Overview
0.6WTE Band 8B Principal Practitioner Psychologist - Pain role. Based at Wythenshawe Hospital with up to 1 day per week input into a community pain team in Trafford. Working in partnership with Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) to contribute at a senior level to the ongoing delivery of high quality, psychologically informed pain management. The role includes senior support and oversight to the development of pain services, including contributing to Pain Management Programmes and providing management/clinical supervision to other practitioner psychologists.
The post holder will join a well-developed group of practitioner psychologists within physical health psychological services. You would be supported by the Head of Physical Health Psychological Services for GMMH and have access to peer supervision from an experienced practitioner psychologist already in post.
The post holder will be based at Wythenshawe Hospital but provide up to 1 day a week input into a community pain team in Trafford. The service has close links with Lancaster and Liverpool Doctorate Training Programmes, and GMMH is the Host Trust for the Manchester Doctorate Programme.
Responsibilities
* Provide specialist assessment, consultation and intervention in chronic pain within a multidisciplinary team.
* Contribute to the development of Pain Management Programmes and oversee the pain services, providing senior clinical supervision to other practitioner psychologists.
* Engage in service development, audit and research projects related to pain management.
* Collaborate with partners within GMMH, MFT, and linked Doctorate Training Programmes.
Requirements
* Experience of, and enthusiasm for, working within the chronic pain specialism.
* Ability to provide management/clinical supervision and lead on service development within a multidisciplinary setting.
Location and organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust, serving Bolton, Manchester, Salford, Trafford and Wigan areas, with inpatient and community-based mental health services and related programmes across Greater Manchester and the northwest.
Benefits
* 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
* Excellent pension
* Cycle to work scheme
* Salary sacrifice car scheme
* Wellbeing programme
* Blue Light Card Discounts
* FuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
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