Pain Psychological Therapist - Southend

Job summary

This new role is a new and exciting opportunity to develop, alongside experienced pain MDT colleagues, a psychological service for individuals with complex pain needs across Mid and South Essex NHS trust

The trust brings together four hospitals Basildon, Broomfield, Southend and Orsett

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

You will be an important member of the multidisciplinary pain service who have a long history of providing care within a psychological frame in collaboration with the entire team

This is an opportunity to develop within the role under the supervision of senior experienced colleagues delivering psychological treatments for people with complex pain presentations as part of a multidisciplinary team approach

Your ongoing contribution to service delivery and personal and professional development 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 an interest in working within a pain service in secondary care

You will participate in delivering pain management programs and individual psychological interventions

If you are interested and believe that you have the qualities we require, we would love to hear from you

Main duties of the job

You will be providing psychological screening, psychosocial information, assessment and treatment to patients and their families based across four MSE Pain Relief Services, outpatient and inpatient.

You will be assisting in providing consultation on complex psychological issues to the wider multidisciplinary team by involvement in relevant multi-disciplinary forums.

You will provide a coherent approach to Pain Management within the service.

You will provide input with clinical autonomy, under the supervision of senior staff, 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

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Westcliff on Sea

SS0 0RY

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

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Westcliff on Sea

SS0 0RY

Employer's website

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

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