Job summary
The Barnet Borough Head for Psychological Services holds a strategic overview and has responsibility for organisational, operational and professional leadership and management, and service and policy development of psychological services within the different care groups and clinical pathways in Barnet. As required the post holder advises on the development of psychological services and supports implementation of appropriate Service Level Agreements within Barnet Borough in BEHMHT and other designated organisations. The post holder will support development of psychological services on the design and delivery of modernisation and service change across care groups, specialisms and care settings as agreed with the Director of Psychological Therapies and Managing Director for Barnet. The postholder will provide consultation and supervision to the consultant psychological therapists in the specialisms within the services across care settings; taking responsibility for directing professional standards and clinical governance including supporting appraisals, recruitment and supervision structures; ensuring that professional standards are met and that appropriate continuing professional development is in place for Psychological Therapists.
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Main duties of the job
- To ensure that psychological services are planned, and provided in the most efficient way to meet the Trust's objectives.
- To ensure that adequate information systems are in place to monitor the provision of psychological services in the division. To advise the Borough and Trust management, and other relevant bodies, on issues relating to psychological services in the division. As appropriate, to advise key stakeholders on the planning and provision of psychological services within Barnet alongside the clinical and operational directors and Director for Psychological Therapies.
- To be responsible for ensuring that service level agreements and policies for psychological services in the division are drawn up in accordance with Trust protocols and monitored on a regular basis. To ensure the implementation of the clinical governance agenda within psychological services in the division as appropriate.
- To attend or to ensure psychological representation at relevant meetings concerned with the planning and provision of mental health services in the Borough and in the Trust.
- As appropriate, to contribute to proposals for service and policy developments in the Trust.
- In conjunction with other divisional professional leads, to advise the Trust wide Lead on matters relating to the provision of psychological services.
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About us
Reporting directly to the Managing Director and Director of Psychological Therapies and supported by the local senior management team, the successful applicant will ensure effective integration of all services across Barnet as part of the community transformation programme and to ensure delivery of our ambitious programme across the Borough. Working to give direction of our community services and the development of great practice that reflects the needs of service users, implementing evidence based practice, and contributing further to the knowledge base by evaluation of practice and implementation of innovation and transformation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Barnet Borough Head for Psychological Services holds a strategic overview and has responsibility for organisational, operational and professional leadership and management, and service and policy development of psychological services within the different care groups and clinical pathways in Barnet. As required the post holder advises on the development of psychological services and supports implementation of appropriate Service Level Agreements within Barnet Borough in BEHMHT and other designated organisations. The post holder will support development of psychological services on the design and delivery of modernisation and service change across care groups, specialisms and care settings as agreed with the Director of Psychological Therapies and Managing Director for Barnet. The postholder will provide consultation and supervision to the consultant psychological therapists in the specialisms within the services across care settings; taking responsibility for directing professional standards and clinical governance including supporting appraisals, recruitment and supervision structures; ensuring that professional standards are met and that appropriate continuing professional development is in place for Psychological Therapists.
Refer to JD for extensive list
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Barnet Borough Head for Psychological Services holds a strategic overview and has responsibility for organisational, operational and professional leadership and management, and service and policy development of psychological services within the different care groups and clinical pathways in Barnet. As required the post holder advises on the development of psychological services and supports implementation of appropriate Service Level Agreements within Barnet Borough in BEHMHT and other designated organisations. The post holder will support development of psychological services on the design and delivery of modernisation and service change across care groups, specialisms and care settings as agreed with the Director of Psychological Therapies and Managing Director for Barnet. The postholder will provide consultation and supervision to the consultant psychological therapists in the specialisms within the services across care settings; taking responsibility for directing professional standards and clinical governance including supporting appraisals, recruitment and supervision structures; ensuring that professional standards are met and that appropriate continuing professional development is in place for Psychological Therapists.
Refer to JD for extensive list
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
- Further training in a specialised area of psychological practice through formal post-doctoral training (diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, together with an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice with an experienced clinical supervisor, at an equivalent level to a postgraduate diploma. Completion of a clinical supervision training (short course) sufficient to be able to supervise doctoral trainees.
- Registration with the HCPC
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Applicants should have undertaken post doctorate training in a specialist psychological therapy (psychoanalytic, CAT, CBT or systemic) and be registered with the appropriate body (BPC, ACAT, BABCP, UKCP
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of professional management of qualified psychological therapists.
- Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings.
- Experience of working with the particular client group in their specialism/care pathway in all areas of care, and presenting with the full range of clinical severity represented by this client group including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment.
- Experience of teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision
- Experience of the full range of professional management activities including defining appropriate establishments, grading and recruitment procedures, performance appraisal and budget management experience.
Desirable
- Experience of representing the profession or service in local policy forums
- Experience of managing a Psychology Service Budget.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- A high level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
- Highly developed skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
- High level skills in clinical and professional supervision.
- Knowledge of models and/or strategies of management and leadership
Desirable
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
Personal qualities
Essential
- Enthusiasm for a broad range of psychological phenomena, an interest in models of service delivery, and an ability to articulate the value added by clinical psychology services within the context of multi-disciplinary mental health services.
- Ability to demonstrate leadership, organisational and management skills.
- Ability to contain, manage and work with organisational stress and ability to 'hold' the stress of others.
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 service area
Other
Essential
- Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to articulate clearly the role of the profession of clinical psychology based upon a good understanding of the framework of government and national professional policy.
Desirable
- Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books.
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
- A clear understanding of practical user involvement and empowerment both with individual clients and wider user representation and the implications of user research in the development of services.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
- Further training in a specialised area of psychological practice through formal post-doctoral training (diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, together with an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice with an experienced clinical supervisor, at an equivalent level to a postgraduate diploma. Completion of a clinical supervision training (short course) sufficient to be able to supervise doctoral trainees.
- Registration with the HCPC
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Applicants should have undertaken post doctorate training in a specialist psychological therapy (psychoanalytic, CAT, CBT or systemic) and be registered with the appropriate body (BPC, ACAT, BABCP, UKCP
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of professional management of qualified psychological therapists.
- Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings.
- Experience of working with the particular client group in their specialism/care pathway in all areas of care, and presenting with the full range of clinical severity represented by this client group including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal and physical abuse.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment.
- Experience of teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision
- Experience of the full range of professional management activities including defining appropriate establishments, grading and recruitment procedures, performance appraisal and budget management experience.
Desirable
- Experience of representing the profession or service in local policy forums
- Experience of managing a Psychology Service Budget.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- A high level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
- Highly developed skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
- High level skills in clinical and professional supervision.
- Knowledge of models and/or strategies of management and leadership
Desirable
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
Personal qualities
Essential
- Enthusiasm for a broad range of psychological phenomena, an interest in models of service delivery, and an ability to articulate the value added by clinical psychology services within the context of multi-disciplinary mental health services.
- Ability to demonstrate leadership, organisational and management skills.
- Ability to contain, manage and work with organisational stress and ability to 'hold' the stress of others.
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 service area
Other
Essential
- Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to articulate clearly the role of the profession of clinical psychology based upon a good understanding of the framework of government and national professional policy.
Desirable
- Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books.
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
- A clear understanding of practical user involvement and empowerment both with individual clients and wider user representation and the implications of user research in the development of services.
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).
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).
