Health Psychologist

Job overview

The Rheumatology Department is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and driven part-time Health Psychologist to join their multidisciplinary team. The post holder will be joining one of the largest and busiest rheumatology teams in the West Midlands, offering adolescent and adult rheumatology services with a wide spectrum of specialist and inter-disciplinary clinics (for early RA, seronegative arthropathy, connective tissue disease, vasculitis, musculoskeletal ultrasound, osteoporosis, scleroderma, renal, respiratory and orthopaedics).

This is a part-time post (2 days; 15 hours per week) and would fit in well with a portfolio career.

Main duties of the job

The department is staffed by a full multi-disciplinary team of rheumatology consultants, junior doctors, specialist rheumatology nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and an existing Health Psychologist. Health Psychology has long been advocated as an essential component of the rheumatology multidisciplinary team, but only a few centres nationwide have been able to deliver this service. Dudley have pioneered Health Psychology staffing within the rheumatology team; the current postholder is retiring, hence this exciting opportunity has arisen to join a team where health psychology is already embedded and established. The team are looking for an individual who is committed to rheumatology and holistically supporting our patients with chronic conditions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake