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Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills and Abilities
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Skills and Abilities
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills and Abilities
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups with regard to pain management or other physical health conditions.
- Skills and Abilities
Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
- Knowledge and Experience
Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Knowledge and Experience
High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including community, outpatient and inpatient settings
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts (including work with clients from different cultural backgrounds).
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of health professional teaching, training and supervision.
- Education / Qualifications
Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) as accredited by the HCPC.
- Education / Qualifications
Current registration with Health professions Council (HCPC) as a clinical psychologist or a counselling psychologist
Desirable
11 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Skills and Abilities
Interest and ability to contribute to service development.
- Knowledge and Experience
Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological intervention with people with chronic pain or physical health conditions.
- Knowledge and Experience
Knowledge of clinical health psychology literature on behaviour change and its application in the clinical environment.
- Knowledge and Experience
Specialist knowledge of the theoretical background and practice of pain management.
- Knowledge and Experience
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client groups and mental health.
- Knowledge and Experience
Completion of substantial post-doctoral post-qualification supervised clinical health psychology experience working with clients in the area of chronic pain or a related client group.
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of chronic pain clients including group pain management programmes and individual pain management.
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of the application of clinical psychology to physical health problems including chronic health conditions
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of contributing to service design and evaluation projects.
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of working as a psychologist within a physical health multi-disciplinary team.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join Whittington Health and contribute to the provision of a community pain service in Haringey. We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled clinical or counselling psychologist with a keen interest in pain management to take on this role.
The post holder will join a multidisciplinary pain team that includes Pain Consultants, Pain Psychologists, Advanced Practice Physiotherapists, Pain Management Physiotherapists, service manager and administrative staff. The post involves close working with MDT members to provide holistic care to treat persistent pain in a community setting so strong communication and team-working skills are essential. The post holder will ideally have some post-qualification clinical and consulting experience in the area of physical health care (including chronic health conditions) and with self-management groups. The successful candidate will be offering evidence-based pain psychology assessments and interventions for persistent pain patients.
The post holder will be supervised by the lead clinical psychologist and will have access to Whittington Health CPD for mental health professionals. We also have close links with our neighbouring pain psychology team, Whittington secondary care pain team for network meetings and CPD.
Main duties of the job
Please see job advert for Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in pain management attached to this website
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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This advert is for Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in pain management with Whittington Health NHS Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £55,524 - £62,652 Per Annum including Outer HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 20 Sep 2026.
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