Assistant Psychologist - IPASS Pain | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

An opportunity to work with anaward winning, integrated multi-disciplinary team is just one of the many attractions this role provides. IPASS (The Integrated Pain and Spinal Service) is looking to recruit a Band 4 Assistant Psychologist on a fixed term 1 year contract for 0.8wte(30hrs) to work within our Pain team.

You will be joining an established pain psychology team which offers a range of short-term pain management interventions for chronic pain which incorporate working with the mind and the body. The post holder will deliver a range of holistic individual and group interventions under the supervision of a qualified psychologist and alongside Advanced Practitioner Physiotherapists.We recognise that Assistant Psychologists are looking to further their career in the Psychology professions and promote opportunities for development whenever possible.

If you are interested in understanding the science of chronic pain and working with people who experience chronic pain to improve their quality of life and reduce the negative impact that long term health conditions can have then we look forward to hearing from you.

The post-holder will be contributing to the work of the psychologists in the team, as well as other professionals in IPASS.

The post-holder isrequired, under the supervision of a Registered Practitioner Psychologist, to work directly with service users and carers to provide evidence-based psychological interventions.

The post-holder will co-ordinate andassistin the development and delivery of groups as the servicerequires, andwill also berequiredto occasionally work individually with service users and their family/carers to deliver evidence-based psychological interventions.

The post-holder will work jointly with a registered practitionerpsychologist, andoffer training jointly to other team members/services to enable and support the delivery of psychologically informed care in relation to chronic pain.

The post-holder will undertake administrative, audit and service evaluation tasks as directed and deliver reports and presentations associated with any such undertakings asrequired.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

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1. An upper second class (2:1) honours degree or higher in psychology

1. Entitlement to graduate membership ofBritish Psychological Society

1. Previousexperience of working with peoplewith long term health conditionsandexperiencing significant mental health needs.
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