Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist

NHS Jobs; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Sidcup is seeking a Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist to provide pain management psychological services, including individual interventions and group programmes. The role requires supervising trainees and working autonomously within professional guidelines. Candidates should have a clinical psychology qualification and strong research skills.

Qualifications

• Clinical psychology qualification with experience in pain management.
• Strong research skills for audit and service development.

Responsibilities

• Provide pain management psychology services for clients.
• Supervise trainee clinical psychologists.
• Deliver the RESTORE group Pain Management Programme.

Job description

Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist

To provide a pain management psychology service to clients with persistent pain - including highly specialist psychological assessment, intervention and treatment. To deliver the RESTORE group Pain Management Programme jointly with colleagues from Kings Pain Team, and to provide individual pain management psychology as appropriate. Supervising trainee clinical psychologists and offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers. Working autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the services policies and procedures. Utilising research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.