Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional clinician with strong clinical experience to be a Specialist Therapeutic Practitioner for the new Gender Service for the North of England. The Children and Young People's Gender Service is a Phase 1 Provider of Gender Services provided in partnership by Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
As Specialist Therapeutic Practitioner in the service you will provide specialist assessment and a range of therapeutic interventions to children, young people and their families. The role will include liaison and engagement with a range of partnership agencies to ensure an integrated and coordinate care plan is provided. Experience of providing supervision to clinical practitioners will also be essential to this role.
Successful candidates will have a passion for delivering safe, high quality and effective services to children and young people and will be a strong communicator, committed and well organised, with the ability to work effectively as a senior clinician in a multidisciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
The main duties for this role are provided in the attached job description
For further details please contactGSrecruitment@alderhey.nhs.uk
About us
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We're also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job description
Job responsibilities
The main responsibilities for this role are provided in the attached job description/person specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
The main responsibilities for this role are provided in the attached job description/person specification
Person Specification
Education and Training
Essential
- Qualified in core profession as per BABCP criteria BABCP | British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies > Accreditation > Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist Accreditation > Core Professions > Core Professions list and criteria
- Current registration with appropriate regulatory body (e.g., HCPC, NMS, BABCP, UKCP).
- Intermediate or diploma level in a recognised therapeutic modality.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Evidence of substantial post qualification competence, incorporating significant experience working within services at a senior level
- Certificate in supervision skills
Desirable
- Relevant post graduate qualification in Mental Health related field
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of providing consultation/teaching/ training
- Experience of working with children and young people, families and carers
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Experience of leading on developing, delivering and evaluating evidence based clinical care packages.
- The application of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions in different cultural contexts
- Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team AND with other agencies and professionals in a variety of settings including managing difficult conversations and differences of opinion
- Assessing clinical risk and developing and communicating appropriate risk management plans including safeguarding.
- Analysing presenting problems and able to work autonomously utilising a range of therapeutic perspectives and modalities, depending on the needs of the client.
- Providing case management and/or clinical supervision for colleagues and students as required.
- Experience of mentoring and supervision of others, including supporting the mental health and wellbeing of junior staff and trainees.
- Experience of developing and providing evidenced based assessments, formulations, and care plans and effective use of Routine Outcome Measures (ROMs).
- Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance and a willingness to follow Trust Policy and Procedures
Desirable
- Experience of managing and/or leading on service developments
- Experience in the line management and professional management of staff
- Project Management experience
- Effectively managing policy implementation and demonstrable service development work, audit and research
- Experience of providing a variety of therapeutic interventions for children and young people and their families
- Community mental health experience across a variety of settings
- Experience of delivery of group work and workshops
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of child mental health and relevant legislation, NICE guidance and government policies
- An understanding of child development and psychological/psychosocial theories.
- Advanced knowledge and skills in delivery of evidence-based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice
Skills
Essential
- A proven ability to work as a member of the multi- disciplinary team
- A proven ability to network with other professional groups/agencies
- A proven ability to assertively engage young people, families and carers.
- A proven ability to accept guidance and supervision from senior colleagues.
- A proven ability to demonstrate leadership ability, to be self-motivated and to work on one's own initiative.
- A proven ability to demonstrate a non- discriminatory attitude regarding race, gender and disability issues.
- Demonstrate commitment to user participation
- Demonstrate a positive attitude.
- Demonstrates skills to contribute to modernisation across a range of diverse services
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to motivate and enthuse colleagues
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to respond effectively to multiple priorities
- Ability to develop, provide and evaluate training and workshops.
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information and overcome barriers to acceptance with children, parents and professionals.
- Skilled in assessment and formulation, with the ability to manage care appropriately, ensuring discharge is timely
- Skilled in planning, delivering and evaluating evidence-based therapeutic interventions (individuals and groups) with children and young people across the age range, and their families/carers.
- Skilled in the assessment of clinical risk and developing and communicating appropriate risk management plans
- Skilled in case management, able to function as a part of a multi-disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other internal and external agencies, maintaining positive working relationships.
- Ability to work independently with the support of clinical and management supervision.
- Ability to select, use and interpret assessment tools and outcome measures / ROMs effectively and in collaboration with the child, young person, and family.
- Ability to integrate psychological theories and outcome data with clinical practice and service provision.
- The ability to work with people from a range of different backgrounds, cultures and or different ages.
- To be able to provide feedback and constructive guidance to junior members of the team and trainees to facilitate their personal and professional development.
- The ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance.
- The ability to follow policy and make proposals for change.
- The ability to maintain clinical records both written and electronic.
- The ability to cope with stressful situations including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the case of highly emotive and distressing problems.
