Assistant Psychologist

Job Overview

The Bath Centre for Pain Services (BCPS) is part of the Chronic Pain Speciality at the Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Chronic Pain Speciality is one of the largest in the UK including a Regional Pain Clinics (adults and children) and four National Services. The BCPS provides intensive rehabilitation interventions for people of all ages (children to older adults) with complex pain associated disability. The treatment works to enable people to live their ‘best life’ in the presence of chronic pain. Working to improve function and enjoyment in life. The BCPS has a National and an International reputation for its clinical services, research and education programmes.

Main duties of the job

• To work as part of the clinical, research and administration team of BCPS assisting in administration, service delivery and evaluation. Interventions are delivered on a group or individual basis.
• To collect patient data and maintain patient clinical data bases to national research standards and to assist the team in the analysis and interpretation of findings.
  
  

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• 2:1 or higher degree in psychology
  
  

Desirable criteria

• A Masters Level degree in a related subject.
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience of data collection, literature searching and data analysis.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Previous relevant clinical / research experience
• Previous experience of group working in a clinical setting.
• Previous NHS experience
  
  

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Sound competence of IT software including, Word, Excel and competent use of email and the internet.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of data protection legislation and research governance requirements.
• Knowledge of SPSS, data base management and literature searches.
  
  

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if we receive a high number of applications. We strongly encourage you to complete and submit your application in good time to ensure it can be considered.

Documents to download

• Job Description Assistant Psychologist (PDF, 232.4KB)
• Join the RUH (PDF, 1.1MB)
  
  

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Jeremy Gauntlett-Gilbert Job title Consultant Psychologist Email address [email protected] Telephone number 01225821181 Additional information

Please note these posts are very popular and may only be advertised for a short period of time.