Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychologist or Psychological Therapist

Job overview

The Medical Psychology service provides psychological assessment, support and treatment to medical patients and is based across hospitals and community sites serving the University Hospital Tees group . We are pleased to be recruiting for a highly experienced Clinical/Counselling/ Health Psychologist or Psychological Therapist to contribute to the specialist clinical services, supervision and leadership within our pain psychology services. You will be welcomed into a leadership team that values kindness, integrity and collaboration.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a Principal Psychologist or Psychological Therapist to work alongside Consultant Psychologists to provide specialist clinical services, supervision and leadership.

As a department we provide input across the trust into a range of specialities including but not limited to; neuropsychology, oncology, haematology, palliative care, rheumatology, diabetes, pain, CFS, infectious diseases, renal, burns and plastics.  The post holder will have responsibilities for providing leadership within the specific area of the pain psychology service.

The post holder will take a lead on specific audit and service evaluation projects and will be involved in service development projects with the aim of expanding the service in line with national guidelines and standards.  The post will also involve line management and clinical supervision of other staff.

Applicants will need to have had experience of working in a clinical health setting.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.