Lead Clinical Psychologist – Complex Pain & CFS Specialist

NHS Jobs; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist - Team Lead to drive the development and delivery of advanced assessments for patients with CFS and persistent pain. You will lead 1:1 and group interventions, produce formal reports, and guide risk assessment and clinical decision-making.

The role requires autonomous professional responsibility within NHS services, collaboration with GPwERs and MSK/pain services, and active involvement in service planning and psycho-educational

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.
• HCT will prioritise recruitment of workers living in England under the new immigration rules for care workers effective from 9 April 2025. Employers must first prove that they have attempted to recruit a worker from within England who needs new sponsorship. This ensures that those who came to the UK to pursue a career in adult social care can do so.
• The use of AI is monitored and if you have used it then you are required to declare this, as well as what type of AI tools you have used and for what purpose.
• We reserve the right to further test your individual knowledge and skills in relation to the requirements for the post through robust and thorough interview and assessment.

Job description

NHS Jobs is seeking a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist - Team Lead to drive the development and delivery of advanced assessments for patients with CFS and persistent pain. You will lead 1:1 and group interventions, produce formal reports, and guide risk assessment and clinical decision-making.

The role requires autonomous professional responsibility within NHS services, collaboration with GPwERs and MSK/pain services, and active involvement in service planning and psycho-educational