Head of Trauma, Wellbeing and Occupational Health
The closing date is 20 May 2025
Job summary
Are you ready for your next challenge leading our trauma, Occupational Health and staff wellbeing services?
A bit about the role
This is an exciting newly formed clinical role where you will lead our Charitys trauma, Occupational Health and staff wellbeing provision. You will lead, manage and develop a team of Occupational health advisors, administrators and psychology support. Although the services are currently separate, you will play a key role in co-ordinating the provision and provide specialist expertise to promote, maintain and improve the physical and psychological wellbeing of all our colleagues.
Your diverse remit will include:
- Leading and managing our Trauma Response service for all sites ensuring the provision of high-quality specialist trauma psychological support for staff.
- Implementing a range of psychotherapeutic interventions for individuals, and groups, within and across teams.
- Promoting the understanding and organisational management of the psychological impact of adverse events at all levels.
- Ensuring effective operational management of all services including KPI development, budget management and managing the relevant contracts with suppliers (e.g. our Employee Assistance Service).
- Assessing and formulating the Charitys challenges and barriers related to the current Occupational Health provision identifying opportunities for improvement.
Main duties of the job
- Partnering with other departments including Physical Healthcare, Health and Safety, Operations and HR to develop proactive and preventative wellbeing and employee health initiatives.
- Creating, socialising and implementing a wellbeing strategy for the Charity focusing on the effective provision of our in-house Occupational Health service, trauma and other wellbeing support.
About you
You will have post-graduate Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS. You will be a Practitioner in Psychological trauma with extensive assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist or psychotherapist, including substantial recent post qualification experience within staff wellbeing.
You will have Doctoral level knowledge of psychological therapies including knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, neuro psychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
You will bring a strong track record of delivering innovative solutions in a healthcare environment including aligning wellbeing services, strategy development and implementation. You will be an excellent people manager and be accustomed to developing high performing teams.
Interested?
For an informal and confidential discussion about the role please contact James Farrelly at jcfarrelly@stah.org or 07827856634
About us
A bit about us
We are St Andrews a mental health Charity which inspires Hope. We work together with a number of organisations to transform the lives of people with complex mental health needs. We provide specialist mental healthcare and deliver a range of inpatient and community mental healthcare services, education and research that helps to improve lives.
Our vision for the future is a society in which everyone living with mental health need is heard, valued and has hope for their future.
Come join us. Let's transform lives together.
Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrews CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single day
Rewards and Benefits
Excellent professional and career development and training opportunities
Pension and life assurance
Sickness policy on par with the NHS
38 days annual leave, increasing to 41 further after 10 years' service
Cycle to work scheme
Healthcare cash plan
Free parking
Paid DBS application
On-site facilities such as indoor and outdoor gym access, swimming pool, library all set within beautiful grounds.
Details
Date posted
07 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8c
Salary
£78,800 to £86,000 a year £6,300 travel allowance, 38 days holiday, free use of gym & pool
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours
Reference number
B0354-JF36614STAH
Job locations
Billing Road
Northampton
NN1 5DG
Employer details
Employer name
St Andrew’s Healthcare
Address
Billing Road
Northampton
NN1 5DG
Employer's website
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