Job summary
We want the people of Westminster to have a fully integrated and coordinated mental health system which focuses on people's strengths and supports their whole health and wellbeing. The borough is dynamic and innovative and is already well progressed towards Integrated Neighbourhood working.
We are seeking to recruit a dynamic, innovative experienced applied psychologist with significant consultant level experience to bring psychological knowledge and expertise to this vision. The role is both clinical, operational and strategic in nature bringing psychological leadership to multi-professional continuous improvement and transformation of service design across the Mental Health system in Westminster.
The role is to transform, lead and ensure the co-ordinated delivery of high-quality contemporary services for adults experiencing mental health issues in the Borough. We believe in providing the right level of care and support at the right time so that people can flourish, contribute and live a healthy life of their choosing.
The post holder will be an exceptional leader actively encouraging and supporting the Borough to develop its people to meet the needs of the people of our diverse communities.
Main duties of the job
Leadership, governance and management of CNWL psychology provision within the Borough of Westminster; Adult Community Mental Health Services (CMHH), Older Adult CMHH, bi-Borough Forced Migration Service and Perinatal services.
To lead and continue the transformation of the multi-professional Psychosocial Interventions offer across Westminster Adult CMHHs; working closely with all relevant psychological professionals and others who provide psychosocial interventions (Psychotherapy, Arts Psychotherapy, Occupational Therapy and wider MDT colleagues)
To ensure the services are accessible and acceptable to service users from all local communities and addresses health inequalities and discrimination in the access to and provision of services.
To manage and supervise the lead for the Complex Emotional Needs (CEN) provision across the Borough
About us
TheCity of Westminsteris a central London borough with an estimated residential population of approximately210,000 people. As the political and cultural heart of the UK, itcontainsmajor national institutions, commercial districts, and visitor attractions, resulting in adaytime population that can rise tonearly 1million people.The borough is characterised by significant diversity in ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and housing conditions, with areas of considerable affluence situated alongside neighbourhoods experiencing marked deprivation and health inequalities. This complexity creates a varied and often high-intensity pattern of mental health need.
Delivering psychological services in Westminster therefore requires a workforce that is culturally competent, adaptable, and able to work effectively within integrated,place-basedpartnershipsacross health, social care, and the voluntary and community sector.
**CNWL Psychology***
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please review the attached job description for more details about the role
Toparticipateas a senior clinician in the strategic planning and delivery of high quality and accessible mental health servicesin the Borough,advising both service and professional management on those aspects of services where psychological and/or organisational matters needaddressing.
To be a senior member of theprofessionand/or directorate management teams and to contribute to the work commissioned by these teams.
To contribute to Trust, Directorate & Borough strategic development and implementation of new initiatives e.g. national guidelines including NICE, through membership of committees and/or working parties asrequired.
Tobe responsible forsystematic governance of meetings, and/or chair professional managementmeetings.
To ensure a system is in place for the professional management and appraisal ofpsychological therapists,assistant psychologicaltherapistsand other professionals, asrequired.
Toinitiateand implement service developments within thedirectorate/teamto improve the quality of services, both within psychological therapiesand the broaderservices.
To advise both service and professional management on factors adversely affecting service delivery and staffretention.
Tobe responsible formanaging the psychological resources available toservicesboth in terms of professional management of psychologicaltherapiesstaff and psychological materials employed in the assessment and treatment ofclients.
To liaise with other agencies and service providers in relation to the provision of psychological services asappropriate tothejob.
To take a lead role in the recruitment of psychological therapistsand other staff in line with Trust policy.
Toensure the service provides placements for regional clinical psychology trainees, supporting all staff qualified to do so tooffer a placement
To promote the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and developingservices.
To take a lead role in ensuring that services to clients are of a high quality and are managed efficiently, according to the overall requirements of the Trust and government policy (e.g. NICE guidance,NHSE Guidanceetc.)
Tobe responsible forapplying Trust and Directorate clinical governance standards within the borough or specialty psychological services and ensure that these aremaintainedand improved through audit procedures.
To deputisefor or representwhenappropriate othersenior psychological professionals.
To develop psychological therapies provision in line with developments to align mental health provision with Integrated Neighbourhood Teams; including the development ofCommunity Psychology Approaches.
