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Feb 2005 Amolak Bansal issue
This was a huge issue in early 2005. This job vacancy and a similar one in Liverpool were withdrawn following complaints from individuals and charity reps. Formal apologies was issued on behalf of the NHS CFS/ME Clinics Network, by Dr Fred Nye in Liverpool and NHS officials.
I published both ads via Co-Cure at the time.
If my memory serves me well, I think Amolak Bansal also hosted a Peter White PACE Trial promotion event.
Read it and weep...
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Job vacancy 2:
Employer: Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust
Job title: Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist in Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome Management
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Service, Sutton Hospital
Ref: HJUK/ZP/238
Managerially accountable to:
Dr Amolak Bansal (Consultant Immunologist) Service Manager for
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Service
Professionally accountable to:
Dr Angela Tomkins Principal Clinical Psychologist, Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome Service
Closing date: 18 March 2005
For further details / informal visits contact:
Dr Angela Tomkins, Clinical Psychologist - Chronic Fatigue Service on
0208 2936 4152 or, Dr Hilary Rankin, Trust Professional Lead for
Clinical Health Psychology on 0208 296 4317
"As a result of a successful bid for government funding, an exciting
opportunity now exists for a newly or recently qualified Clinical
Psychologist to join an innovative new service for people with Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome. The successful applicant will contribute to the provision
of assessment, and individual and group therapies for patients across the
full age range in the local area."
"In addition to direct clinical work, the service has a remit to contribute
to the development and provision of education, training and support to
health professionals working with people with CFS in the local PCTs.
The service has links to a nationwide Network for CFS services to
support its service development initiatives."
"The multi-disciplinary team will comprise of a Consultant Immunologist,
Clinical Psychologists, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist and Clinical
Nurse Specialist amongst others. A Clinical Psychologist with considerable
experience of working with patients with chronic conditions is already in
post."
"WORKING ENVIRONMENT
The CFS Service provides an expert multidisciplinary assessment and
management service for people with persistent fatigue for whom medical
intervention is no longer appropriate.
Patients referred to the service often present with complex medical and
psychological problems, are highly distressed and may have difficulty
accepting and be hostile to the rationale for adopting a
cognitive-behavioural approach to the management of their fatigue.
Engaging these patients in the service requires sensitive discussion and
skilled multi-disciplinary management. The CFS Service aims to help people
with chronic fatigue to improve their quality of life, reduce distress and
health care usage and where possible, return to work through a
multidisciplinary cognitive-behavioural programme.
The CFS Service aims to develop both group and individual multi-disciplinary
programmes to extend services to those individual patients who have
challenging presentations including high levels of distress and disability,
interpersonal difficulties and co-morbid physical and mental health problems
that mean that a group management programme is not suitable.
In addition, patients using this service may have problems of an intimate
nature eg sexual difficulties, history of trauma or abuse, which are not
suitable for treatment in a group setting.
Key result Areas
Clinical
1. Working with the principal clinical psychologist, to provide a
comprehensive, specialist psychological assessment for patients referred to
the CFS Service. This input will be based on the appropriate use,
interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources
including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales and
semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved
in the client's care.
2. To work closely with the multidisciplinary team to evaluate and make
decisions about treatment options, taking into account a range of both
theoretical and therapeutic psychological models and highly complex factors
concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the
individual or family.
3. To be responsible for helping to develop and for providing clinical
psychology input on a group management programme. This involves utilising a
range of skills including
Delivering complex concepts and ideas to groups of patients
Managing challenging group dynamics
Managing and containing individual patients and group needs in a
highly sensitive manner
4. To provide appropriate advice on chronic fatigue management to,
often highly distressed, patients while at all times maintaining awareness
of professional boundaries.
5. For patients referred to individual psychological therapy programme
for chronic fatigue, to exercise responsibility for -
Comprehensive highly specialist assessment and formulation of
patient's presenting problems
Implementing a range of psychological interventions with
individuals, couples and families, continually adjusting and refining
psychological formulations drawing on different explanatory models and
maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses
Employing methods based upon evidence of treatment efficacy.
Discharge or referral on from the service
6. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information
concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans to patients and
other health professionals and to monitor progress during the course of uni-
and multi- disciplinary care.
7. Where patients present with multiple needs e.g. patients with severe
mental health problems and persistent pain, to liaise with other local
specialist services eg mental health services to enable effective case
management.
8. To undertake risk assessment with distressed clients and to provide
advice to team members and other health professionals on psychological
aspects of risk assessment and risk management
9. To take an active role in the development of information and
educational materials for people with chronic fatigue.
10. To work with other members of the team to raise awareness of CFS
services and the efficacy of a self management approach to chronic fatigue
amongst Trust staff and other local services including GPs."
This was a huge issue in early 2005. This job vacancy and a similar one in Liverpool were withdrawn following complaints from individuals and charity reps. Formal apologies was issued on behalf of the NHS CFS/ME Clinics Network, by Dr Fred Nye in Liverpool and NHS officials.
I published both ads via Co-Cure at the time.
If my memory serves me well, I think Amolak Bansal also hosted a Peter White PACE Trial promotion event.
Read it and weep...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Job vacancy 2:
Employer: Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust
Job title: Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist in Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome Management
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Service, Sutton Hospital
Ref: HJUK/ZP/238
Managerially accountable to:
Dr Amolak Bansal (Consultant Immunologist) Service Manager for
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Service
Professionally accountable to:
Dr Angela Tomkins Principal Clinical Psychologist, Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome Service
Closing date: 18 March 2005
For further details / informal visits contact:
Dr Angela Tomkins, Clinical Psychologist - Chronic Fatigue Service on
0208 2936 4152 or, Dr Hilary Rankin, Trust Professional Lead for
Clinical Health Psychology on 0208 296 4317
"As a result of a successful bid for government funding, an exciting
opportunity now exists for a newly or recently qualified Clinical
Psychologist to join an innovative new service for people with Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome. The successful applicant will contribute to the provision
of assessment, and individual and group therapies for patients across the
full age range in the local area."
"In addition to direct clinical work, the service has a remit to contribute
to the development and provision of education, training and support to
health professionals working with people with CFS in the local PCTs.
The service has links to a nationwide Network for CFS services to
support its service development initiatives."
"The multi-disciplinary team will comprise of a Consultant Immunologist,
Clinical Psychologists, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist and Clinical
Nurse Specialist amongst others. A Clinical Psychologist with considerable
experience of working with patients with chronic conditions is already in
post."
"WORKING ENVIRONMENT
The CFS Service provides an expert multidisciplinary assessment and
management service for people with persistent fatigue for whom medical
intervention is no longer appropriate.
Patients referred to the service often present with complex medical and
psychological problems, are highly distressed and may have difficulty
accepting and be hostile to the rationale for adopting a
cognitive-behavioural approach to the management of their fatigue.
Engaging these patients in the service requires sensitive discussion and
skilled multi-disciplinary management. The CFS Service aims to help people
with chronic fatigue to improve their quality of life, reduce distress and
health care usage and where possible, return to work through a
multidisciplinary cognitive-behavioural programme.
The CFS Service aims to develop both group and individual multi-disciplinary
programmes to extend services to those individual patients who have
challenging presentations including high levels of distress and disability,
interpersonal difficulties and co-morbid physical and mental health problems
that mean that a group management programme is not suitable.
In addition, patients using this service may have problems of an intimate
nature eg sexual difficulties, history of trauma or abuse, which are not
suitable for treatment in a group setting.
Key result Areas
Clinical
1. Working with the principal clinical psychologist, to provide a
comprehensive, specialist psychological assessment for patients referred to
the CFS Service. This input will be based on the appropriate use,
interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources
including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales and
semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved
in the client's care.
2. To work closely with the multidisciplinary team to evaluate and make
decisions about treatment options, taking into account a range of both
theoretical and therapeutic psychological models and highly complex factors
concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the
individual or family.
3. To be responsible for helping to develop and for providing clinical
psychology input on a group management programme. This involves utilising a
range of skills including
Delivering complex concepts and ideas to groups of patients
Managing challenging group dynamics
Managing and containing individual patients and group needs in a
highly sensitive manner
4. To provide appropriate advice on chronic fatigue management to,
often highly distressed, patients while at all times maintaining awareness
of professional boundaries.
5. For patients referred to individual psychological therapy programme
for chronic fatigue, to exercise responsibility for -
Comprehensive highly specialist assessment and formulation of
patient's presenting problems
Implementing a range of psychological interventions with
individuals, couples and families, continually adjusting and refining
psychological formulations drawing on different explanatory models and
maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses
Employing methods based upon evidence of treatment efficacy.
Discharge or referral on from the service
6. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information
concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans to patients and
other health professionals and to monitor progress during the course of uni-
and multi- disciplinary care.
7. Where patients present with multiple needs e.g. patients with severe
mental health problems and persistent pain, to liaise with other local
specialist services eg mental health services to enable effective case
management.
8. To undertake risk assessment with distressed clients and to provide
advice to team members and other health professionals on psychological
aspects of risk assessment and risk management
9. To take an active role in the development of information and
educational materials for people with chronic fatigue.
10. To work with other members of the team to raise awareness of CFS
services and the efficacy of a self management approach to chronic fatigue
amongst Trust staff and other local services including GPs."
