Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic consultant clinical
psychologist with excellent leadership experience, to join us in a lead role
for psychological professions/interventions across Herefordshire and
Worcestershire. You will be joining a
team who are welcoming, compassionate, enthusiastic, hardworking and always
looking to improve what we do for those people who use our services.
You will provide professional leadership to psychological
professionals across the Directorate, as well as providing leadership and
oversight for the development and delivery of psychological interventions
across the wider workforce. You will have a key role supporting trauma-informed
care, staff wellbeing, and expanding high-quality, evidence-based psychological
care. You will have the ability to work
strategically with specific understanding of the national drivers for CAMHS and
childrens services and experience representing services at local, regional and
national levels.
This post will cover services across Herefordshire and
Worcestershire with a work base in either Hereford or Worcester. We
are offering a hybrid model combining virtual and in-person working. Although
there will be some travel, we are keen to ensure a good work-life balance.
You will join a thriving clinical community, with
support from senior psychological leaders and the trust lead for psychological
interventions. Opportunities for professional development, innovation and
research are supported.
Main duties of the job
Working closely with senior colleagues, you will provide
clinical and strategic leadership focussed predominately on the delivery of
psychological interventions and psychologically informed care to children,
young people and their families. You
will be part of an established senior directorate team and actively involved in
strategic meetings and discussion as we grow and develop our services. Your leadership role will have a focus on
quality of care and workforce development. You will take a lead in relation to
training, audit and evaluation as well as developments in clinical practice. Embracing the principles of being a CAMHS
CYP-IAPT service, the ability to lead workforce developments in psychological
therapies is important alongside a passion to proactively engage children and
young people and their parents/carers in co-production and participation.
Professionally, you will lead a committed, thriving
community of colleagues, providing leadership, supervision, consultation and
advice. You will lead (where
appropriate) on the recruitment of psychological staff at an exciting time when
we are developing and growing our psychological professions workforce. You will also provide expert guidance to
services within the wider Directorate who may not employ psychological
professionals, but where psychologically-informed practice is implemented (e.g.
sexual health, school health nursing etc.)
This is a full time post but we will consider part time hours.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,
we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals
and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health
and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of
all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over
100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible
working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions,
and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value
diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,
and ethnicities.
What we offer;
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27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to
33 days with long service
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Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work
unsocial hours
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Flexible and agile working opportunities
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Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
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Wide range of supportive staff networks
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Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our
website.
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you (optional), to support the Trusts understanding of where you gained
interest in working for the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinically you will offer highly expert clinical input
within the CAMHS service, supporting good multi-disciplinary working and
providing clinical CAMHS interventions as part of your job plan.
Reporting to the Trust lead for psychological therapies you
will bring the ability to work with others and value different perspectives
across the Trust. We are looking for a
candidate who brings compassion to their work in everything they do, great
communication skills across all domains and the ability to engage
commissioners, colleagues, children / young people and their parents/carers in
co-production and service improvement.
As the current post-holder is retiring, it is clear you
will have big boots to fill, but you will have an enthusiastic and supportive
team around you who will value the uniqueness of the boots you bring with
you. We look forward to welcoming you
into our team.
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role
please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinically you will offer highly expert clinical input
within the CAMHS service, supporting good multi-disciplinary working and
providing clinical CAMHS interventions as part of your job plan.
Reporting to the Trust lead for psychological therapies you
will bring the ability to work with others and value different perspectives
across the Trust. We are looking for a
candidate who brings compassion to their work in everything they do, great
communication skills across all domains and the ability to engage
commissioners, colleagues, children / young people and their parents/carers in
co-production and service improvement.
As the current post-holder is retiring, it is clear you
will have big boots to fill, but you will have an enthusiastic and supportive
team around you who will value the uniqueness of the boots you bring with
you. We look forward to welcoming you
into our team.
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role
please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
- Emotional robustness to frequently work with the intense distress of others and the demands of leadership
- Skills in the area of professional pre and post graduate training with experience of providing appropriate placements and supervision of clinical and/or counselling psychologists.
Desirable
- Record of having published research/review papers in peer reviews, academic, or professional journals, and/or books
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in psychology.
- Post-graduate doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Post-graduate level or above training and qualification in NHS leadership/management or equivalent leadership/
- management experience
- Eligible for registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS
- Membership of the BPS
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a
- Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Experience
Essential
- Effective work at highly specialist level. This will include effective work in a multi-disciplinary context and having successfully held responsibility for systematic delivery of service
- Excellent time and workload management
- Experience of maintaining working relationships and a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical aggression
- Effective team play as demonstrated by outcomes of work and maintenance of professional working relationships
- Evidence of maintaining effective communication where there are barriers to understanding and in circumstances where hostility, manipulation, conflict and antagonism are present
- Proficiency in the manipulation of complex psychological test equipment for use in formal testing situations
- Experience of acting as a highly specialist clinician providing care for people with highly complex psychological needs
- Significant evidence of:
- Clinically supervising qualified staff. Either experience of successfully carrying out delegated professional management responsibilities or operational management experience
- Managing/supervising other psychologists, assistants and trainees and/or other staff
- Supporting the psychological work of other clinical staff who provide psychologically based care and treatment
- Recruiting qualified staff
- Conducting appraisals and monitoring performance of staff
- Interpreting and implementing clinical and professional policy and standards and impacting positive service/policy change for the client group
- Influencing both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or wider organisational mattes need addressing
- Contributing to the planning and development of a high quality, responsive and accessible service
- Holding/advising on the level of resources necessary and ensuring the systematic provision of a high-quality psychology service is maintained across all relevant sectors of care
- Service development, evaluative work, lecturing and R&D activities. Examples of developing new practices, services and policy for benefit of the client group
Desirable
- Significant experience working at a senior leadership level
- Significant post qualification experience some of which should be at highly specialist level
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced specialist knowledge/ training/experience. This may have been developed in a variety of ways. Appropriate evidence could include relevant research, publications, additional qualifications or outcomes of previous work in the Specialism
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
- Emotional robustness to frequently work with the intense distress of others and the demands of leadership
- Skills in the area of professional pre and post graduate training with experience of providing appropriate placements and supervision of clinical and/or counselling psychologists.
Desirable
- Record of having published research/review papers in peer reviews, academic, or professional journals, and/or books
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in psychology.
- Post-graduate doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Post-graduate level or above training and qualification in NHS leadership/management or equivalent leadership/
- management experience
- Eligible for registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS
- Membership of the BPS
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a
- Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Experience
Essential
- Effective work at highly specialist level. This will include effective work in a multi-disciplinary context and having successfully held responsibility for systematic delivery of service
- Excellent time and workload management
- Experience of maintaining working relationships and a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical aggression
- Effective team play as demonstrated by outcomes of work and maintenance of professional working relationships
- Evidence of maintaining effective communication where there are barriers to understanding and in circumstances where hostility, manipulation, conflict and antagonism are present
- Proficiency in the manipulation of complex psychological test equipment for use in formal testing situations
- Experience of acting as a highly specialist clinician providing care for people with highly complex psychological needs
- Significant evidence of:
- Clinically supervising qualified staff. Either experience of successfully carrying out delegated professional management responsibilities or operational management experience
- Managing/supervising other psychologists, assistants and trainees and/or other staff
- Supporting the psychological work of other clinical staff who provide psychologically based care and treatment
- Recruiting qualified staff
- Conducting appraisals and monitoring performance of staff
- Interpreting and implementing clinical and professional policy and standards and impacting positive service/policy change for the client group
- Influencing both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or wider organisational mattes need addressing
- Contributing to the planning and development of a high quality, responsive and accessible service
- Holding/advising on the level of resources necessary and ensuring the systematic provision of a high-quality psychology service is maintained across all relevant sectors of care
- Service development, evaluative work, lecturing and R&D activities. Examples of developing new practices, services and policy for benefit of the client group
Desirable
- Significant experience working at a senior leadership level
- Significant post qualification experience some of which should be at highly specialist level
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced specialist knowledge/ training/experience. This may have been developed in a variety of ways. Appropriate evidence could include relevant research, publications, additional qualifications or outcomes of previous work in the Specialism
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).
