Principal Clinical Psychologist - Pain Management

at  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Clinical Health Psychology Service (CHPs) working within the Pain Management speciality at Royal Preston Hospital. The CHP Service (CHPs) is an innovative service based at Royal Preston Hospital.
This post is hosted within CHPs and is focused on improving access to psychologically informed care within the multidisciplinary Integrated management service.
You will provide operational leadership to the outpatient pathways for pain management psychology alongside direct clinical input, whilst also providing consultation and MDT support across the wider pain integrated service.
We are looking for an enthusiastic practitioner who is a confident and flexible individual to work with patients experiencing complex psychological and physical health challenges.
There will be opportunities for delivering individual and group interventions and for close collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team including Consultants in Pain Management, Specialist Nurses and Physiotherapists.
Clinical supervision will be provided from within CHPs. You will work collaboratively with us in CHPs across a range of clinical and governance activities – with you taking a lead in an agreed area.
We welcome applications from highly skilled, experienced and compassionate clinical psychologists who are keen to work in pain psychology with experienced MDT colleagues, to develop the evidence base and be part of a dynamic clinical health psychology service.
As a Principal Clinical Psychologist, your role will involve developing highly specialised clinical health psychology pathways for patients living with persistent pain based on NICE guidelines and Core Standards in pain management. Additionally, you will be responsible for training and supporting MDT colleagues in delivering psychologically informed care.
You will also play a key role in providing clinical supervision to MDT teams, ensuring high standards of psychological practice. Routine research, audit, and service evaluation projects will be part of your duties, with an emphasis on producing reports on clinical activity and effectiveness. Contributing to the promotion of patient needs, clinical symptoms, and approaches to care within the MDT is essential, as is actively participating in the development of care pathways.
Collaboration is a critical aspect of this role. You will work closely with the consultant clinical psychologist, MDT colleagues, and key stakeholders, such as those within the Clinical Business Unit and Core Therapy colleagues. As a senior psychologist, you will bring demonstrable leadership skills and experience at a similar or higher level, meeting the demands of the role with a commitment to excellence.
There is an expectation for you to undertake extended roles and responsibilities within the Clinical Health Psychology Services and to work flexibly across the services as required and directed by the Head of the Clinical Health Psychology Services.
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

To develop highly specialist clinical health psychology pathways for patients living with severe asthma, airways conditions and motor neurone disease.
To provide integrated multidisciplinary care (inc joint appointments and MDT assessment clinics) across the severe asthma, airways and motor neurone disease pathways.
To train and support MDT colleagues in psychologically informed care.
To routinely undertake research, audit and service evaluation projects.
To contribute to MDT promotion of patient need, clinical symptoms and approaches to care. To contribute to the development of the care pathways.
To work in consultation and collaboration with the consultant clinical psychologist, clinical colleagues, and key stakeholders in the Clinical Business Unit.
You will be a senior psychologist with demonstrable leadership skills and experience at a similar or higher level/grade. There will be an expectation to undertake extended roles and responsibilities within the Clinical Health Psychology Services and to work flexibly across the services overall as required and directed by the Head of the Clinical Health Psychology Services.
Please see attached job description and person specification for the detailed list of duties and responsibilitie