Job summary
Lead Practitioner Psychologist for Staff Wellbeing - Supporting Racial Equity
1.0 wte permanent
NHS AfC: Band 8B
Are you looking for a new challenge and an exciting opportunity to develop your clinical, educational and leadership skills? Come and join us in our busy central London NHS occupational health service where we are looking for a Lead Practitioner Psychologist to join our team and participate in the development of our Staff Psychological Wellbeing programme and to focus on supporting racial equity.
We are proud of our substantial and internationally recognised health and wellbeing programme which includes a strong staff psychological wellbeing component involving proactive, preventative approaches as well as reactive approaches including psychological debriefs and psychological therapies. The Lead Practitioner Psychologist will be pivotal in delivering the staff psychological wellbeing component as well as assisting the service leads with the strategic development of the programme. Our programme has a strong focus on delivering evidence-based initiatives, evaluation, and ensuring engagement with employees and stakeholders.
Interviews will be held on 20th March 2024.
Main duties of the job
The role of the racial equity staff wellbeing psychologists has been created in recognition of the inequities in service provision and uptake for people from the global majority. Its function is to improve the accessibility and acceptability of wellbeing services and other Trust offers for racialised people. The racial equity psychologists offer culturally sensitive psychological interventions, consultation and teaching services across the organisation. Like the wider staff support offer, interventions are aimed at all levels, from preventative approaches, embedding anti-racism into strategy and policy, to responsive racial trauma focussed care for individuals and teams impacted by or wishing to dismantle the system of racism. We value principles of social justice and community action.
This is a varied and interesting role and we are looking for a proactive and creative individual who will be able to work in a team but also autonomously. The job requires excellent organisational skills. You will be able to effectively balance the clinical and non-clinical priorities of the role. You will have extensive clinical expertise to deliver both individual and group based interventions including proactive psychoeducation.
If you enjoy a challenge and working as part of a team, then this post could be the one for you.
About us
The Staff Wellbeing Psychology Service provides a psychological therapies service for staff referred via Occupational Health as well as a range of staff support activities and initiatives across Trust sites. These can be categorised into 1) reactive initiatives, including psychological therapies and psychological debriefs 2) proactive initiatives, including understanding causes of staff stress and psychological distress on an organisational level, and delivering psychoeducation and reflective practice and 3) preventative initiatives, using psychological principles to inform policy, strategy and overarching organisational practice to improve staff experience.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information on the role and its requirements can be found in the attached job description and person specification documentation. We welcome email and telephone enquiries.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information on the role and its requirements can be found in the attached job description and person specification documentation. We welcome email and telephone enquiries.
Person Specification
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential
- BSc in Psychology
- HCPC Registration as Practitioner Psychologist
- Doctorate level qualification in clinical psychology, counselling psychology or health psychology
Previous experience
Essential
- Expertise in delivering evidenced based psychological assessments and interventions utilising at least 2 therapeutic models including CBT
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of teaching and training a wide range of professionals in psychological concepts and/or professional and clinical supervision
- Good experience delivering and managing psychological services at a senior level.
Desirable
- Experience of participating in service improvement projects / initiatives, including health and wellbeing projects for staff
Skills
Essential
- Advanced skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- A commitment to promoting equality of opportunity through all aspects of working and professional practice with both colleagues and all client groups
- Ability to supervise psychologists across grades and professional divisions using a strong conceptual basis tailored to their professional, clinical and developmental needs.
- Advanced knowledge of facilitating reflective practice groups
- Ability to translate and integrate evidence based research/guidelines into the development of a pathway of care
Desirable
- A commitment to the evaluation of services, enthusiasm for both multi-professional and uni-professional audit, and a wish to continue to develop expertise in the area
Person Specification
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential
- BSc in Psychology
- HCPC Registration as Practitioner Psychologist
- Doctorate level qualification in clinical psychology, counselling psychology or health psychology
Previous experience
Essential
- Expertise in delivering evidenced based psychological assessments and interventions utilising at least 2 therapeutic models including CBT
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of teaching and training a wide range of professionals in psychological concepts and/or professional and clinical supervision
- Good experience delivering and managing psychological services at a senior level.
Desirable
- Experience of participating in service improvement projects / initiatives, including health and wellbeing projects for staff
Skills
Essential
- Advanced skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- A commitment to promoting equality of opportunity through all aspects of working and professional practice with both colleagues and all client groups
- Ability to supervise psychologists across grades and professional divisions using a strong conceptual basis tailored to their professional, clinical and developmental needs.
- Advanced knowledge of facilitating reflective practice groups
- Ability to translate and integrate evidence based research/guidelines into the development of a pathway of care
Desirable
- A commitment to the evaluation of services, enthusiasm for both multi-professional and uni-professional audit, and a wish to continue to develop expertise in the area
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
