Consultant Counselling, Clinical, or Health Psychologist, Band 8c

at  Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Counselling, Clinical, or Health Psychologist/Pain Management Lead, Band 8c
We’re looking for a Band 8c Psychologist to join and lead our Pain Self Management Team. They will also lead and develop our Psychology services within Chronic Illness, where there is lots of scope for development. The job is full time, but we would consider appointing between 0.8-1.0wte.
The post holder would be part of the Clinical Health Psychology department and sit on the dept management team.
We are looking for someone who relishes MDT working, someone who wants to be present and involved in all aspects of the service, and someone who really values team cohesion and wellbeing.
We would love to hear from psychologists with a wide range of experience, including of working in mental health services, with the skills and enthusiasm to take our service forward. If you may be interested, we strongly encourage you to arrange a visit to the service (either before or after submitting an application) so that you can meet the team, get a feel for the service and also, importantly, to determine if the logistics (eg commute) work for your work/life balance.
Proposed interview date 10 th Sept 2024
We are looking for a Psychologist to join and lead our Pain Self Management Team. They will also lead and develop our Psychology services within Chronic Illness, where there is lots of scope for development. Day to day the job involves a good mix of clinical work (about 2 days a week), and time for operational management and leadership, with plenty of autonomy. We currently have Psychology services in ME/CFS and Dermatology. There are opportunities for this to be expanded as there are many services within the Trust that have no Psychology input.
The Pain Self Management team is part of wider Chronic Pain Services in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire, and we work with 9 supportive Chronic Pain Consultants in our 2 local Trusts. Our MDT includes Physio and Prescribing Nurses and, most important, a great admin team. The Clinical Health Psychology Department has a wide range of services, and about 25 Counselling, Clinical and Health psychologist colleagues mostly based in the same building as Pain Management. That gives the post a base in the MDT and in the Psychology service, with lots of opportunities for linking across services. Clinical supervision is valued and there is good support for development and training, including access to a training budget. There are exciting developments in the literature describing new ways to help people with chronic pain.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information on the main responsibilities of this vacancy.
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