Toparticipatefully as a member of the multidisciplinary borough Senior Management Team. Working closely with the Brough Director, Clinical Director and other senior colleagues.Providing managerial and psychologicalexpertise,adviceand consultation to other members of the team.
To take a lead role/participateinsystem wide projects and workstreams within the Borough aspart of the Borough SMT, including those which may not be psychology specific.
To support psychological professionals to play a key role in the development of newclinical and operationalinitiatives including Open Dialogue,Trauma Informed Approaches,AIand Digital tools.
To work closely with the clinical / operational lead for Westminster Talking Therapies
To ensure effective partnership and liaison with other professional disciplines and with relevant partner agencies at both a strategic and operational level within theBorough, Division,Trustand wider system.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please review the attached job description for more details about the role
Toparticipateas a senior clinician in the strategic planning and delivery of high quality and accessible mental health servicesin the Borough,advising both service and professional management on those aspects of services where psychological and/or organisational matters needaddressing.
To be a senior member of theprofessionand/or directorate management teams and to contribute to the work commissioned by these teams.
To contribute to Trust, Directorate & Borough strategic development and implementation of new initiatives e.g. national guidelines including NICE, through membership of committees and/or working parties asrequired.
Tobe responsible forsystematic governance of meetings, and/or chair professional managementmeetings.
To ensure a system is in place for the professional management and appraisal ofpsychological therapists,assistant psychologicaltherapistsand other professionals, asrequired.
Toinitiateand implement service developments within thedirectorate/teamto improve the quality of services, both within psychological therapiesand the broaderservices.
To advise both service and professional management on factors adversely affecting service delivery and staffretention.
Tobe responsible formanaging the psychological resources available toservicesboth in terms of professional management of psychologicaltherapiesstaff and psychological materials employed in the assessment and treatment ofclients.
To liaise with other agencies and service providers in relation to the provision of psychological services asappropriate tothejob.
To take a lead role in the recruitment of psychological therapistsand other staff in line with Trust policy.
Toensure the service provides placements for regional clinical psychology trainees, supporting all staff qualified to do so tooffer a placement
To promote the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and developingservices.
To take a lead role in ensuring that services to clients are of a high quality and are managed efficiently, according to the overall requirements of the Trust and government policy (e.g. NICE guidance,NHSE Guidanceetc.)
Tobe responsible forapplying Trust and Directorate clinical governance standards within the borough or specialty psychological services and ensure that these aremaintainedand improved through audit procedures.
To deputisefor or representwhenappropriate othersenior psychological professionals.
To develop psychological therapies provision in line with developments to align mental health provision with Integrated Neighbourhood Teams; including the development ofCommunity Psychology Approaches.
Toparticipatefully as a member of the multidisciplinary borough Senior Management Team. Working closely with the Brough Director, Clinical Director and other senior colleagues.Providing managerial and psychologicalexpertise,adviceand consultation to other members of the team.
To take a lead role/participateinsystem wide projects and workstreams within the Borough aspart of the Borough SMT, including those which may not be psychology specific.
To support psychological professionals to play a key role in the development of newclinical and operationalinitiatives including Open Dialogue,Trauma Informed Approaches,AIand Digital tools.
To work closely with the clinical / operational lead for Westminster Talking Therapies
To ensure effective partnership and liaison with other professional disciplines and with relevant partner agencies at both a strategic and operational level within theBorough, Division,Trustand wider system.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Entry-level qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology as detailed below; professional Doctorate, (or equivalent combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration
- Additional qualification(s) beyond entry-level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice and / or leadership relevant to local services through formal post-qualification training course, OR a combination of specialist short courses to equivalent level
- Completed training course in clinical supervision
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of CPD.
Desirable
- Post qualification and / or accreditation / registration in a specialist area of psychological practice
- Leadership qualification
- Qualification in supervision
- Qualification in research
- Other relevant professional qualification and / or registrations with relevant professional bodies
Experience
Essential
- Established experience of leading / managing a psychology service at Consultant level.
- Experience of undertaking system leadership roles
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for the psychological care and treatment with clients with complex needs and acting as a senior clinician across a service
- Experience in leading clinical services that are anti-discriminatory, accessible and acceptable to diverse socio-economic groups
- Experience of professional and clinical management of qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists.
