HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist / CBT Therapist
Main Clinical responsibilities To provide specialist psychological assessments of patients referred to the pain management team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members and others involved in the patients care. This mainly includes contributing to multidisciplinary assessments. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a patients physical and psychological health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of their problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for groups and individuals, within and across teams. This will include outpatient, individually tailored treatment for chronic pain and related problems such as depression, anxiety and trauma as well as inpatient group pain management treatment and therapist supported online programmes. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options, taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group. To exercise professional responsibility for assessment, treatment and discharge. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals internal and external to the service contributing directly to patients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of patients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care. To ensure that all members of the treating team have access to a psychologically based framework for the understanding and care of service users, through the provision of advice, consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and theory. To ensure provision of a care package appropriate to the patients needs, and where necessary, advise on and facilitate referrals to other services. Jointly with other psychologists, to ensure that the programme remains consistent with ACT and the psychological flexibility model on which it is based.
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