Clinical/counselling/health Psychologist, Me/cfs - London, United Kingdom - Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The ME/CFS Service was set up in 2018 to provide a specialist assessment and treatment service to patients in Hackney with myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/ CFS).

The Pain Service is an award-winning psychology/therapy led interdisciplinary team providing high quality pain management services to people in Hackney living with persistent pain.

The teams are closely linked and under the umbrella of the Locomotor Service, along with the newly established Long Covid service.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic newly qualified clinical, counselling or health psychologist preferably with some experience of working with clients with long term health conditions, to join our dynamic and innovative team of psychologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, nurse specialist, pharmacists and consultants working across both services.

With support from psychology, the teams work in a psychologically informed way and the multi-disciplinary teams are trained to use an acceptance and commitment framework to support our patients to live well even in the presence of pain and ME/CFS.

Psychological therapy is both highly valued and well-established within the teams and the successful applicant would work as a member of a team of psychologists who are skilled in a range of approaches including ACT, CBT, mindfulness and compassion focused approaches.

There may be opportunities to work with patients in the Long Covid Service, depending on experience and service need.

There are opportunities for development into a band 8a role if/where appropriate.

The service is based at St Leonard's Hospital in Hackney, close to Old Street and Hoxton Street Market with excellent transport links and good local amenities.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients.

In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required.

For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.