Psychologist - Pain Management Service | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £62,215 - £72,293 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 20 July 2025 |
| Location: | Colchester, CO4 5LJ |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7296104/432-HR393-25 |
Summary
We are thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for a motivated and experienced Psychologist to join our Pain Management team in Northeast Essex.
The successful candidate will not only be responsible for managing a complex clinical caseload but will also help guide the direction of patient care, oversee service delivery, and ensure the highest standards of practice, as part of a multidisciplinary team, committed to providing exceptional patient-centred care.
• Clinical Leadership: Providing oversight and direction for the pain management service. Ensure the delivery of evidence-based, high-quality care to individuals with chronic pain conditions.
• Caseload Management: Manage a complex and varied caseload, working autonomously and making decisions with the support of the multidisciplinary team
• Service Delivery & Development: Actively contribute to service development, and ensure the team adheres to best practices while promoting innovation and integrated care.
• Educational Leadership: Facilitate educational sessions and lead group programs, empowering patients to effectively manage their pain.
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with system partners to ensure a seamless, integrated service that prioritizes the self-management of chronic pain conditions.
• Line Management: Provide support and guidance to team members, with some line management responsibilities.
• Autonomous Practice: Work independently while contributing to the ongoing improvement and success of the service.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Friday 27 Jun 2025