Assistant Psychologist - Chronic Pain and Fatigue Management

Assistant Psychologist - Chronic Pain and Fatigue Management

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Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hard working Assistant Clinical Psychologist to join the Buckinghamshire Chronic Pain and Fatigue Management Service.

This is a well established interdisciplinary service working with people with a wide range of chronic pain conditions and ME/CFS. You will support the work of clinical/counselling psychologists and other members of the team, providing interdisciplinary assessments and chronic pain and fatigue management programmes.You will be provided with regular supervision and support from experienced clinical psychologists. Good communication and team working skills are essential, but you do not have to have had prior experience of chronic pain and fatigue management. You will be based with the teams at our offices in Aylesbury and Amersham.

Main duties of the job

To support the work of Clinical Psychologists providing a specialist service to persons with chronic pain and fatigue. Specifically to support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the service, across all sectors of care; providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures. To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.

About us

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

Person Specification Education & Qualifications

• An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology.
• Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Experience

• High-level communication skills (written and verbal). Ability to provide complex and sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses barriers to understanding.
• An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge and experience to a clinical health psychology context
• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with psychological and physical problems.
• Relevant work experience with people with psychological and/or physical health problems e.g. Assistant Psychologist or other health and social care jobs.
• Experience using computers for databases and/or data-analysis, especially SPSS for Windows.

Skills & Knowledge

• Ability to sustain concentration during frequent therapeutic interactions
• An ability and interest in interacting with people with psychological and/or physical problems.
• An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
• Interest in clinical health psychology
• Ability to maintain a restricted position over prolonged periods
• Ability to sustain concentration during frequent therapeutic interactions
• Ability to develop complex multimedia presentations.
• Enthusiastic, motivated and hard working.
• Clean driving licence and use of a car.
• A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology.

Special Circmstance

• Ability to travel to other sites

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.

£26,530 to £29,114 a yearper annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working