Job summary
We are excited to invite
applications for a Consultant Psychologist within Herefordshires Neighbourhood
Mental Health Services.
The post will lead on the
governance and delivery of psychological provision within our five NMHTs as
well as contributing to the wider strategic leadership and development of
community mental health services. You will lead a fantastic team of psychological
professionals who are well respected, integrated with our MDTs and enjoy short
wait times for intervention.
We are looking for an
experienced leader with a passion for applying psychological knowledge to make
a real difference to the experience and outcomes of both people who use our
services and those who work within them.
The successful applicant will have
the ability to engage and inspire colleagues from different professional
backgrounds and be able to help teams translate concepts such as trauma
informed care, compassionate leadership, and coproduction into tangible day to
day practices.
This is a part time post working 30 hours per week. However, we
would consider less hours for the successful candidate but would have to be a
minimum of 22.5 hours.
This
post has been deemed by the Trust as eligible for relocation expenses which
will be applicable for suitable successful candidate(s). Please see attached
policy for more information
Main duties of the job
- Provide
expert psychological leadership with the NMHTs, contributing to strategic
planning and service improvement.
- Provide
leadership for psychological interventions within the NMHTs, ensuring good
mechanisms of governance to ensure safe and quality care.
- Hold a highly
specialist clinical caseload.
- Provide clinical
supervision to psychological practitioners.
- Provide teaching
and training to multi-disciplinary colleagues.
- Be responsible
for the management of psychological practitioners within the NMHTs.
- Be
accountable for own professional actions and decisions.
- Provide
consultation to colleagues and other services.
- Attend and
contribute to clinical and operational leadership forums.
- Use advanced
research skills for audit, policy, service evaluation and quality
improvement.
- Work with
other senior psychological colleagues to promote and implement principles of trauma
informed care, compassionate leadership, and coproduction.
- Oversee
recruitment of psychological professionals when necessary.
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;
-
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.
We encourage you to read the attached applicant guidance notes.
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pursue our legitimate business interests, for example to request a survey from
you (optional), to support the Trusts understanding of where you gained
interest in working for the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role
please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Highly developed and effective communication skills, both oral and written, including ability to communicate complex, highly personal and sensitive information
- Advanced ability to develop and maintain a therapeutic relationship and manage transference appropriately
- Ability to communicate effectively within the team and build good sound working relationships
- Good presentation and teaching skills, able to use multi-media materials for both formal and large group situations and small informal settings
- Ability to use IT equipment, including the use of internet, to carry out literature searches for research purposes
- Ability to prioritise own work and deal with competing demands to work effectively
- Proven ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
- Committed to promote patients rights, independence and choice e.g. through informed consent for interventions
- A commitment to the development of co-ordinated psychological services within the Trust.
Desirable
- Able to manage change through influence, persuasion and good interpersonal relationships.
- Able to think strategically; to consider the wider picture for developing specialist services long term and planning.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge required specific to the role and clinical area
- Knowledge of working with a wide variety of patient groups across the full range of clinical severity and complexity, in a range of settings
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of Clinical or Counselling Psychology
Desirable
- Strategic planning, development and commissioning of psychological services within and across organisation
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
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
- 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.
Experience
Essential
- Experience required specific to the role and clinical area
- Experience in developing research and development programmes within psychology therapy services
- Experience in teaching and training of trainee and post-qualification psychological therapists, and of non-psychological staff
- NHS/Leadership experience managing or providing professional leadership to a range of qualified psychological therapy staff (including recruitment, appraisal, performance management and clinical supervision)
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for the application of multi-theoretical psychological assessment, intervention and evaluation with a range of common and complex mental health needs
- Experience working within multidisciplinary services
Desirable
- Experience of representing psychological services in local and regional policy forums
- Experience of influence at strategic levels within and outside the organisation
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
- Experience in leading in multidisciplinary services
Person Specification
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Highly developed and effective communication skills, both oral and written, including ability to communicate complex, highly personal and sensitive information
- Advanced ability to develop and maintain a therapeutic relationship and manage transference appropriately
- Ability to communicate effectively within the team and build good sound working relationships
- Good presentation and teaching skills, able to use multi-media materials for both formal and large group situations and small informal settings
- Ability to use IT equipment, including the use of internet, to carry out literature searches for research purposes
- Ability to prioritise own work and deal with competing demands to work effectively
- Proven ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
- Committed to promote patients rights, independence and choice e.g. through informed consent for interventions
- A commitment to the development of co-ordinated psychological services within the Trust.
Desirable
- Able to manage change through influence, persuasion and good interpersonal relationships.
- Able to think strategically; to consider the wider picture for developing specialist services long term and planning.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge required specific to the role and clinical area
- Knowledge of working with a wide variety of patient groups across the full range of clinical severity and complexity, in a range of settings
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of Clinical or Counselling Psychology
Desirable
- Strategic planning, development and commissioning of psychological services within and across organisation
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
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
- 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.
Experience
Essential
- Experience required specific to the role and clinical area
- Experience in developing research and development programmes within psychology therapy services
- Experience in teaching and training of trainee and post-qualification psychological therapists, and of non-psychological staff
- NHS/Leadership experience managing or providing professional leadership to a range of qualified psychological therapy staff (including recruitment, appraisal, performance management and clinical supervision)
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for the application of multi-theoretical psychological assessment, intervention and evaluation with a range of common and complex mental health needs
- Experience working within multidisciplinary services
Desirable
- Experience of representing psychological services in local and regional policy forums
- Experience of influence at strategic levels within and outside the organisation
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
- Experience in leading in multidisciplinary services
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).
