Job summary
One full time or two part time roles are available to Clinical or Counselling Psychologists or Registered Psychotherapists including Arts Psychotherapists.We are a friendly and committed with a strong
values base around promoting and upholding psychological approaches for people in mental distress. We have a range of therapists offering group, individual and
family intervention in a variety of models. We are particularly interested in EMDR, relational, CAT and other integrative approaches, as well as embodied approaches to work with Complex PTSD and complex needs.
The post holder will link with the wider adult mental health
teams within Devon Partnership NHS Trust, providing specialist psychological
assessments and therapy, for individuals, groups and families as well as team
consultations and the supervision of staff. As a member of the clinical team the
successful applicant will support the Professional lead on issues of clinical
governance, evaluation and the management of waiting lists
The Psychology and Psychological Therapies Service is professionally managed and
offers support and close links with other psychologists through peer supervision, CPD events and team
meetings. There are also good links with
the two local DClinPsy training courses and the post holder may be
required to provide clinical placements and supervision to trainees.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a clinician who feels
confident providing individual and group psychological therapy/interventions
and who feels passionate about their practice, professional and personal
development. The post-holder will provide a direct service to clients through a
range of modalities, potentially contributing to our individual, group and
family therapy provision.
The post-holder will be committed to working
with colleagues of different professions and different organisations to deliver,
and support the delivery of, psychologically-informed, trauma-informed services
and support the local development of a Psychology Informed Environment. The
post-holder will become an important part of the teams with
which we work; working to ensure that every client receives high quality care
by offering psychological and psychotherapeutic opinion in MDTs, supporting the
work within our core mental health teams, through consultation,
supervision, the facilitation of reflective practice groups and the provision
of training and joint working.
While working alongside an 8A PPT staff member in the
locality, you will have the ability to work both autonomously and as part of a
clinical team. The post-holder will be required and able to access supervision
appropriate to the level of experience and training. They will be supported to prioritise
tasks, and manage their own workload.
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The principal purpose of the job is to improve the
psychological health & wellbeing of people within the post holders
specialist field of practice.This will be achieved in this post through undertaking the
following areas of responsibility:
1.
Providing a Clinical/Counselling
Psychology or Psychotherapy service to people referred to the service as a key component of services provided by Devon Partnership Trust
2.
Providing local clinical leadership,
co-ordination and supervision for
trainees and volunteers employed by or attached to the psychology
service, under the general direction and supervision of the Professional Lead
3.
Carrying a specialist caseload of
clients, and providing advice and consultancy to patients, family members,
carers and professionals.
4.
To provide clinical supervision and
consultation to the wider community mental health teams in the locality as part
of integrated mental health team working.
5.
The post holder will be supported by
senior colleagues within their specialist field. The post holder will be
expected to make good use of the expertise of others within the service to
further develop their clinical skills with this client group.
6. To work
autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the
systematic governance of psychological practice within the service / local
team.
7. The post holder
will receive regular professional and clinical supervision in accordance to
Trust policy and to Professional Practice Guidelines set out by the British
Psychological Society or appropriate designated Professional Body. Observe,
and abide by all relevant Professional Codes of Conduct and Practise including
the British Psychological Society. The post holder will be fully
registered with the Health Professions Council as a condition of employment.
Communication and Working Relationships
- Clients,
family and carers: To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner with
clients who may have specific difficulties in understand and/or communicating
and who may be hostile, antagonistic or highly emotionally disturbed.
- Multidisciplinary
team colleagues: To work closely with colleagues in the multi-professional
integrated mental health and wellbeing service on a day to day basis.
- Health
& social care staff: To communicate with a wide range of health & social care staff
in hospital and in community settings in a highly skilled and sensitive
manner, complex and sensitive information concerning the assessment,
formulation and treatment plans of clients under the services care. To
provide support & guidance in the application of psychological principles
and techniques, and to foster reflective practice.
- Senior
managers & professional staff: To maintain and build good working relationships
with senior professional staff and managers across the Psychology and Therapy
service and in DPT to foster a positive approach to the integrated mental
health and wellbeing service and to enable effective negotiation.
Planning and Organisation
- The service: To plan and prioritise own workload, balancing the
demands of patient care, support and guidance of carers and professionals
and service research and development activities.
- To
contribute to the planning and organising of the psychology and therapy
services within the locality area and to contribute to the development and
improvement of provision of psychological services within services to best
meet the organisations strategy and priorities.
- The
multidisciplinary service: To provide psychology/therapy knowledge to the
multi-professional planning, development and marketing of mental health and
wellbeing services.
- Responsibility for Judgement and Analysis
- To
provide specialist clinical/counselling psychology/psychological therapy expertise
and advice.
- To
provide psychological therapies/other therapies, developing specialist
psychological formulations and assessments of clients, formulating plans
for their psychological treatment and implementing specialist psychological
interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups.
- To support the
Professional Head, General Manager, Practice and Strategic Development
Leads and Professional Leads by undertaking service development and
redesign projects and coordinating the resulting work within the team.
Responsibility for Patient/Client
Care, Treatment and Therapy
- Assessment & intervention: To make highly skilled
evaluations and decisions about assessment, treatment and discharge,
including the management of risk. To formulate plans for psychological
treatment and implementing specialist psychological interventions for
individuals, carers, families and groups and to demonstrate awareness of
diversity issues.
- Consultation & guidance: To provide advice,
guidance and consultation on psychological aspects of patient care to
colleagues, other service providers, patients, supporters and families.
Policy, Service, Research, Innovation and
Improvement
- The post holder is accountable for their own professional
actions, acting within Trust policies and procedures and Professional
Practice Guidelines.
- Policy & service: To support proposed changes for
policy and for service development.
Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and
Other Resources
- Careful use of equipment.
Responsibility for
Supervision, Leadership and Management
- Leadership & supervision: To supervise the work of assistants
&/or trainees as required. To provide supervision & consultancy to
health and social care colleagues.
- To support placements for trainee staff in line with
professional guidelines
Information Resources and Administrative
Duties
- To maintain accurate records, compliant with Trust
Practice Standards.
- To be responsible for using an email account to generate,
monitor, and respond to the e-mail traffic by which the Trust conducts much
of its internal communication.
Responsibility for Research and Development
- To
utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence
based practice in individual work within the PPT and local mental health
services.
- To
support project work including specific areas of audit, research or service
evaluation
- As a clinician to be responsible for
collecting clinical practice and outcome data that contributes to building
practice based evidence and service evaluation.
Freedom to Act
- The
post holder is accountable for their own professional actions, acting within
Trust policies and procedures and Professional Practice Guidelines
- To work autonomously within
clinical professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the
governance of psychological practice within the locality/specialty. Interpretation
of professional and Trust guidelines,
and implementing policies in conjunction with peers, Head of Profession and
General Manager.
- To
provide specialist clinical/counselling psychology/psychotherapy expertise
and advice guidance and consultation on psychological
aspects of patient care to colleagues, other service providers, patients,
supporters and families.
Any Other Specific Tasks Required
- To ensure all clinical care and treatment provided by
psychologists/therapists is carried out under appropriate supervision and
leadership.
- To ensure that all relevant staff groups continuously
update the skills and techniques relevant to their clinical work.
Review of this Job Description
This job description is intended as an outline indicator
of general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of changing
service needs. This job description is to be reviewed in conjunction with the
post holder on an annual basis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The principal purpose of the job is to improve the
psychological health & wellbeing of people within the post holders
specialist field of practice.This will be achieved in this post through undertaking the
following areas of responsibility:
1.
Providing a Clinical/Counselling
Psychology or Psychotherapy service to people referred to the service as a key component of services provided by Devon Partnership Trust
2.
Providing local clinical leadership,
co-ordination and supervision for
trainees and volunteers employed by or attached to the psychology
service, under the general direction and supervision of the Professional Lead
3.
Carrying a specialist caseload of
clients, and providing advice and consultancy to patients, family members,
carers and professionals.
4.
To provide clinical supervision and
consultation to the wider community mental health teams in the locality as part
of integrated mental health team working.
5.
The post holder will be supported by
senior colleagues within their specialist field. The post holder will be
expected to make good use of the expertise of others within the service to
further develop their clinical skills with this client group.
6. To work
autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the
systematic governance of psychological practice within the service / local
team.
7. The post holder
will receive regular professional and clinical supervision in accordance to
Trust policy and to Professional Practice Guidelines set out by the British
Psychological Society or appropriate designated Professional Body. Observe,
and abide by all relevant Professional Codes of Conduct and Practise including
the British Psychological Society. The post holder will be fully
registered with the Health Professions Council as a condition of employment.
Communication and Working Relationships
- Clients,
family and carers: To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner with
clients who may have specific difficulties in understand and/or communicating
and who may be hostile, antagonistic or highly emotionally disturbed.
- Multidisciplinary
team colleagues: To work closely with colleagues in the multi-professional
integrated mental health and wellbeing service on a day to day basis.
