Job summary
Do you bring passion and commitment to delivering high quality care? Are you motivated by reducing custodial sentences for people with mental health issues and stopping the cycle of re-offending? The Integrated Non-Custodial Service IN-CS is a trauma informed all age all vulnerability service, which will provide safe and effective, assessment, signposting, interventions, diversion, prevention and support for individuals suspected of or charged with a criminal offence. IN-CS will bring services together to provide a single integrated model of care that operates across the criminal justice pathway, from police custody through to release from prison. If so, the role of Consultant Clinical Psychologist with the Integrated Non-Custodial services will provide you with the opportunity to work as clinical lead for our Avon Mental Health Treatment service and across our new integrated non-custodial service (INCS) service system.
The post holder will be instrumental in the development, implementation and delivery of the clinical model, especially in relation to the development and leadership of trauma informed care and trauma informed environment that supports staff to provide this. Also taking a leadership role within both the IN-CS working in collaboration with people with lived experience, operational managers, the teams and other stakeholders to co-produce service provision and development.
Main duties of the job
As the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, you will provide specialist integrated clinical leadership and management across the INCS system, as clinical lead for the MHTR service, across AWP and the wider system. You will lead the strategic development and groundwork e.g. trauma informed care and staff well-being for the INCS system and clinical leadership for the MHTR service, underpinned by a culture of learning, continuous evaluation and compassionate, inclusive and collective leadership.
As clinical lead the post-holder will play a key role in developing and implementing the psychological vision for the MHTR service and will focus on the provision of clinical oversight in relation to psychological therapies to the team, ensuring evidence based, effective psychosocial and psychologically informed interventions are available that impact and support changes to peoples mental health and offending behaviour.
The role will also include providing training, reflective practice, clinical supervision and team formulation. As well as a programme of service evaluation, hosting trainee/student placements and promoting involvement in research opportunities that facilitate the development of the evidence base. Please see job description for more information.
Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
You will receive excellent support and supervision from well-established management and therapies teams. There will be opportunities for continuing professional development and development of innovative research projects. We have close links to the University of Bath, the University of Exeter and the University of South Wales.
Issues of diversity, accessibility and equality of access are priorities for any successful applicant.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Description of the duties
1. To manage capacity effectively to respond to demand placed upon the service. To act as partof the wider relevant locality management team.2. To provide leadership and expertise to Psychological Professionals within and beyond the speciality setting.3. To take the lead role in the development of the new developments in relation to PsychologicalTherapies to support the delivery of the ambitions of the Long Term Plan and the CommunityMental Health Framework. Including a focus on the delivery of integrated care with existingservices and the development of the evidence base in this area via research and evaluation.4. To assist and facilitate e.g. train managers and clinicians to use the skills available within thestaff team and other services to develop, evaluate and deliver a high quality and coordinatedservice to service users and their significant others, in line with national and local commissionerexpectations.5. To participate in and provide specialist advice to relevant aspects of policy making, strategicplanning, management and clinical governance in the locality.6. To undertake the role of a specialist clinician, carrying a specialist caseload of highly complexcases, providing advice and consultancy for patients and their significant others, and specialistclinical supervision to professionals.7. To lead and motivate practitioners, trainees and assistants from all professions within thespecialty and across the psychological therapies aspects of other relevant services.8. To undertake highly specialist research and service evaluation both within and outside the Trust,including contributing to the development of the evidence base in the field and evidencing thework of this new team effectively. To organise and supervise the R&D activities of others.9. To work in partnership with Service Users, their significant others, staff PerformanceManagement and Finance staff, corporate services, human resources, VCSE (voluntary, charityand social enterprise) organisations to co-produce the design, development and delivery ofservices.10. To work with senior managers and system partners to explore and pursue businessopportunities consistent with the divisional business plan.11. To work across systems/providers in the locality to ensure effective pathways for Service Users.12. To work alongside the ICB and ICS across both BNSSG and BSW to have an active role in strategicdevelopment, aligned to ICB and ICS outcomes
Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Description of the duties
1. To manage capacity effectively to respond to demand placed upon the service. To act as partof the wider relevant locality management team.2. To provide leadership and expertise to Psychological Professionals within and beyond the speciality setting.3. To take the lead role in the development of the new developments in relation to PsychologicalTherapies to support the delivery of the ambitions of the Long Term Plan and the CommunityMental Health Framework. Including a focus on the delivery of integrated care with existingservices and the development of the evidence base in this area via research and evaluation.4. To assist and facilitate e.g. train managers and clinicians to use the skills available within thestaff team and other services to develop, evaluate and deliver a high quality and coordinatedservice to service users and their significant others, in line with national and local commissionerexpectations.5. To participate in and provide specialist advice to relevant aspects of policy making, strategicplanning, management and clinical governance in the locality.6. To undertake the role of a specialist clinician, carrying a specialist caseload of highly complexcases, providing advice and consultancy for patients and their significant others, and specialistclinical supervision to professionals.7. To lead and motivate practitioners, trainees and assistants from all professions within thespecialty and across the psychological therapies aspects of other relevant services.8. To undertake highly specialist research and service evaluation both within and outside the Trust,including contributing to the development of the evidence base in the field and evidencing thework of this new team effectively. To organise and supervise the R&D activities of others.9. To work in partnership with Service Users, their significant others, staff PerformanceManagement and Finance staff, corporate services, human resources, VCSE (voluntary, charityand social enterprise) organisations to co-produce the design, development and delivery ofservices.10. To work with senior managers and system partners to explore and pursue businessopportunities consistent with the divisional business plan.11. To work across systems/providers in the locality to ensure effective pathways for Service Users.12. To work alongside the ICB and ICS across both BNSSG and BSW to have an active role in strategicdevelopment, aligned to ICB and ICS outcomes
Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate Level training in Clinical / Counselling Psychology or equivalent professional training for other professions.
- Registered with the HPC or other equivalent regulatory body.
- Advanced Specialist Clinical qualification.
Desirable
- Management training/qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial relevant post qualification experience.
- Consultancy work in multi-professional settings.
- Experience of work across service settings and agencies.
- Significant R&D work in specialist area.
- Clinical audit work in specialist area.
- Work in all areas of clinical governance.
- Teaching/training with own staff group and other professions.
- Advanced expertise in clinical supervision with all grades of staff and with other professions.
- Management of psychology staff or other professions.
Desirable
- Work with Commissioners, including preparation of bids/business cases.
- Professional National role / links (e.g. DCP, BABCP, National Assessor, HAS, CHI etc.)
- Leadership of service redesign.
Specialised Knowledge
Essential
- Expert knowledge of specialist therapeutic interventions. Extensive experience with the client group.
- Expert psychological assessment and formulation skills. Expert complex assessments of own patients and also expert opinions to other agencies.
- NHS management processes/system.
- Commissioning arrangements.
- Familiarity with all aspects of clinical governance.
- Publications in specialist area.
- Awareness of key strategic areas and implications for psychological therapy services.
Desirable
- 1. National profile in specialty. Role and links nationally.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills in highly complex situations.
- Excellent relational/ engagement skills with the client group who present severe and complex mental health problems.
- High level of emotional maturity. Ability to tolerate, reflect upon and transform highly traumatic material and hostile behaviour.
- Ability to cope with extreme workload pressure/prioritise workload.
- Effective leadership.
- Planning and writing business case documents skills.
- Flexible presentation skills appropriate to setting.
Desirable
- Advanced presentation skills.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate Level training in Clinical / Counselling Psychology or equivalent professional training for other professions.
- Registered with the HPC or other equivalent regulatory body.
- Advanced Specialist Clinical qualification.
Desirable
- Management training/qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial relevant post qualification experience.
- Consultancy work in multi-professional settings.
- Experience of work across service settings and agencies.
- Significant R&D work in specialist area.
- Clinical audit work in specialist area.
- Work in all areas of clinical governance.
- Teaching/training with own staff group and other professions.
- Advanced expertise in clinical supervision with all grades of staff and with other professions.
- Management of psychology staff or other professions.
Desirable
- Work with Commissioners, including preparation of bids/business cases.
- Professional National role / links (e.g. DCP, BABCP, National Assessor, HAS, CHI etc.)
- Leadership of service redesign.
Specialised Knowledge
Essential
- Expert knowledge of specialist therapeutic interventions. Extensive experience with the client group.
- Expert psychological assessment and formulation skills. Expert complex assessments of own patients and also expert opinions to other agencies.
- NHS management processes/system.
- Commissioning arrangements.
- Familiarity with all aspects of clinical governance.
- Publications in specialist area.
- Awareness of key strategic areas and implications for psychological therapy services.
Desirable
- 1. National profile in specialty. Role and links nationally.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills in highly complex situations.
- Excellent relational/ engagement skills with the client group who present severe and complex mental health problems.
- High level of emotional maturity. Ability to tolerate, reflect upon and transform highly traumatic material and hostile behaviour.
- Ability to cope with extreme workload pressure/prioritise workload.
- Effective leadership.
- Planning and writing business case documents skills.
- Flexible presentation skills appropriate to setting.
Desirable
- Advanced presentation skills.
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.
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