Job responsibilities
JOB
PURPOSE/SUMMARY
To have a leadership role within
LTHT, with particular responsibility for the operational management of the
Adult Dept of Psychological Services and professional leadership for all
psychological services, and more generally to act as professional adviser for
the standards of psychological care provided to patients both within LTHT and
in relation to services provided by the Department to other Leeds NHS Trusts.
To be responsible for the
development, delivery and clinical governance of Psychology Services.
To advise on and be responsible for
psychological aspects of a range of policies and procedures.
To manage the West Yorkshire
Workforce Development Confederation (Strategic Health Authority) Contract
with the Trust for the Management of 80+ post graduate doctoral clinical psychologists
in Training and to manage assigned Course Staff (Clinical Director, Research
Director, Deputy Clinical Director).
To make a significant contribution
to NHS R&D within and beyond the Trust by initiating and developing NHS
R&D Programmes. To be responsible for R&D activity within Psychology
Services, and to have a personal R&D programme. All of this activity
should contribute to local and/or national NHS priorities. The post holder is
deemed a Research Active Professional.
To work autonomously within
professional guidelines and to interpret national and local policy in the
context of scientific and clinical knowledge to determine how psychological
care should be developed and provided.
To have honorary teaching
appointments with the local Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Course and other
academic institutions at a Professorial level. To have academic duties
commensurate with this office.
To advise the LTHT on psychological
matters.
To carry a clinical caseload in a
specialist area of work.
PRINCIPAL
DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
6.1.
Responsibility for Client Care
1. To receive and communicate highly
complex, sensitive or contentious information as the result of the referral,
assessment and therapy process of clients with mental health and
psychological disturbance.
2. To provide expert psychological
assessments of clients, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and
integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological
and neuropsychological tests, rating scales, direct and indirect structured
observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and
others involved in the clients care. Clinical work requires intense
concentration over prolonged periods in a restrained position and frequently
involves working with highly distressed clients (e.g. issues relating to
child abuse).
3. To formulate plans for the formal
psychological intervention and/or management of a clients psychological
problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing
methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care
settings.
4. To be responsible for implementing a
range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and
groups, within and across teams. Adjusting and refining psychological
formulations, drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a
number of provisional hypotheses.
5. To make highly skilled evaluations
and decisions about therapy options, taking into account both theoretical and
therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and
developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
6. To exercise full responsibility and
autonomy for the therapy of and discharge of clients whose problems are
managed as a psychologically based care plan, ensuring appropriate
assessment, formulation and interventions, communicating with others involved
with the care on a regular basis.
7. To provide expertise and specialist
psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals
contributing directly to the clients treatment. To ensure that all members
of the clinical team have access to a psychologically based framework for the
understanding and care of clients of the service, through the provision of
advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological knowledge,
research and theory.
8. To undertake risk assessment and risk
management for individual clients and to provide both general and specialist
advice on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management. To oversee
clinical risk management within Psychological Services.
9. To act as care co-ordinator, where
appropriate, ensuring the provision of a care package appropriate for the
clients needs, co-ordinating the work of others involved with care,
arranging clients reviews as required and communicating effectively with the
client, his/her family and all others involved in care; and to monitor
progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions.
10. To communicate in a highly skilled and
sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and
treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor and evaluate
progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.
11. To provide expertise and advice to
facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by
all members of the team and to To provide expert consultation about the
psychological care of the client group to staff and agencies outside the
Trust.
12. To be responsible for the
organisation, management, clinical governance and delivery of Psychology
Services.
Responsibility
for Policy and Service Development
1. To lead the profession of psychology
across LTHT at all levels, including Board level when necessary and to
contribute generally to the effective operational and strategic management of
clinical services.
2. To identify service priorities,
advise on the level of psychology or counselling provision and negotiate
resources for the service through a range of means, including business case
development and needs analysis.
3. To provide leadership as a senior
clinician and professional head of service in the development of a high
quality, responsive and accessible service for clients, their carers and
families within the service.
4. To be responsible for service
developments and projects within the service, and across the Trust.
5. To be responsible for and advise on
psychological aspects of a range of policies across the LTHT and other Trusts where a service is
provided eg. implementation of NICE guidelines in relationship to
psychological care, psychological aspects of NSFs, risk management issues
(suicide risk and other clinical risks) terms and conditions for counsellors,
implementation of HFEA guidelines for counselling in RMU, staff stress and
well-being (local and national surveys and advice); clinical governance and
policy for commissioned psychological/counselling services (NHS, private
sector, voluntary sector).
6. To develop psychological services and
related policies across a wide range of specialities.
Responsibility
for Planning and Organising
1. To carry out the long term strategic
planning and provide leadership and motivation for the development and
delivery of psychological care across a wide range of specialities including
acute and community services.
2. To take the lead on complex long term
projects, formulating and adjusting plans as new information comes to light
and in the context of shifting local and national policies and funding
streams. Work across the Leeds system and West Yorkshire ICB to support the
development of workforce and service plans
3. Be responsible for ongoing planning
of accommodation and capital works requirements for psychology services,
adjusting plans as service and training requirements develop.
Responsibility
for Financial and Physical Resources
1. Be responsible for the Budget of the
Adult Psychology Service and the Psychology Training Scheme
2. Lead responsibility for ensuring that
high quality services are provided in a cost-effective way, within budget and
in accordance with the Trusts policies and procedures, standing orders and
standing financial instructions.
3. Oversee the development of outline
business cases for service developments that have significant revenue and
capital spend implications.
Responsibility
for Human Resources: Management
1. Line manager for the above services
covering all line management responsibilities including workload allocation,
recruitment, Continuing Professional Development, discipline, appraisal,
career development, staff training and for all D.Clin.Psy. and other trainees
placed with the service.
2. To ensure that staff within the
services observe the requirements of Government Legislation, Patient Charter,
Trust and Departmental Policies and Professional Practice Guidelines.
Responsibility
for Human Resources: Teaching, Training and Supervision
1. To ensure that all staff within the
services have access to appropriate clinical supervision, and systems for
continuing professional development.
2. To provide specialist clinical
placements for trainee clinical and other applied psychologists, ensuring
that they acquire the necessary skills, competencies and experience to
contribute effectively to good psychological practice, and contributing to
the assessment and evaluation of those competencies.
3. To provide specialist advice,
consultation and training and clinical supervision to other members of the
team for their provision of psychologically based interventions to help
improve clients functioning.
4. As part of an Honorary University
Appointment, contribute to the pre- and post-qualification teaching of
clinical psychologists as appropriate (university formal).
