Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist - Team Lead

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust; Stevenage; Sur place; GBP 60 000 - 70 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust is seeking a Band 8b Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist Team Lead for the ACTIVATE Team in Stevenage/Hitchin. The role focuses on CFS and persistent pain management, with both individual and group interventions.

The post emphasises autonomous clinical delivery, leadership within a multidisciplinary team, and close liaison with medical colleagues to enhance patient care and service development.

Qualifications

• Highly specialist clinical psychologist with Band 8b responsibilities.
• Ability to lead development and delivery of CFS/persistent pain services.
• Experience in assessment, formulation and therapy for complex cases.

Responsabilités

• Lead development and delivery of highly specialist psychological assessments for CFS/Persistent Pain.
• Lead treatment and management using appropriate psychological interventions.
• Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for assessment and treatment.
• Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients.
• Provide specialist advice and consultation to GP, MSK services and local pain services.
• Deliver psycho-educational group programmes for CFS or persistent pain.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships within the ACTIVATE team.

Connaissances

Clinical psychology expertise

Leadership

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Risk assessment

Psychological assessment

Formulation

Therapy delivery

Supervision

Description du poste

Job Overview Band 8b Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist Team Lead - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Persistent Pain Management

ACTIVATE Team, E&N Hertfordshire, Kingsway Health Centre, Stevenage/Hitchin

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic, creative and highly specialist Clinical Psychologist to join our team.

ACTIVATE is a multi-disciplinary community team consisting of Clinical Psychologists, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists, GP's with extended role and an administrator. We provide highly specialist assessment and intervention for adults with CFS and / or persistent pain.

ACTIVATE adopts a primarily hands off approach to treatment which is aimed at motivating and educating service users to manage their condition more effectively and utilises both individual and group based interventions. Close multi-disciplinary working within the team, is a key part of the service delivery and the successful candidate will be expected to take an active role in the delivery of the Chronic Fatigue and Persistent Pain Management Programmes as well as offering individual and joint treatment sessions with other team members.

ACTIVATE team form part of the integrated community MSK Services working alongside the MSK Physiotherapy team and the MSK Clinical , Assessment and Treatment Service (MSKCATS). The post will also involve close liaison with relevant medical consultants, GP's and other health care professionals.

• Proposed interview date : 19th November 2026*

To support and enhance the work of the multi-disciplinary team providing a highly specialist service to people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and persistent pain.

To take a lead role in the clinical delivery and strategic development of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Persistent Pain service

To support and enhance the professional psychological care of patients within the service by providing highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy as well as consultation, advice and supervision to other members of the team.

To provide highly specialist clinical psychology input to adults, their families and carers referred to the ACTIVATE Team with CFS and Persistent Pain.

To provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy for complex cases within the service. This will be based upon clinical psychology and clinical health psychology theory and practice.

To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams’ policies and procedures.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities To lead the development and delivery of highly specialist psychological assessments of patients with CFS/Persistent Pain referred to the service using interview, formal psychometric and other assessment methods as appropriate and in accordance with the profession. Produce reports conveying the results of these highly complex assessments and formulations and detailing recommendations about appropriate interventions for the patient.

To lead the development and delivery of treatment, advice and management of patients with CFS/Persistent Pain , using a range of appropriate psychological or biopsychosocial interventions according to their profession including 1:1 and group sessions.

To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment of patients with persistent pain, in accordance with the policies of the service.

To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and provide advice and guidance on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management to colleagues within the service.

To provide specialist advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals, specifically GP’s, MSK services and local pain services to assist the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of patients with persistent pain

To deliver professional communications in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of patients.

To be involved in the planning, co-ordination and delivery of psycho-educational group programmes primarily for patients with CFS or persistent pain.

To develop and maintain good working relationships with other staff in the ACTIVATE team with the purpose of facilitating patient care planning and dissemination of relevant information and to promote service delivery and planning with colleagues.

Through the provision of advice and consultation, contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of patients of the service across all settings and agencies serving the patient groups.

To liaise with relevant others including the GPwER’s attached to the service, the wider MSK service and other CFS and persistent pain services.

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities.

Our staff are proud to be Caring, Pioneering and Inclusive in their work to help achieve the Trust vision

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages

We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Suzanne Taylor Job title: MSK Clinical and Operational Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07891882919

Suzanne Taylor

MSK Clinical and operational Lead

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