Practitioner Psychologist

• Provide specialist psychological assessment
• Provide specialist 1:1 psychological interventions based on cognitive-behavioural therapy, acceptance & commitment therapy and/or compassion focused therapy.
• Co-facilitate group pain management programmes (PMP's) and contribute to the development of PMP's
• Contribute to the collection and analysis of outcome data of both individual and group interventions
• Offer advice and consultation on patients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the services' policies and procedures
• Utilise research skills for audit and research purposes as required.
• The successful candidate is required to be able demonstrate the Trust values, the responsibilities of the job description and person specification.

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in Counselling or Clinical Psychology as accredited by the British Psychology Society (BPS) with HCPC Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
• OR Completion of a Level 2 Accredited CBT course (High Intensity IAPT Training Course) as accredited by the British Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)

Essential

• Experience of working within a pain management and/or other Chronic Health conditions setting providing specialist psychological assessment and interventions.
• Experience of delivering psychological interventions in a group setting.

Essential

• Skills in the use of outcome measures to aid psychological assessment.
• Skills in assessing pain conditions, impact on quality of life, risk and suitability for self-management approaches.
• Skills in the delivery of psychological interventions relevant to the needs of patients with persistent pain conditions and PTSD and those experiencing psychological difficulties secondary to their health condition.
• Skills in the delivery of CBT, ACT and/or CFT interventions on a 1:1 and group basis.
• 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 other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups

Desirable

• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks in relation to the patient group.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and quantitative data analysis as practiced within the field of psychology.

Essential

• Able to manage stressful situations.
• Able to use time effectively and prioritise workload.
• Ability to be reflective about own practice and style.
• Ability to work well with others in the multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to demonstrate using psychological skills and knowledge in medical settings.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice e.g. attend and use clinical supervision effectively, follow Trust processes and protocols.