Job summary
Are you someone looking for a career in one of the
UK's most respected mental health and learning disability trusts?
Would you like to be part of a dedicated team
committed to making a difference to peoples lives to enjoy a better future?
We are looking for a highly skilled Clinical or Counselling
Psychologist to join the Urgent and Inpatient Care Psychology Team. This is an
opportunity to work in the Acute Adult Inpatient wards in Exeter (The Cedars)
based at Wonford House.
You would be providing leadership and supervision across
both wards at the Cedars, with clinical and therapeutic work based on one ward.
We are a small (but growing!) and friendly team committed to
bringing a psychological perspective into the acute care environment. If you are looking for a varied role with opportunities to gain
skills in developing psychologically & trauma informed environments then
this could be the role for you.
The successful applicant will bring psychological assessment
formulation and interventions to individuals and groups who use the services
and the teams providing care. Additional qualifications in specific therapy
models would be an advantage, especially approaches focused on trauma and
complex emotional needs or psychosis. An understanding of how to use
therapeutic skills in different and often, short time frames is
essential.
Main duties of the job
Indirect psychological interventions are an important part of the role and you will provide reflective practice, training and clinical supervision to the teams on the ward. You will be experienced in and committed to , working in a multidisciplinary team with our nursing team, psychiatry and medics to develop a personalised approach for each patient. Our team is friendly, inclusive and welcoming of a variety of skills and approaches.
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. To support the overall ward teams and their
leadership to deliver high quality services in line with national professional
guidance, NICE recommendations and other national policy documents, as part of
an overall acute care pathway.
This will be achieved
in this post through undertaking the following areas of responsibility:
1. Contributing a psychological perspective to the leadership, organisation and operation
of Adult in-patient services
2. To ensure the systematic provision
of a high quality psychological service in specialist field of practice in in-patient wards, as a key component of
integrated mental health and wellbeing services across
Devon Partnership NHS Trust. This will include
the provision of supervision to the MDT ward teams,
psychological formulation of patients, and direct and indirect psychology and psychological
therapy clinical input to the Adult In-patient Services.
3. Providing clinical leadership and supervision for less experienced
staff, trainees and volunteers employed by or attached to the psychology
service.
4. Carrying a specialist caseload of clients,
and providing advice
and consultancy to patients
and professionals.
5. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise
responsibility for the systematic governance
of psychological practice within professional and Trust guidelines as lead specialist.
6. The post holder with 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.
7. Observe, and abide
by all relevant Professional Codes of Conduct
and Practice including the British Psychological
Society. The post holder will be fully registered with the Health Professions
Council as a condition of employment
Duties and Responsibilities
Communication and Working Relationship Skills7
- 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 services 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 Trust. To foster a positive approach to the integrated
mental health and wellbeing service and to enable effective negotiation.
Analytical and Judgemental Skills
- To provide specialist clinical/counselling psychology expertise and advice.
- To
provide psychological 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. Proficiency in in both individual and group therapy
approaches is desirable.
- 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/s.
- To provide complex assessment, including neuropsychological assessments, of specialist
conditions
Planning and Organisational Skills
- The psychology service: To plan
and organise own work within
the service setting and to contribute to the development and
improvement of provision of psychological services within the commissioned
integrated mental health and wellbeing service to best meet the
organisations strategy and priorities.
- The multidisciplinary service: To provide
psychology/therapy supervision to the multi-
professional planning, development and marketing of mental health and
wellbeing services
Responsibility for
Patient/Client Care, Treatment and Therapy
- Assessment & intervention: To
provide expert psychological 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, 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
- To ensure that psychological interventions delivered within the
acute setting are connected and integrated with provision beyond the acute
service
Responsibility for Policy and
Service Development Implementation
- The post holder
is accountable for their own professional actions, acting within Trust
policies and procedures and
Professional Practice Guidelines.
- Policy &
service: To implement policies and procedures for the provision of psychology and therapy services within own service
and other services within the Trust.
- R & D: To support
the R&D activities of the psychology and psychological therapy service.
Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources
- To be responsible for the safe keeping of equipment under
own use.
Responsibility for Human Resources, e.g. Supervision, Training, HR Advice and Management
- Leadership & supervision: To lead and professionally supervise less experienced psychology/therapy staff,
trainees and volunteers.
- To provide placement responsibilities for trainee staff.
- To contribute to the provision of therapy supervision for non psychology/therapy staff
providing psychological therapies within other Trust teams.
- To support
placements for trainee
staff in line
with professional guidelines
Responsibility for 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 conduct 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. To participate
in service audits and relevant
research projects.
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 expert and specialist clinical psychology 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/psychotherapists/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. To support the overall ward teams and their
leadership to deliver high quality services in line with national professional
guidance, NICE recommendations and other national policy documents, as part of
an overall acute care pathway.
