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Lead Clinical Psychologist - Pain Management Application period: 27th June 2025 to midnight, 13th July 2025 Contract type: Part-time (2-3 days per week), employed, permanent Salary range: Competitive, dependent on experience About Pastel Health Millions of people in the UK live with chronic pain, a burden that affects every part of their lives. Yet the journey to access the care they need can take years. Pastel Health is here to change that; we offer compassionate, multidisciplinary care that helps patients get their lives back on track. Our mission is to transform the lives of people living with chronic pain whilst making clinical work more fulfilling. This commitment is at the heart of everything we do. We are a start-up, building as we go. This can mean embracing ambiguity, working at pace, and adapting quickly. The journey ahead will be exciting, rewarding, and rich with opportunities for you to make an impact and progress professionally. This will excite you, as it does us. Who we seek If the following sounds like you, we know you’ll be a great fit here: You care deeply about patients, recognising that how you deliver care is as important as what you deliver. You love working in a team, learning from and teaching those around you. You think differently, understanding that we need fresh approaches to solve access challenges and improve outcomes. You make a difference and want to work in a place where others do too. About the role This is a unique opportunity to join the founding team to work within a mission-driven organisation committed to transforming chronic pain care. We‘re seeking a passionate and experienced Specialist Clinical Psychologist to join our new, multidisciplinary Chronic Pain service. You’ll play a key role across service development, mobilisation and delivery of our service, championing psychologically informed care across our pathway and multidisciplinary team. This is a part-time, hybrid role. You will be expected to work from our Leyton office when required. You will report to the Executive Chair and work closely with the Clinical Director and CEO. Key Responsibilities - Lead the development of our psychologically informed clinical pathways, pain management programme, patient education content, and webinars - Formulate and implement evidence-based interventions (ACT, CBT, third-wave approaches) for individuals and groups - Share psychological insights and guidance with MDT colleagues, contributing to holistic care planning and risk management - Deliver remote specialist psychological assessments (in-person and remote), drawing on interviews, psychometric tools, and patient-reported outcomes - Support service quality through involvement in audit, governance, and continuous improvement - Collaborate with primary, community, and tertiary care teams to ensure integrated patient care - Stay up to date with research and best practice in the psychological management of chronic pain Experience and Qualifications - Doctorate in Clinical, Counselling, or Health Psychology (BPS-accredited) - HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist - Significant experience working at a specialist level within pain, long-term conditions, or complex physical health settings - Experience in service development, pathway design, or patient education - Demonstrated competence in assessment and therapy delivery (including group work) in line with ACT, CBT, or other third-wave models - Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team - Skilled in communicating complex, sensitive information to patients and colleagues - Commitment to inclusive, person-centred care - Familiarity with digital service delivery or virtual group facilitation Additional Requirements In addition to the responsibilities outlined in the attached job description and person specification, all candidates must meet the following requirements: - Right to Work: You must be legally entitled to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. - Pre-employment Checks: We are committed to safer recruitment and to safeguarding the well-being of all patients. All successful candidates will be required to undergo satisfactory pre-employment checks, including but not limited to: - Verification of relevant clinical registrations, - Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, - Professional references ideally spanning 5 years of relevant employment. Our benefits - 25 days' holiday pro rata plus an annual wellness day. - Flexible Working: We support a healthy work-life balance with options for hybrid working and adjusted hours as your role allows. - Career Growth Days: Receive dedicated paid days each year to focus on your professional development. Attend courses, conferences, or pursue learning aligned with your career aspirations. - Family-Friendly Policies: We offer comprehensive support for parents and carers, including enhanced leave policies, to help you manage your family commitments. - Team Socials and Fun: Look forward to regular team socials and fun events to help you connect with colleagues and enjoy our journey - Pension Scheme: Secure your future with our contributory pension scheme, helping you plan for the long term. Our commitment to you We’re committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve, and we recognise that inclusive care starts with inclusive recruitment. We understand that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds – including people from ethnic minority communities, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ individuals, and women – may hesitate to apply unless they meet every requirement. If you need the Job Description or Person Specification in a different format more accessible for you, please contact us. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and will provide support at every stage to ensure equal access for all applicants. How to apply We encourage informal enquiries about this role. Please feel free to contact us to arrange a discussion ahead of the closing date. Depending on the volume of applicants, we may be unable to provide feedback to candidates who are not shortlisted.
