Higher Assistant Psychologist (Band 5)

Job summary

Band 5 Higher Assistant Psychologist 1.0wte (37.5 hours per week)

We are currently recruiting for an Assistant Psychologist to join the Community Pain Management service in Stockton and Hartlepool. Our service provides assessment and evidence based interventions to individuals living with chronic pain.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and innovative, multidisciplinary service and you will also be joining a diverse medical psychology team, working within an acute setting across many clinical specialties. This provides excellent additional opportunities, including peer support, supervision and CPD alongside psychology colleagues. This post provides an opportunity to aspiring clinicians to gain valuable experience, providing the opportunity to work alongside and support qualified psychologists within a clinical health psychology department.

Community Pain Management (CPM) is a joint venture between psychology and physiotherapy, which aims to deliver high quality, evidence-based interventions for individuals living with chronic pain. The integrated nature of CPM offers the opportunity to work closely alongside physiotherapy colleagues and also across the wider MDT.

Please note, applications will also be considered from aspiring Assistant Psychologists who are eligible to be hired at band 4 based on their level of experience.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder would be part of the psychology provision in the integrated pain service working across a specialist MDT. They would also be part of an expanding medical psychology service, working alongside Clinical and Counselling Psychologists and Psychological Therapists.

Under regular supervision from a qualified psychologist the post holder will develop skills in psychological assessment, formulation and interventions. The post holder will work independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.

As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to be involved in assessing individuals with chronic pain, co-facilitating psycho-educational groups, supporting the service with collecting and analysing outcome measures, and supporting with research and audits. We would be keen to support you in developing areas of interest and also in the process of furthering your career through application for Clinical Psychology training.

About us

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high-quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"

Employer details

Employer name

North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University Hospital of Hartlepool

Holdforth Road

Hartlepool

TS24 9AH

Employer's website

https://www.nth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University Hospital of Hartlepool

Holdforth Road

Hartlepool

TS24 9AH

Employer's website

https://www.nth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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