Job summary
Are you an experienced clinician looking for a new challenge and the opportunity lead the delivery of psychological care to adults with adults with complex mental health problems in Milton Keynes ?
Our multi-disciplinary, clinician-lead team is looking for applications from highly motivated and enthusiastic Applied Psychologists with experience in community based secondary mental health care settings, who are committed to delivering specialist, multi-disciplinary, patient-focused care and providing person-centred treatments.
Main duties of the job
This is a unique opportunity to shape adult mental health services in Milton Keynes. You will clinically lead the therapies pathway with the Hub, supporting others to develop and perform clinical duties to the best of their ability. The pathway uses a stepped care approach and you will be instrumental in managing waiting lists, ensuring delivery of evidence based high quality care achieving good outcomes within the context of a challenging healthcare system. You will lead on trauma-informed care across the Hub, and contribute to CPD, service development, policy-making and clinical decision-making. You will have a small caseload and will support a team of APs, CAPs, art therapists, MBT and DBT therapists, clinical and counselling psychologists.
As part of the Hub senior management team, you will support others manage risk, enhance clinical skills and contain organisational stress.
You will need good interpersonal skills, motivation to improve outcomes for our service users and excellent clinical skills. You will need to collaborate with service users to hear and integrate their experiences of services into service provision. You will need good leadership skills and be able to support people to develop their clinical learning, adapting to staff needs. You will be able to draw on several therapeutic models and be used to complex presentations.
There are ample opportunities for development, reflective practice and joint-working.
About us
In CNWL, psychological professions have a strong sense of leadership and a distinct professional identity. There is an emphasis on Continuing Professional Development and developing your skills in line with your career progression goals. As a Trust, we are committed to staff development.
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Our Trust is an exciting place to work with a wealth of CPD opportunities available for all our staff. We work in collaboration with our AHP and Social Work colleagues and value the lived experiences of both our staff and service users.
Here at CNWL we encourage our psychological professions staff to pursue leadership opportunities in senior roles. Various prominent leadership roles within the Trust are currently held by Psychologists including: Director of Strategy and Integration, Chief Information Officer, 3 Clinical Directors. We try to facilitate the development of our psychological professions staff across all areas.
CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ in line with our values, our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries. With us, you will get -
Job description
Job responsibilities
To lead, manage and plan the delivery of a highly specialist psychology and psychotherapy service to MKMHH and personally provide expert clinical input.
To be responsible to the Professional Lead for Psychological Therapies for the monitoring and implementation of professional standards in the practice of applied psychology and psychotherapy in the MKMHH and for the systematic and effective provision of professional supervision.
To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
To ensure the conduct of research, service evaluation and audits relevant to adult mental health and the Trust/specialty research agenda
To be responsible for the good clinical governance, quality and appropriateness of the work of psychologists and psychotherapists in the MKMHH.
To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures, and interpret these and be responsible for their implement ion within the service area of responsibility.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To lead, manage and plan the delivery of a highly specialist psychology and psychotherapy service to MKMHH and personally provide expert clinical input.
To be responsible to the Professional Lead for Psychological Therapies for the monitoring and implementation of professional standards in the practice of applied psychology and psychotherapy in the MKMHH and for the systematic and effective provision of professional supervision.
To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
To ensure the conduct of research, service evaluation and audits relevant to adult mental health and the Trust/specialty research agenda
To be responsible for the good clinical governance, quality and appropriateness of the work of psychologists and psychotherapists in the MKMHH.
To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures, and interpret these and be responsible for their implement ion within the service area of responsibility.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oEntry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (Clinical or Counselling Psychology Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration
- oAdditional training beyond entry-level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses and/or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by a BPS National Assessor and an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma or higher.
- oCompleted training course in clinical supervision.
- oRegistered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
- oManagement or Leadership training
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- oEvidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in secondary care community settings with adults with severe mental health problems
- oSignificant experience of working as a Principal Psychologist
- oExperience of undertaking leadership roles
- oExperience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex mental health difficulties
- oExperience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training.
- oExperience of providing teaching and training to psychologists or other professional groups.
- oPost-qualification experience that supports working with, and engaging people from diverse backgrounds within local communities.
- oExperience of carrying out post-doctoral research, audit or service evaluation projects.
- oExperience of proposing and implementing service development projects that impact beyond own service area.
- oExperience of participation in recruitment
Desirable
- oRecord of publications in either peer reviewed, academic or professional journals/books
Knowledge
Essential
- oKnowledge of the theory and practice of management and leadership.
- oAdvanced knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for adult mental health
- oAdvanced theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment
- oAdvanced knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics
- oKnowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities.
- oDoctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis.
Abilities
Essential
- oAbility to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
- oAbility to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
- oAbility to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings
- oAbility to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these.
- oAbility to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour.
- oAbility to manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oEntry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (Clinical or Counselling Psychology Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration
- oAdditional training beyond entry-level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses and/or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by a BPS National Assessor and an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma or higher.
- oCompleted training course in clinical supervision.
- oRegistered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
- oManagement or Leadership training
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- oEvidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in secondary care community settings with adults with severe mental health problems
- oSignificant experience of working as a Principal Psychologist
- oExperience of undertaking leadership roles
- oExperience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex mental health difficulties
- oExperience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training.
- oExperience of providing teaching and training to psychologists or other professional groups.
- oPost-qualification experience that supports working with, and engaging people from diverse backgrounds within local communities.
- oExperience of carrying out post-doctoral research, audit or service evaluation projects.
- oExperience of proposing and implementing service development projects that impact beyond own service area.
- oExperience of participation in recruitment
Desirable
- oRecord of publications in either peer reviewed, academic or professional journals/books
Knowledge
Essential
- oKnowledge of the theory and practice of management and leadership.
- oAdvanced knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for adult mental health
- oAdvanced theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment
- oAdvanced knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics
- oKnowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities.
- oDoctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis.
Abilities
Essential
- oAbility to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
- oAbility to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
- oAbility to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings
- oAbility to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these.
- oAbility to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour.
- oAbility to manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self.
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).
