Principal Practitioner Psychologist - Pain

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT; Manchester; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Manchester is seeking a Principal Practitioner Psychologist to support chronic pain management services. The role involves working closely with multidisciplinary teams, providing supervision to other practitioners, and contributing to the development of pain management programs. Ideal candidates will have a Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology, registered status with the HCPC, and relevant experience in psychological interventions for chronic pain patients. Competitive salary and opportunities for professional development are offered.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in chronic pain management as a practitioner psychologist.
• Ability to work with a multidisciplinary team.
• Skills in providing supervision and consultation.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment, consultation, and intervention for chronic pain patients.
• Support the development of pain services and programs.
• Conduct auditing and participate in research projects.

Skills

Complex psychological assessment

Group-based CBT interventions

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Clinical supervision

Education

BPS Accredited Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology

Registered with HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist

Job description

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 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 but provide up to 1 day a week input into a community pain team in Trafford. 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 developments and with audit and research projects. The service has close links with Lancaster and Liverpool Doctorate Training Programmes and GMMH is the Host Trust for the Manchester Doctorate Programme.

There is a principal practitioner psychologist already in post and the successful candidate will benefit significantly from working alongside them as part of their induction and ongoing development.

About us

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 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.

Greater Manchester is one of the world’s most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Blue Light Card Discounts

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.

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.

£64,455 to £74,896 a yearper annum pro rata