Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical/ counselling psychologist with relevant skills and experience to join the psychological medicine department based at The Old Chapel in York. This vacancy is for 0.7WTE role in pain psychology (with the potential to pick up additional hours within the wider psychological medicine department).
The pain psychology team consists of a Principal Clinical Psychologist, Senior Clinical Psychologist (this role), and a CBT Therapist. We are fully integrated into the wider pain service multidisciplinary team, working into joint clinics and shared group programmes. We also offer individual psychology assessment, formulation, and intervention.
There is good access to funding for continuing professional development and training courses. There are also many opportunities to engage in individual and group clinical supervision, training, audit, service evaluation, and research.
Main duties of the job
The role offers the opportunity to be involved in many different aspects of service delivery, including individual assessment and intervention, participation in MDT clinics, group work, teaching and training other professionals, service evaluation and attending national networking events.
The successful applicant will, in addition to having a 1:1 therapy caseload, be undertaking specialist assessments for spinal cord stimulator implantation and will be part of the spinal cord stimulator MDT. This includes contributing to a pain management programme alongside nurse, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy colleagues, and attending a national network for psychologists working in neuromodulation.
Applications are welcomed from those with experience of working with chronic pain, or surgical intervention assessments, however a successful applicant with transferable skills from other fields would be supported to develop in this area. Applications from newly qualified staff will be considered based on relevant experience, and this post can be offered as a preceptorship at band 7, working towards band 8a.
Staff well-being is very important to us, and we wish to create jobs and teams that are supportive, compassionate and energising.
About us
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
- A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
- Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
- NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
- An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
- Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: recruitment@york.nhs.uk.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements
Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: recruitment@york.nhs.uk.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements
Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, two or more distinct psychological therapies as accredited by the BPS
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Experience & Knowledge Required
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care-settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
Desirable
- Experience of working with Clinical Health populations.
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers, and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
Aptitude & Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Ability to work as a team member and show flexibility and adaptability
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, two or more distinct psychological therapies as accredited by the BPS
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Experience & Knowledge Required
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care-settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
Desirable
- Experience of working with Clinical Health populations.
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers, and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
Aptitude & Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Ability to work as a team member and show flexibility and adaptability
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