- Experience of providing teaching and training to psychologists or other professional groups.
- Experience of carrying out post-doctoral research, audit or service evaluation projects
- Experience of innovation, proposing and implementing QI and service development projects that impact beyond own service area.
Desirable
- Experience of being a lead for psychology in a directorate or division
- Record of publications in either peer reviewed, academic or professional journals/books
- Experience of leading implementation of digital innovations
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- To deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences
- Skills in negotiating & influencing system change.
- Ability to hold a leadership role within a multi-disciplinary service/services
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment and intervention in a specialist area
- Highly developed verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex, highly technical and sensitive information to clients, families and colleagues.
- Highly developed consultation skills to work with the multi-professional team or other professional groups.
- Demonstrated ability in leadership and management skills
- Ability to take the lead in developing, identifying and employing mechanisms of clinical governance for the support and maintenance of clinical practice
- Well-developed digital & IT skills
- Commitment to continuing professional development, to partnership working and to reflective clinical practice.
Desirable
- Ability to deliver psychological interventions in a language(s) in addition to English relevant to the local population
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of management and leadership
- Advanced knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies and of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatments.
- Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis
- Knowledge of factors affecting health inequalities, acceptability and accessibility of mental health care, and awareness of racial and diversity issues and knowledge of strategies to promote equity and diversity
Desirable
- Knowledge of the socio-economic factors essential to service delivery in Westminster
Other
Essential
- Commitment to continuing professional development, to partnership working and to reflective clinical practice.
- Professional values in line with the NHS, CNWL and psychology profession
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health and / or long term physical health conditions
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Entry-level qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology as detailed below; professional Doctorate, (or equivalent combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration
- Additional qualification(s) beyond entry-level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice and / or leadership relevant to local services through formal post-qualification training course, OR a combination of specialist short courses to equivalent level
- Completed training course in clinical supervision
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of CPD.
Desirable
- Post qualification and / or accreditation / registration in a specialist area of psychological practice
- Leadership qualification
- Qualification in supervision
- Qualification in research
- Other relevant professional qualification and / or registrations with relevant professional bodies
Experience
Essential
- Established experience of leading / managing a psychology service at Consultant level.
- Experience of undertaking system leadership roles
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for the psychological care and treatment with clients with complex needs and acting as a senior clinician across a service
- Experience in leading clinical services that are anti-discriminatory, accessible and acceptable to diverse socio-economic groups
- Experience of professional and clinical management of qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists.
- Experience of providing teaching and training to psychologists or other professional groups.
- Experience of carrying out post-doctoral research, audit or service evaluation projects
- Experience of innovation, proposing and implementing QI and service development projects that impact beyond own service area.
Desirable
- Experience of being a lead for psychology in a directorate or division
- Record of publications in either peer reviewed, academic or professional journals/books
- Experience of leading implementation of digital innovations
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- To deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences
- Skills in negotiating & influencing system change.
- Ability to hold a leadership role within a multi-disciplinary service/services
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment and intervention in a specialist area
- Highly developed verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex, highly technical and sensitive information to clients, families and colleagues.
- Highly developed consultation skills to work with the multi-professional team or other professional groups.
- Demonstrated ability in leadership and management skills
- Ability to take the lead in developing, identifying and employing mechanisms of clinical governance for the support and maintenance of clinical practice
- Well-developed digital & IT skills
- Commitment to continuing professional development, to partnership working and to reflective clinical practice.
Desirable
- Ability to deliver psychological interventions in a language(s) in addition to English relevant to the local population
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of management and leadership
- Advanced knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies and of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatments.
- Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis
- Knowledge of factors affecting health inequalities, acceptability and accessibility of mental health care, and awareness of racial and diversity issues and knowledge of strategies to promote equity and diversity
Desirable
- Knowledge of the socio-economic factors essential to service delivery in Westminster
Other
Essential
- Commitment to continuing professional development, to partnership working and to reflective clinical practice.
- Professional values in line with the NHS, CNWL and psychology profession
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health and / or long term physical health conditions
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).
