Job overview

Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation Trust provide a number of clinical health psychology Services into  local acute trusts and into community services . 

We are currently seeking a clinical/ counselling psychologist with specialist skills and experience to join a well-established multi-disciplinary pain team at the Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford. Psychology is highly valued as an integral part of the MDT’s practice.

You will be based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital and there will be some scope for remote working.

The service is in the process of moving towards integrated care. You will be working alongside service leads to develop and evaluate strong pathways, processes and partnerships. As well as collaborating with your colleagues in the pain service you will be part of an innovative and supportive network of psychologists in physical healthcare, some of whom work in other pain services.

Main duties of the job

The focus of the role currently includes:

·       Consultations with patients, MDT and other healthcare professionals and teams

·       The development, facilitation  and evaluation of online pain management programmes

·       The development of pathways and partnerships across services and organisations

·       Supervision of trainees and other professionals

 The new postholder will have opportunities to shape the service in collaboration with the rest of the team and other stakeholders.

 Your professional development will be supported through management and clinical and peer supervision,  and access to CPD opportunities.

Working for our organisation

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!