropriate.

To provide specialist advice, guidance, and consultation to other professionals (e.g., Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses) contributing directly to patients formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plan.

To contribute to the pre- and post-qualification teaching of clinical psychology and other disciplines, as appropriate.

Management, Audit, and Service Development

To contribute to the development, evaluation, and monitoring of the services operational policies and procedures through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation, and audit.

To advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.

To manage the workloads of assistant psychologists and trainees, within the framework of the services policies and procedures.

3. Professional and Ethical Practice

To ensure the maintenance of high standards of practice according to the employer and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and issues in relation to both the specific client group and clinical psychology.

4. Person Specification

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS and HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.

Significant post-qualification experience working as a qualified clinical psychologist, including experience in a physical health or chronic condition setting.

Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC and BPS.

Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention, and management.

Experience of teaching, training, and/or professional and clinical supervision.

High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult-to-treat groups (e.g., chronic conditions).

Experience of working with patients with persistent pain and/or ME/CFS.

Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.

Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.

Person Specification

Experience

• Providing a highly specialist psychological service to support and enhance the psychological care of patients with persistent pain as well as supporting and enhancing the work of the Moving Well Pain and ME/CFS multi-disciplinary team.

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.