Job summaryWe are offering a maternity leave cover post for a year where you will join a dynamic pain psychology team offering both individual and group treatment.You will be part of this established specialist team providing input to the secondary care persistent pain multi-disciplinary team. The pain service is based at Edgware Community Hospital though you would also be expected to travel to other venues within the Trust or sites where the pain management programme is delivered.You would also belong to a larger community of psychological therapies in the Trust that offers a variety of specialist supervision groups, training days and informal support structure.Main duties of the jobYou would be expected to offer assessments individually or alongside MDT professionals and interventions that include the pain management programme and other group programmes. You would also provide advice, consultation and guidance to the wider MDT team and be expected to contribute to the audit programme within the speciality. Please see the job description and person specification for further information.About usThe Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals and other clinical sites, our dedicated staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.As a trust we stand for being positively welcoming, actively respectful, clearly communicating and visibly reassuring. We focus on delivering excellent and equitable care, ensure an outstanding experience for our patients and carers, where colleagues feel a strong connection to their work and organisation and are enabled to deliver and realise their potential.For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesFor further details and informal visits please contact Dr Esther Hansen, Trust Lead for Psychological Therapies, Neuropsychology and Counselling on rf.psychologicaltherapies@nhs.net or Dr Kate Ridout, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and interim Pain Psychology Lead on kate.ridout@nhs.net.Person SpecificationRoyal Free World Class ValuesEssentialDemonstrable ability to meet the Trust ValuesEducation & professional QualificationsEssentialPost-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000)HCPC registrationDesirablePost-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practiceExperienceEssentialExperience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including community, primary care, outpatient and inpatient settings.Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severityEvidence of postqualification clinical experience in management of clients with persistent pain, using cognitivebehavioural assessment and intervention techniques.Post-qualification experience of facilitating multidisciplinary Group Pain Management Program.Experience of teaching, training and/or supervisionDesirableCompletion of at least two years post-doctoral post-qualification supervised clinical experience with persistent pain patients.Post-qualification experience of work within interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary environments.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameRoyal Free London NHS Foundation TrustAddressEdgware Community HospitalBurnt Oak Broadway, EdgwareLondonHA8 0ADEmployer's websitehttps://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)