# Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in Complex Pain

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Stafford
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Psychologist
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-24T09:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-12T13:42:54.358Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Staffordshire/Oswestry_Shropshire/Midlands_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychology/Psychology-v8072332
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8072332?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.mpft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

MPFT are delighted to offer the opportunity to work as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist within The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's Pain Management Service. This service is integral to patient recovery, functioning as a key element of perioperative care, non-surgical treatment pathways, and complex rehabilitation. The Psychologist will be a valued and integral member of the multidisciplinary team, working closely with the Consultant Psychologist.

The service are seeking an enthusiastic clinician who is keen to work in a physical health setting, and who is committed to multidisciplinary collaboration and delivering high-quality care.

In the role you will be well supported by MPFT's large network of Psychologists and psychological practitioners, and in particular you will join a growing group of Psychologists in the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Care Group working into physical health settings.

Informal discussions about the post are warmly welcomed.

### Main duties of the job

- Delivery of specialist psychological input into the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) Complex Pain service.
- To carry a highly specialist clinical caseload of clients with complex and enduring chronic pain.
- Provision of professional advice and consultation regarding psychological practice in relation to the management of complex pain.
- To provide clinical supervision and support to Pain Management multi-disciplinary health professionals.
- Development and delivery of research, audit and service evaluation programmes within the field of complex pain management.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for a detailed outline of the role and main responsibilities, along with detailed Person Specification.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working as a qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, presenting with a full range of severity across outpatient, community, primary care, inpatient and residential settings.

**Desirable**

- Experience of working as a Psychologist in a physical health setting

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Post graduate doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology as accredited by the BPS. Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Post-doctoral training or supervised experience in a specialised area of psychological practice.

**Desirable**

- Further specialist training and experience in physical health psychology, in particular pain services

## Documents

- [benefits booklet (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2957)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 392.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10363780)

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