Clinical​/Counselling Psychologist in pain management

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join Whittington Health and contribute to the provision of a community pain service in Haringey. We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled clinical or counselling psychologist with a keen interest in pain management to take on this role.

The post holder will join a multidisciplinary pain team that includes Pain Consultants, Pain Psychologists, Advanced Practice Physiotherapists, Pain Management Physiotherapists, service manager and administrative staff. The post involves close working with MDT members to provide holistic care to treat persistent pain in a community setting so strong communication and team-working skills are essential. The post holder will ideally have some post-qualification clinical and consulting experience in the area of physical health care (including chronic health conditions) and with self-management groups.

The successful candidate will be offering evidence-based pain psychology assessments and interventions for persistent pain patients.

The post holder will be supervised by the lead clinical psychologist and will have access to Whittington Health CPD for mental health professionals. We also have close links with our neighbouring pain psychology team, Whittington secondary care pain team for network meetings and CPD.Main duties of the job Please see job advert for Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in pain management attached to this website

About us Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.

The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Details Date posted
04 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

BandBand 7

Salary
55,524 to 62,652 a year

Per Annum including Outer HCAS

Contract Permanent Working  pattern

Full-time,

Flexible working,

Compressed hours

Reference number
220-WHT-8261355

Job locations

Bounds Green Health Centre Gordon RdLondonN
11 2PA
United Kingdom Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see job advert for Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in pain management attached to this website
Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see job advert for Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in pain management attached to this website

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) as accredited by the HCPC.Current registration with Health professions Council (HCPC) as a clinical psychologist or a counselling psychologist

Skills and Abilities

Essential Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management

Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHSSkills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups with regard to pain management or other physical health conditions.

Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPCAbility to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting.

Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.

Desirable Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

Interest and ability to contribute to service development.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology

High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies

Experience of specialist…