Practitioner Psychologist; Paediatric Persistent Pain Service

Job overview

The Child Health Psychology department at Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced Practitioner Psychologist to lead on the development of psychologically-informed care within an All Wales Paediatric Persistent Pain Service. The successful candidate will provide psychological expertise and consultation to support the establishment and development of a new, evidence and value-based model of care to meet the needs of Children and Young People with Persistent Pain, and their families, across Wales.

The successful applicant will help lead on a phased development plan for an interdisciplinary model of care with the lead Allied Health Professional and Consultant Paediatric Pain specialist working closely with other team members and local multidisciplinary teams for each Health Board. The tertiary service will initially operate clinically across a variety of locations including community, hospital sites and virtually and will involve support of schools, teaching and training, co-design of pathways, tools and workshops and active support of communities of practice.

The clinical model is based on a service specification from national workshops in Wales and integrated care models recommended nationally and aligns with  C & V UHB Rehabilitation Model.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will provide psychologically informed expertise and clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team developing and delivering  a persistent pain service that supports children and young people from diverse backgrounds across Wales.  The post will provide psychological leadership to an interdisciplinary team developing and supporting a culturally competent and integrated approach to persistent pain management enabling care as close to home as possible working with local services, communities and schools across Wales. This will include individual patient work, group work, consultation to others and support and supervision of colleagues.

Partnership working is essential for this role through co-production, fostering multidisciplinary and multi-agency relationships and drawing upon community of practice.

The role will involve developing psychologically informed training and education; and supporting colleagues beyond the persistent pain service in developing a common understanding of pain management and therapeutic options. The role will actively support practice-based education.

There is a significant service development aspect to this role with opportunities for research and audit with teams working alongside the clinical service.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac