Job summary
There is an opportunity for an 8c Consultant Psychologist-Therapy Lead roles, covering the north Yorkshire area, the post is 0.6 WTE and the base negotiable
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will join at a critical time of organisational restructure and will be part of a collective leadership team across the adult learning disabilities health services. The role will support psychology professions and wider AHP services during this period of change and influence the development of services this brings to enhance service user, carer and staff experiences and in working collaboratively with local partners to improve the quality of the care we provide. There will be opportunity to influence projects of local and national interest. Community transformation brings new opportunities to ensure services are accessible and responsive to the needs of adult with severe mental health problems, including access to evidence based psychological therapies.
The post holder will have clinical, leadership and wider service development/research responsibilities. Clinically they will be continue to work within their clinical multidisciplinary team/services. As part of a collective leadership team, they will be responsible for maintaining safe, effective and compassionate care for patients, families and carers accessing services and to promote cultures of quality improvement.
About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will be committed to providing clinical and professional supervision, training and consultation.
- To work collectively with clinical and operational leaders to ensure effective delivery of psychology for specialty-specific services and policies..
- To be responsible for the effective organisation of psychological services across NYY&S
- In collaboration with the senior psychology team and key clinical and non-clinical stakeholders, to review psychological and AHP provision and to make changes as and when required.
- To influence and shape the Community Learning Disabilities Transformation in North Yorkshire locality and strategically guide developments to services
- Maintain Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust commitment to compassionate and collective leadership and values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will be committed to providing clinical and professional supervision, training and consultation.
- To work collectively with clinical and operational leaders to ensure effective delivery of psychology for specialty-specific services and policies..
- To be responsible for the effective organisation of psychological services across NYY&S
- In collaboration with the senior psychology team and key clinical and non-clinical stakeholders, to review psychological and AHP provision and to make changes as and when required.
- To influence and shape the Community Learning Disabilities Transformation in North Yorkshire locality and strategically guide developments to services
- Maintain Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust commitment to compassionate and collective leadership and values.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
- HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working in AMH services
- Liaison and joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies
- Project management of quality and service improvement initiatives.
- full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care as a care co-ordinator and leader of a multidisciplinary team.
- Teaching, training, clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses
- Providing clinical and professional leadership to other qualified and non-qualified members of the profession.
- Working at a strategic level with involvement in multi-agency service delivery models
- Understanding and addressing Quality and Assurance Governance issues
- Research and development
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence- based practice relevant to the role
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health and its implications for clinical practice.
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Knowledge of Models of management and leadership
- Knowledge of the care of difficult to treat groups e.g. dual diagnoses, additional disabilities or severely challenging behaviour.
- Knowledge of Quality Improvement System/s
- knowledge of audit and research methodology
Skills
Essential
- effective clinical leadership across NHS leadership dimensions
- Communicate highly complex, highly sensitive and highly contentious information effectively, to a wide range of people
- Adapt creatively the evidence base for interventions in mental health for clients with communication difficulties / learning disabilities.
- Provide effective consultation, teaching, training and clinical supervision for the multidisciplinary team.
- Project management
- Undertake complex multiagency working and liaise with multiple systems
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
- HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working in AMH services
- Liaison and joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies
- Project management of quality and service improvement initiatives.
- full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care as a care co-ordinator and leader of a multidisciplinary team.
- Teaching, training, clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses
- Providing clinical and professional leadership to other qualified and non-qualified members of the profession.
- Working at a strategic level with involvement in multi-agency service delivery models
- Understanding and addressing Quality and Assurance Governance issues
- Research and development
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence- based practice relevant to the role
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health and its implications for clinical practice.
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Knowledge of Models of management and leadership
- Knowledge of the care of difficult to treat groups e.g. dual diagnoses, additional disabilities or severely challenging behaviour.
- Knowledge of Quality Improvement System/s
- knowledge of audit and research methodology
Skills
Essential
- effective clinical leadership across NHS leadership dimensions
- Communicate highly complex, highly sensitive and highly contentious information effectively, to a wide range of people
- Adapt creatively the evidence base for interventions in mental health for clients with communication difficulties / learning disabilities.
- Provide effective consultation, teaching, training and clinical supervision for the multidisciplinary team.
- Project management
- Undertake complex multiagency working and liaise with multiple systems
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).
