Job summary
We welcome applications from clinical psychologists for a 12 month fixed term or secondment post . The successful candidate will be appointed at Band 7
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, adaptable and motivated individual to contribute to programme of work supporting the health and wellbeing of employees of Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust.The wellbeing of staff is central to how we deliver the best care to the patients we see at Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust. The Staff Psychology and Counselling Team has a strong reputation within in the trust for delivering high quality support to the staff that work in the organisation.
We are looking for a highly skilled communicator who is able to work flexibly and collaboratively with Health Psychology Team for Obs & Gynae. This is an excellent opportunity to build psychological skills and expertise in the area of workplace mental health and wellbeing. You will be part of a Clinical Health Psychology Team
Main duties of the job
The post will be professionally managed by the Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Clinical Health Psychology - Obs &Gynae and there will be supervision and support available from the wider team. There will also be opportunities for peer networking and professional development in the Clinical Health Psychology team at Northumbria Healthcare trust.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a high quality and effective clinical health psychology service in a designated specialist area(s).This includes:
- Ensuring the systematic provision of a highly specialist clinical service within the designated specialist area(s).
- Providing teaching and training to other healthcare professionals as appropriate.
- Providing supervision and support to assistant clinical psychologists when appropriate.
- Working autonomously within professional guidelines and exercising responsibility for the systematic governance of their own clinical health psychology practice.
- Utilising research skills for audit and project work.
- Proposing and implementing policy changes within the specialist area(s) the post holder inputs into and within CHP as a whole.
- Must be prepared to travel to multiple hospital and community based sites to deliver interventions to patients.
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a high quality and effective clinical health psychology service in a designated specialist area(s).This includes:
- Ensuring the systematic provision of a highly specialist clinical service within the designated specialist area(s).
- Providing teaching and training to other healthcare professionals as appropriate.
- Providing supervision and support to assistant clinical psychologists when appropriate.
- Working autonomously within professional guidelines and exercising responsibility for the systematic governance of their own clinical health psychology practice.
- Utilising research skills for audit and project work.
- Proposing and implementing policy changes within the specialist area(s) the post holder inputs into and within CHP as a whole.
- Must be prepared to travel to multiple hospital and community based sites to deliver interventions to patients.
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral Level Training in Clinical Psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
- Eligible (or soon to be eligible) for registration with the HPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Registered Mentor
Desirable
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral Level Training in Clinical Psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
- Eligible (or soon to be eligible) for registration with the HPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Registered Mentor
Desirable
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
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).