- Health
& social care staff: To communicate with a wide range of health & social care staff
in hospital and in community settings in a highly skilled and sensitive
manner, complex and sensitive information concerning the assessment,
formulation and treatment plans of clients under the services care. To
provide support & guidance in the application of psychological principles
and techniques, and to foster reflective practice.
- Senior
managers & professional staff: To maintain and build good working relationships
with senior professional staff and managers across the Psychology and Therapy
service and in DPT to foster a positive approach to the integrated mental
health and wellbeing service and to enable effective negotiation.
Planning and Organisation
- The service: To plan and prioritise own workload, balancing the
demands of patient care, support and guidance of carers and professionals
and service research and development activities.
- To
contribute to the planning and organising of the psychology and therapy
services within the locality area and to contribute to the development and
improvement of provision of psychological services within services to best
meet the organisations strategy and priorities.
- The
multidisciplinary service: To provide psychology/therapy knowledge to the
multi-professional planning, development and marketing of mental health and
wellbeing services.
- Responsibility for Judgement and Analysis
- To
provide specialist clinical/counselling psychology/psychological therapy expertise
and advice.
- To
provide psychological therapies/other therapies, developing specialist
psychological formulations and assessments of clients, formulating plans
for their psychological treatment and implementing specialist psychological
interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups.
- To support the
Professional Head, General Manager, Practice and Strategic Development
Leads and Professional Leads by undertaking service development and
redesign projects and coordinating the resulting work within the team.
Responsibility for Patient/Client
Care, Treatment and Therapy
- Assessment & intervention: To make highly skilled
evaluations and decisions about assessment, treatment and discharge,
including the management of risk. To formulate plans for psychological
treatment and implementing specialist psychological interventions for
individuals, carers, families and groups and to demonstrate awareness of
diversity issues.
- Consultation & guidance: To provide advice,
guidance and consultation on psychological aspects of patient care to
colleagues, other service providers, patients, supporters and families.
Policy, Service, Research, Innovation and
Improvement
- The post holder is accountable for their own professional
actions, acting within Trust policies and procedures and Professional
Practice Guidelines.
- Policy & service: To support proposed changes for
policy and for service development.
Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and
Other Resources
- Careful use of equipment.
Responsibility for
Supervision, Leadership and Management
- Leadership & supervision: To supervise the work of assistants
&/or trainees as required. To provide supervision & consultancy to
health and social care colleagues.
- To support placements for trainee staff in line with
professional guidelines
Information Resources and Administrative
Duties
- To maintain accurate records, compliant with Trust
Practice Standards.
- To be responsible for using an email account to generate,
monitor, and respond to the e-mail traffic by which the Trust conducts much
of its internal communication.
Responsibility for Research and Development
- To
utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence
based practice in individual work within the PPT and local mental health
services.
- To
support project work including specific areas of audit, research or service
evaluation
- As a clinician to be responsible for
collecting clinical practice and outcome data that contributes to building
practice based evidence and service evaluation.
Freedom to Act
- The
post holder is accountable for their own professional actions, acting within
Trust policies and procedures and Professional Practice Guidelines
- To work autonomously within
clinical professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the
governance of psychological practice within the locality/specialty. Interpretation
of professional and Trust guidelines,
and implementing policies in conjunction with peers, Head of Profession and
General Manager.
- To
provide specialist clinical/counselling psychology/psychotherapy expertise
and advice guidance and consultation on psychological
aspects of patient care to colleagues, other service providers, patients,
supporters and families.
Any Other Specific Tasks Required
- To ensure all clinical care and treatment provided by
psychologists/therapists is carried out under appropriate supervision and
leadership.
- To ensure that all relevant staff groups continuously
update the skills and techniques relevant to their clinical work.
Review of this Job Description
This job description is intended as an outline indicator
of general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of changing
service needs. This job description is to be reviewed in conjunction with the
post holder on an annual basis.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent) and eligible for Chartered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist Status in the British Psychological Society and registered with HCPC. Psychological Therapists need to be trained to Masters level or equivalent in a specific psychological therapy and registered with an appropriate recognised professional body e.g. UKCP, BABCP.
- Further training or experience in clinical specialism
- IT Skills
Desirable
- Further training in related area.
- Further training in at least one (other) psychological therapy
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol. or equivalent) and eligible for Chartered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist Status in the British Psychological Society and registered with HCPC. Psychological Therapists need to be trained to Masters level or equivalent in a specific psychological therapy and registered with an appropriate recognised professional body e.g. UKCP, BABCP.
- Further training or experience in clinical specialism
- IT Skills
Desirable
- Further training in related area.
- Further training in at least one (other) psychological therapy
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).