This will be achieved
in this post through undertaking the following areas of responsibility:
1. Contributing a psychological perspective to the leadership, organisation and operation
of Adult in-patient services
2. To ensure the systematic provision
of a high quality psychological service in specialist field of practice in in-patient wards, as a key component of
integrated mental health and wellbeing services across
Devon Partnership NHS Trust. This will include
the provision of supervision to the MDT ward teams,
psychological formulation of patients, and direct and indirect psychology and psychological
therapy clinical input to the Adult In-patient Services.
3. Providing clinical leadership and supervision for less experienced
staff, trainees and volunteers employed by or attached to the psychology
service.
4. Carrying a specialist caseload of clients,
and providing advice
and consultancy to patients
and professionals.
5. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise
responsibility for the systematic governance
of psychological practice within professional and Trust guidelines as lead specialist.
6. The post holder with 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.
7. Observe, and abide
by all relevant Professional Codes of Conduct
and Practice including the British Psychological
Society. The post holder will be fully registered with the Health Professions
Council as a condition of employment
Duties and Responsibilities
Communication and Working Relationship Skills7
- 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 services 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 Trust. To foster a positive approach to the integrated
mental health and wellbeing service and to enable effective negotiation.
Analytical and Judgemental Skills
- To provide specialist clinical/counselling psychology expertise and advice.
- To
provide psychological 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. Proficiency in in both individual and group therapy
approaches is desirable.
- 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/s.
- To provide complex assessment, including neuropsychological assessments, of specialist
conditions
Planning and Organisational Skills
- The psychology service: To plan
and organise own work within
the service setting and to contribute to the development and
improvement of provision of psychological services within the commissioned
integrated mental health and wellbeing service to best meet the
organisations strategy and priorities.
- The multidisciplinary service: To provide
psychology/therapy supervision to the multi-
professional planning, development and marketing of mental health and
wellbeing services
Responsibility for
Patient/Client Care, Treatment and Therapy
- Assessment & intervention: To
provide expert psychological 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, 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
- To ensure that psychological interventions delivered within the
acute setting are connected and integrated with provision beyond the acute
service
Responsibility for Policy and
Service Development Implementation
- The post holder
is accountable for their own professional actions, acting within Trust
policies and procedures and
Professional Practice Guidelines.
- Policy &
service: To implement policies and procedures for the provision of psychology and therapy services within own service
and other services within the Trust.
- R & D: To support
the R&D activities of the psychology and psychological therapy service.
Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources
- To be responsible for the safe keeping of equipment under
own use.
Responsibility for Human Resources, e.g. Supervision, Training, HR Advice and Management
- Leadership & supervision: To lead and professionally supervise less experienced psychology/therapy staff,
trainees and volunteers.
- To provide placement responsibilities for trainee staff.
- To contribute to the provision of therapy supervision for non psychology/therapy staff
providing psychological therapies within other Trust teams.
- To support
placements for trainee
staff in line
with professional guidelines
Responsibility for 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 conduct 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. To participate
in service audits and relevant
research projects.
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 expert and specialist clinical psychology 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/psychotherapists/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
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in Adult Mental Health services and work with people with severe and complex mental health difficulties.
- Experience of working in Community and In-patient settings for adults with complex mental health needs
- Experience of working on a PICU / acute Mental health unit
Desirable
- Experience of neuropsychological assessment
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience in undertaking leadership roles within psychology services in the NHS and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi disciplinary, multi agency contexts.
- Experience of working with people who have experienced complex trauma
- Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality.
- Proficiency in in both individual and group therapy approaches is desirable.
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 recognized professional body eg UKCP, ACAT, AFT, BABCP.
Desirable
- Further training or experience in clinical specialism working with adults with complex mental health needs Further training or experience in working in in-patient Adult Mental Health settings
- Further training in related area e.g neuropsychological assessment Further training in supervision
- Further training in at least one (other) psychological therapy
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in Adult Mental Health services and work with people with severe and complex mental health difficulties.
- Experience of working in Community and In-patient settings for adults with complex mental health needs
- Experience of working on a PICU / acute Mental health unit
Desirable
- Experience of neuropsychological assessment
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience in undertaking leadership roles within psychology services in the NHS and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi disciplinary, multi agency contexts.
- Experience of working with people who have experienced complex trauma
- Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality.
- Proficiency in in both individual and group therapy approaches is desirable.
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 recognized professional body eg UKCP, ACAT, AFT, BABCP.
Desirable
- Further training or experience in clinical specialism working with adults with complex mental health needs Further training or experience in working in in-patient Adult Mental Health settings
- Further training in related area e.g neuropsychological assessment Further training in supervision
- 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).
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