Job summary
We are looking for a motivated and passionate Clinical Lead to lead theOp CourageVeterans Mental Health Service for Kent, Surrey and Sussex. Working in Partnership with Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we deliver this essential service for military veterans across the Southeast. The post holder will clinically lead the service driving excellence in the mental health care of military veterans bringing their knowledge and expertise of this specialist clinical area.OP Courageis a specialist multidisciplinary team consisting of psychiatry, nursing, psychology and peer workers. The team provides comprehensive assessment and evidence based treatments as well as working closely with other military charities and organisations to support our veteran community.
The role demands a dynamic and proactive experienced clinician with strong proven clinical leadership skills. The post holder will have a strong commitment to the mental health needs of the veteran community and will strive for clinical excellence in their own clinical delivery and for that of the team.
The post holder will have a strong commitment to the involvement and engagement of the veteran community and their families in the delivery and ongoing clinical development of the service. They will have a quality improvement focus and commitment to evidence based practice together with ensuring robust clinical governance structures are in place.
Main duties of the job
oTo provide oversight of the clinical provision of the Op Courage service across the stepped care pathway. This will include the provision of highly specialist psychological therapy, and oversight of assessment, formulation and interventions based on highly specialist experience of working in mental health services and of delivering appropriate interventions.oTo be responsible for the clinical governance of the Op Courage service with a particular focus on clinical supervision and case management, and the line management of the Clinical and Psychological Therapists. An imperative part of the post is the responsibility for ensuring effective and safe clinical governance structures and leadership processes are in place for the Op Courage service.oTo provide clinical leadership to staff delivering Op Courage interventions, offering advice and consultation on client's psychological care to individuals working within the service and others, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's and trust's policies and procedures.oTo utilise research and audit skills to provide leadership around audit, service evaluation and research activity within the Op Courage service.o To work closely with the General Manager who will provide operational leadership to the Op Courage service, ensuring
About us
We are an expanding and exciting specialist service within SPFT, working regional in the South East and nationally as part of the NHS armed forces networks for Op courage.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full details of the role responsibilities can be found within attached job description.
If you would like to know more about the role please contact Juliet.couche@nhs.net for a discussion.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full details of the role responsibilities can be found within attached job description.
If you would like to know more about the role please contact Juliet.couche@nhs.net for a discussion.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Holder of an HCPC regulated Clinical/Counselling Psychology qualification
- Training in evidence-based psychological therapy for PTSD
Desirable
- Post graduate certificate in evidence based psychological treatments and eligible for BABCP accreditation
- Psychology degree
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Commitment to continuing professional development, to partnership working and to reflective clinical practice
- Evidence of experience of working with traumatised people including those with PTSD and C-PTSD
- Evidence of developing professional relationships with community agencies
- Experience of working in Primary Care Services
- Experience of working in the local community
Desirable
- Experience of service development, research and service evaluation
- Evidence of providing specialist consultation and liaison with other services, including non-psychologists, third sector organisations, service users and carers.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Holder of an HCPC regulated Clinical/Counselling Psychology qualification
- Training in evidence-based psychological therapy for PTSD
Desirable
- Post graduate certificate in evidence based psychological treatments and eligible for BABCP accreditation
- Psychology degree
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Commitment to continuing professional development, to partnership working and to reflective clinical practice
- Evidence of experience of working with traumatised people including those with PTSD and C-PTSD
- Evidence of developing professional relationships with community agencies
- Experience of working in Primary Care Services
- Experience of working in the local community
Desirable
- Experience of service development, research and service evaluation
- Evidence of providing specialist consultation and liaison with other services, including non-psychologists, third sector organisations, service users and carers.
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).