We are looking for a support worker / carer to join the team around a 18 year old severely disabled & autistic & epileptic teenager with additional health needs. He lives at home with his family. He has 24 hour 1:1 support and for some activities 2:1 support (eg. when visiting the pool, special needs bike club, visiting the park etc). But often he just needs a lot of care and then can not do any activities and needs a lot of patience. About the Teen: He is a friendly, non verbal, very autistic young man with severe epilepsy, a movement disorder and additional health needs. He can walk only with support. He needs help with all elements of his daily life. He does like to be active (but not in an athletic way) and he loves to be entertained - so who ever applies needs to fit and strong and fun!!!!! But also patient. He often also needs a lot of care as he can have seizures or other heath issues which lead to him needing to spend time in hospital. His team of support workers / carers help him with all his daily life & routine which includes supporting and facilitating access to activities and community, help him with learning more self help skills and communication, all of his personal care, help with his laundry and keep his environment clean & tidy. About you: This job will suit someone with some experience supporting a person with disability and autism but has a real interest in disability and autism. You have also studied or are studying something that is related to this position. You are not afraid to learn care elements like catheterisation and dealing with PEG and Peristeen (ideally you have experience already and other elements of care - otherwise we train you). You need to be following the behaviour plan (ABA) which we would explain to you and you would be required to attend the team meetings with our ABA Consultant and the rest of the experienced team. This could suit a student of a related field (eg. Psychology, Nursing, SEN Pedagogy, Physio etc.) as a part time position (26 hr+). There are always extra bank hours additionally available. You need to be able to swim - this is important to him and a must for this job. Ideally only a non-smoker / non vaper. You like dogs and are not afraid of a friendly big dog. You are open to work some weekends (or most weekends if this suits you) and some bank holidays (shared with the team). You are open to accompany the young person on a summer break and support him. Both day and night shifts are available and we want to find applicants who are open to both day and night shifts. Do please not apply if you do not want to do waking night shifts at all or no day shifts at all. Ideally this is not your second job but the only job next to studies. You should also be happy to be the 2nd person in the house when the family away and also happy to accompany him on a week-long summer holiday in the country side. You would be willing to commit for a minimum of 12 months or more. You live in North London and do not have too far to travel. This is a job that could be very fulfilling and is well paid but it is also complex and would be difficult for someone who has no experience or interest for disability and autism. Please read this full ad before we discuss the position further. Please when applying already write a few sentences explaining why you are interested. What’s great about this job: Fantastic training opportunities, with a thorough handover, from long-standing members of staff who know the young person and his family very well. You will be provided with regular training on his health and care needs which include seizure management, catheterisation, bowel and peg management and behavioural support. Regular team meetings with the ABA Consultant. Flexibility around days worked to accommodate studies or other commitments. This position is very different from a care home position and we would not particularly encourage care home workers to apply. But you do neede some experience with disability and autism and most importantly an interest in supporting a disabled person. About the Job: Hourly rate £15 p/h during 6 month training and probation - hourly rate then rises to £16. Part time position - minimum of 30 hours + (this would include both dayshifts as well as occasional waking night shifts). We would expect you to take on bank hours when colleagues are away (holiday or ill). If part time then only if you are a student and this is your only job. Full time: 37.5 hours + bank hours. This position could ideally be on a freelance basis with a UTR number (if you are part time and also if you are a student) Otherwise there could be a full time contract with a care agency that supports the teenager. (we can not offer a Sponsorship Visa). Ideally this will be your only job as you are a student. Otherwise it will be too demanding on you and not safe for the young person you would be looking after. If interested: If you are interested please read the ad thoroughly and apply and already initially let us know why you would be suitable for this position. Also let us initially know your availability. We will then let you know where to send your CV and a relevant cover letter explaining your interest and suitability (a few sentences might be enough to get the point across (ideally written by you and not AI). Unfortunately we have no time to look at CVs without a cover letter. Later on we will need 2 relevant recent references and a valid DBS. We will arrange a face to face interview or a video call (initially) after receiving your CV and relevant cover letter if we feel that you would be a good match for this position. We look forward to hearing from you.