Trainee Health Psychologist

An exciting opportunity has arisen through collaborations between the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and Staffordshire University for a Band 6 trainee health psychologist. The trainee will be based within the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital for two years and will undertake Stage 2 training as a full-time student on the Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology at Staffordshire University. This role includes outpatient psychological assessment and therapy and contributing towards the psychological component of our inpatient pain management programmes. The post presents a unique opportunity for a highly motivated and professional person who has already completed their Stage 1 health psychology training, to complete competences required for their Stage 2 training at Staffordshire University, directly supported by the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. (Please note that the full-time fees of £6,300 per annum (for home students) and associated writing up fees will be payable from the salary provided).

This role includes outpatient psychological assessment and therapy and contributing towards the psychological component of our inpatient pain management programmes.

We are looking to recruit a trainee health psychologist, who has already completed their Stage 1 health psychology training (with a Merit or above), with experience in delivering healthcare interventions. This post involves working with people with chronic neuromuscular and musculoskeletal conditions providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions and also providing advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to members of the multidisciplinary team.

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients.

RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility.

Job Purpose
We are looking to recruit a trainee health psychologist, who has already completed their Stage 1 health psychology training (with a Merit or above), with experience in delivering healthcare interventions. This post
involves working with people with chronic neuromuscular and musculoskeletal conditions providing psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions and also providing advice and consultation on
patients’ psychological care to members of the multidisciplinary team. This role includes outpatient psychological assessment and therapy and contributing towards the psychological component of our inpatient pain management programmes.

Main

**Responsibilities**:
The role includes delivering psychological support in group and 1-1 settings for patients attending the residential pain management programme. The role also includes liaising with key members of the
multidisciplinary team and presenting written reports and feedback.