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Job requirements
Essential
17 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of working within a pain management and/or other Chronic Health conditions setting providing specialist psychological assessment and interventions.
- Experience
Experience of delivering psychological interventions in a group setting.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Skills in the use of outcome measures to aid psychological assessment.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Skills in assessing pain conditions, impact on quality of life, risk and suitability for self-management approaches.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Skills in the delivery of psychological interventions relevant to the needs of patients with persistent pain conditions and PTSD and those experiencing psychological difficulties secondary to their health condition.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Skills in the delivery of CBT, ACT and/or CFT interventions on a 1:1 and group basis.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Royal Free World Class Values
Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
- Personal Qualities & Attributes
Able to manage stressful situations.
- Personal Qualities & Attributes
Able to use time effectively and prioritise workload.
- Personal Qualities & Attributes
Ability to be reflective about own practice and style.
- Personal Qualities & Attributes
Ability to work well with others in the multidisciplinary team.
- Personal Qualities & Attributes
Ability to demonstrate using psychological skills and knowledge in medical settings.
- Personal Qualities & Attributes
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice e.g. attend and use clinical supervision effectively, follow Trust processes and protocols.
- Eductaion and Professional Qualifications
Post-graduate doctoral level training in Counselling or Clinical Psychology as accredited by the British Psychology Society (BPS) with HCPC Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Eductaion and Professional Qualifications
OR Completion of a Level 2 Accredited CBT course (High Intensity IAPT Training Course) as accredited by the British Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Knowledge of regulatory frameworks in relation to the patient group.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and quantitative data analysis as practiced within the field of psychology.
Job overview
Band 7 Practitioner Psychologist /CBT Therapist in Pain Management
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Enfield Pain Service (EPS) which serves patients who have a long-term pain condition e.g. chronic lower back pain, chronic widespread pain, fibromyalgia. The focus of the Enfield Pain Service is to help patients understand their pain condition, as well as supporting them to develop a range of skills and strategies to manage their pain effectively long-term and improve quality of life . You'll be joining a supportive multidisciplinary team comprising of medical, physiotherapy and psychology professionals - with the post holder being supervised by a Band 8a psychologist.
A background and interest in working in a physical health setting with long-term health conditions is an advantage, however the post-holder will also receive training and on-going support within the service. The daily duties will involve supporting the MDT in terms of psychological assessment and delivering 1:1 and group interventions based on CBT, ACT and CFT approaches, along with contributing to service evaluation/improvement projects, supervising an assistant psychologist and liaising with other relevant services e.g. Talking Therapies, MSK services.
Working in Pain can be incredibly rewarding and the post-holder will likely be able to develop their psychological skills and expertise that can be generalisable to lots of other types of physical health conditions.
Main duties of the job
- Provide specialist psychological assessment
- Provide specialist 1:1 psychological interventions based on cognitive-behavioural therapy, acceptance & commitment therapy and/or compassion focused therapy.
- Co-facilitate group pain management programmes (PMP’s) and contribute to the development of PMP’s
- Contribute to the collection and analysis of outcome data of both individual and group interventions
- Offer advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the services’ policies and procedures
- Utilise research skills for audit and research purposes as required.
- The successful candidate is required to be able demonstrate the Trust values, the responsibilities of the job description and person specification.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and personal specifications for the outline of the job and responsibilities
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Practitioner Psychologist with Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £55,524 - £62,652 Inclusive of Outer HCAS, per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 27 Oct 2026.
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