Principal Practitioner Psychologist - Pain

Greater Manchester Mental Health; Manchester; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 73,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits an experienced practitioner psychologist to join a dedicated team focused on delivering high-quality, psychologically informed pain management services. In this role, you will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, contributing to the development of pain management programs and providing clinical supervision. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact on patient care and engage in service development and research projects. If you are passionate about advancing psychological services in a supportive environment, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a practitioner psychologist in pain management.
• Knowledge of specialised psychological therapies for chronic illness.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment and intervention for chronic pain patients.
• Supervise and support other practitioner psychologists.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Intervention management

Group based CBT interventions

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Clinical supervision

Education

British Psychological Society Accredited Doctoral Degree

Registered Practitioner Psychologist

Training in management skills

Job description

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Main area: Physical Health Psychological Services
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week (happy to discuss flexible working)
Job ref: 437-6231034-C

Site: Wythenshawe Hospital
Town: Manchester
Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/01/2025 23:59

Job overview

0.6WTE Band 8B Principal Practitioner Psychologist - Pain

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced practitioner psychologist to work in partnership with Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) to contribute at a senior level (alongside another 8B colleague) to the ongoing delivery of high quality, psychologically informed pain management. The role includes a particular focus on offering senior support and oversight to the ongoing development of the pain services including contributing to Pain Management Programmes and providing management/clinical supervision to other practitioner psychologists.

You will be joining a well-developed group of practitioner psychologists working within physical health psychological services. The post holder will be based at Wythenshawe Hospital. You would be supported by the Head of Physical Health Psychological Services for GMMH and have access to peer supervision from an experienced practitioner psychologist already in post.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have experience of and enthusiasm for working within the chronic pain specialism and will provide a service of specialist assessment, consultation and intervention, working with a team of multidisciplinary staff. There are excellent opportunities within the service to become involved with service developments and with audit and research projects.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the northwest of England and beyond.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Person specification

Qualifications

• British Psychological Society Accredited Doctoral Degree in Clinical, Health or Counselling Psychology.
• Registered with The Health & Care Professions Council as a ‘Practitioner Psychologist’.
• Training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological relevance (e.g. staff training, research methodology, and / or other fields of applied psychology)
• Training in management skills

Experience

• Considerable experience of working as a practitioner psychologist in relevant settings and services (i.e. Pain Management).
• Experience of group based CBT interventions
• Considerable experience in assessment and therapeutic work with adults with mental health/psychological needs in the setting of physical health problems
• Experience of representing practitioner psychology services in multidisciplinary settings.
• Experience of providing supervision (professional / clinical), teaching and / or training.
• Experience of applying legislation and national guidance in relation to the physical health specialism
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the life span and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, in-patient.

Knowledge

• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical/counselling/health psychology
• Evidence of CPD as recommended by HCPC, BPS & KSF
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
• Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific groups (i.e those with chronic illness/traumatic medical histories).

Skills

• Highly developed skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other professionals.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professionals and non-professional groups.
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists

Other

• Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship.