Job summary
Are you an experienced psychological leader with a passion for working in acute mental health services? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Practitioner Psychologist, Acute Service Lead in the Mid & North Hampshire arm of the Acute Services Pathway in Parklands Hospital, Basingstoke.
The successful candidate will be experienced in working with people with complex mental health needs, where psychosis and severe interpersonal difficulties are part of their presentation. Candidates will be familiar with working through a trauma informed lens and have previously worked with inpatients and outpatients in crisis & experiencing acute mental health presentations.
Working alongside colleagues, the post-holder will offer specialist psychological assessments, neuro-cognitive assessments, formulations, brief interventions ,will be familiar with and contribute to further developing the Care Comprehend, Cope & Connect (CCC) Programme.
The successful candidate will be part of the wider senior management team and lead on service and strategic development, developing the psychological milieu in addition to providing line management, supervision, consultation and training to staff within psychology and the wider multi-professional team.
To arrange an informal discussion regarding the role please email Director of Acute Psychological Therapies, Consultant Psychologist julia.macleod@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
Co-ordination and provision of highly specialised and developed psychological assessments based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with person, family members and others involved in the person's care, across a range of highly specialised clinical areas. Facilitation of other professionals in their use of such specialised assessment tools based on highly specialised knowledge
To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of an individual's mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the individual's problems, and employing methods of proven efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
When appropriate identify repeating patterns of crisis and advise ways of breaking the cycle, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the individual's presenting and underlying problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- The post holder will be HCPC registered. Post- graduate doctoral level training in practitioner psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice and particularly of relevance for acute care services and team dynamics.
Experience
Essential
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified practitioner psychologist.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of care settings (including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and / or residential care settings)
- Evidence of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for service users' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- Experience of professional management of qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists and psychological therapists.
- Experience of multi-professional management of teams or services within the designated speciality.
Desirable
- Experience of representing the professions in local policy fora.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Evidence of service development and evaluation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- The post holder will be HCPC registered. Post- graduate doctoral level training in practitioner psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice and particularly of relevance for acute care services and team dynamics.
Experience
Essential
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified practitioner psychologist.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of care settings (including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and / or residential care settings)
- Evidence of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for service users' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- Experience of professional management of qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists and psychological therapists.
- Experience of multi-professional management of teams or services within the designated speciality.
Desirable
- Experience of representing the professions in local policy fora.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Evidence of service development and evaluation
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
