Principal Psychologist - Lincoln, United Kingdom - Connect Health

Description

About the role

We are looking for a Principal Psychologist to join our established interdisciplinary chronic pain team based in Lincoln. We are looking for an aspiring psychologist with a passion for working in the field of chronic pain management, and experience of managing a caseload within a physical health setting.

You will provide specialist psychological assessments and formulations, and deliver individual and group interventions as part of our interdisciplinary community-based chronic pain service, working alongside nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists.

You will have excellent communication and relationship skills and be resilient in responding to sometimes hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive situations. You will develop and foster conducive relationships with local and national clinical stakeholders including IAPT services, GPs, secondary care and other clinically important contacts.

You will use your knowledge, experience and skills to provide advice and consultation on psychological aspects of pain management to other health professionals and to advance knowledge and practice of psychological theories and principles.

You will have a British Psychological Society Accredited post-graduate doctoral degree in an applied field of psychology (clinical, health or counselling) and will be registered with The Health & Care Professions Council as a 'Practitioner Psychologist'.

For a full description of the role please see the attached job description

About Connect

Connect Health is the largest and most experienced independent community healthcare provider in the UK encompassing mental health, rehabilitation, physiotherapy, tier-2 MSK (musculoskeletal), chronic pain, long Covid, First Contact Practitioners (FCP) and rheumatology services, serving over 375k NHS patients pa across 29 NHS ICBs (Integrated Care Boards).

Benefits of working for Connect

• up to 30 days' holiday (plus public holidays)
• option to buy additional annual leave
• an additional day off for your birthday
• online discounts portal
• employer pension contributions
• salary sacrifice schemes
• an employee assistance programme
• performance related pay rewards
• team building/away days
• reimbursement of HCPC and CSP membership fees for clinicians

"The best thing about Connect Health? For me it's the opportunity to develop"