Desirable
- Good analytical and strategic visioning skills.
- Ability to build credibility quickly and sustain it within the organisation
- Advanced IT skills
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrates the ability to make sound judgments and generate new ideas in complex situations.
- Able to work autonomously
- Committed to continuing professional development
- Accountable for own professional actions
- Works within professional ethics and Trust policies and values
- A commitment to the inclusion of young people's and parent/carer views in service delivery, development and design.
- Willingness to contribute to team functioning, performance and the ongoing development of the service.
Person Specification
Education and Training
Essential
- Qualified in core profession as per BABCP criteria BABCP | British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies > Accreditation > Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist Accreditation > Core Professions > Core Professions list and criteria
- Current registration with appropriate regulatory body (e.g., HCPC, NMS, BABCP, UKCP).
- Intermediate or diploma level in a recognised therapeutic modality.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Evidence of substantial post qualification competence, incorporating significant experience working within services at a senior level
- Certificate in supervision skills
Desirable
- Relevant post graduate qualification in Mental Health related field
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of providing consultation/teaching/ training
- Experience of working with children and young people, families and carers
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Experience of leading on developing, delivering and evaluating evidence based clinical care packages.
- The application of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions in different cultural contexts
- Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team AND with other agencies and professionals in a variety of settings including managing difficult conversations and differences of opinion
- Assessing clinical risk and developing and communicating appropriate risk management plans including safeguarding.
- Analysing presenting problems and able to work autonomously utilising a range of therapeutic perspectives and modalities, depending on the needs of the client.
- Providing case management and/or clinical supervision for colleagues and students as required.
- Experience of mentoring and supervision of others, including supporting the mental health and wellbeing of junior staff and trainees.
- Experience of developing and providing evidenced based assessments, formulations, and care plans and effective use of Routine Outcome Measures (ROMs).
- Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance and a willingness to follow Trust Policy and Procedures
Desirable
- Experience of managing and/or leading on service developments
- Experience in the line management and professional management of staff
- Project Management experience
- Effectively managing policy implementation and demonstrable service development work, audit and research
- Experience of providing a variety of therapeutic interventions for children and young people and their families
- Community mental health experience across a variety of settings
- Experience of delivery of group work and workshops
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of child mental health and relevant legislation, NICE guidance and government policies
- An understanding of child development and psychological/psychosocial theories.
- Advanced knowledge and skills in delivery of evidence-based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice
Skills
Essential
- A proven ability to work as a member of the multi- disciplinary team
- A proven ability to network with other professional groups/agencies
- A proven ability to assertively engage young people, families and carers.
- A proven ability to accept guidance and supervision from senior colleagues.
- A proven ability to demonstrate leadership ability, to be self-motivated and to work on one's own initiative.
- A proven ability to demonstrate a non- discriminatory attitude regarding race, gender and disability issues.
- Demonstrate commitment to user participation
- Demonstrate a positive attitude.
- Demonstrates skills to contribute to modernisation across a range of diverse services
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to motivate and enthuse colleagues
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to respond effectively to multiple priorities
- Ability to develop, provide and evaluate training and workshops.
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information and overcome barriers to acceptance with children, parents and professionals.
- Skilled in assessment and formulation, with the ability to manage care appropriately, ensuring discharge is timely
- Skilled in planning, delivering and evaluating evidence-based therapeutic interventions (individuals and groups) with children and young people across the age range, and their families/carers.
- Skilled in the assessment of clinical risk and developing and communicating appropriate risk management plans
- Skilled in case management, able to function as a part of a multi-disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other internal and external agencies, maintaining positive working relationships.
- Ability to work independently with the support of clinical and management supervision.
- Ability to select, use and interpret assessment tools and outcome measures / ROMs effectively and in collaboration with the child, young person, and family.
- Ability to integrate psychological theories and outcome data with clinical practice and service provision.
- The ability to work with people from a range of different backgrounds, cultures and or different ages.
- To be able to provide feedback and constructive guidance to junior members of the team and trainees to facilitate their personal and professional development.
- The ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance.
- The ability to follow policy and make proposals for change.
- The ability to maintain clinical records both written and electronic.
- The ability to cope with stressful situations including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the case of highly emotive and distressing problems.
Desirable
- Good analytical and strategic visioning skills.
- Ability to build credibility quickly and sustain it within the organisation
- Advanced IT skills
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrates the ability to make sound judgments and generate new ideas in complex situations.
- Able to work autonomously
- Committed to continuing professional development
- Accountable for own professional actions
- Works within professional ethics and Trust policies and values
- A commitment to the inclusion of young people's and parent/carer views in service delivery, development and design.
- Willingness to contribute to team functioning, performance and the ongoing development of the service.
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).
