Clinical Psychologist - MSE Pain Service

Job summary

Clinical psychologist / Psychotherapist / Senior Counsellor: MSE Pain Service

This new role is an opportunity to develop, alongside experienced pain MDT colleagues, a psychological service for pain patients across Mid and South Essex NHS trust.

The trust brings together three hospitals Basildon, Broomfield and Southend.

Each had their own psychological input but there is now the opportunity to develop a team across the patch continuing to offer evidence based individual work and our extremely successful multidisciplinary pain management programme.

You will be embedded within the pain service who have a long history of providing care within a psychological frame in collaboration with the entire MDT.

This is a leadership role overseeing the supervision and development of other psychological colleagues.

You will be supported by the management team within the pain service and the hospital based psychological therapies service.

We are looking for a fully accredited and creative individual with experience working with patients with chronic physical health conditions.

Additional training and therapeutic use of Acceptance and commitment therapy is desirable.

The post holder should have experience and training in offering supervision and have offered consultation to a wide range of professionals.

Main duties of the job

To provide psychological screening, psychosocial information, assessment and treatment to patients and their families based across four MSE Pain Relief Services, outpatient and inpatient.

To provide consultation on complex psychological issues to the wider multidisciplinary team by involvement in relevant multi-disciplinary forums.

To provide training to staff on relevant psychological and mental health issues.

To ensure and help provide a coherent approach to Pain Management services across the MSE.

To provide specialist input with clinical autonomy and to work in ways which are sensitive to the needs of staff/patients from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds

About us

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organization working in the best interests of the people we serve.

With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organization we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

We will deliver safe and high-quality services and be an employer of choice for our workforce.

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET

Employer's website

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

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