We are seeking an enthusiastic and creative Senior Clinical / Counselling Psychologist as part of the Staff Psychology Service, offering support to all staff working across the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital sites. The Staff Psychology Service was launched on 1st March 2023 and is commissioned to provide a range of evidence based psychological help and interventions to staff, to enable them to manage the emotional impact of working in the NHS.
The service provides a range of interventions including psychological therapy, consultation and formulation, psychological debriefing and bespoke training. The Staff Psychology Service also contributes to a range of workstreams across the trust and has an important role in highlighting the importance of psychological thinking at an organisational level.
The successful candidate will assist the Lead and Principal Psychologists within the team, providing interventions at a range of levels including the provision of individual psychological therapy, consultation and psychological debriefs, as well as contributing to work at team and organisational levels. There are numerous opportunities to work jointly with colleagues in the Staff Psychology Service as well as with colleagues across the trust.
Main duties of the job
* To provide highly specialist psychological assessment and formulation for teams and staff members.
* To provide a range of psychological interventions.
* To provide psychological debriefs in response to incidents.
* To work collaboratively with colleagues to develop and deliver bespoke interventions and resources.
* To maintain an awareness of the impact challenges at an individual or team level may have on the provision of safe and good quality clinical care, reporting all concerns through the appropriate channels whilst taking all reasonable steps to maintain client confidentiality.
* Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and provide highly specialist advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management and the high physical risks inherent in the client group.
Working for our organisation
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Service provides a range of staff support interventions. There is a blended approach to interventions, with the expectation that the post holder will work both on site and remotely as required. The Service sits within the People Directorate, with close working with the Workforce Leads to identify needs across clinical and non clinical areas. The Staff Psychology Service provides proactive initiatives such as reflective practice and supervision and will work with leaders to promote practices to support staff wellbeing. There are opportunities for CPD.
The Staff Psychology Service is comprised of applied psychologists, a counsellor and administrative support, alongside the Senior Psychologist role. The successful candidate will report to the Lead for the Staff Psychology Service and the role will offer a wide range of development opportunities including opportunities to work with the Trust Lead Psychologist, contributing to interventions at an organisational level.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied Psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology. Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
* HCPC registration as an Applied Psychologist with Chartered Status
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
* Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees.
* Registration with BPS or UKCP
Experience and Knowledge
* Evidence- based practice relevant to the role of working with people with mild to moderate mental health problems, or working in an Acute Hospital setting.
* Risk assessment and risk management.
* Legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
* Exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care.
* Teaching, training, consultancy and clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses.
* Research and development.
* Quality and service improvement and evaluation.
Skills
* Adapt creatively the evidence base for interventions relevant to NHS Staff with significant and complex mental health difficulties.
* Provide effective teaching, training, consultancy and clinical supervision for teams.
* Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead practitioner responsibilities.
* Utilise psychometric tests competently.
* Able to engage with clients and work effectively in highly distressing and challenging circumstances.
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In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.
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We are committed to offering an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible. In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.
We are committed to offering an interview to applicants from the Armed Forces community who meet the minimum criteria for the position. In addition, for those who are successfully appointed from the Armed Forces community, the Trust are committed to recognising previous service and rank in terms of pay, annual leave and other terms and conditions.
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.
We are committed to making the Trust a great place to work, where all staff can reach their full potential and bring their whole self to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from an Ethnic minority background are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace, that attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Many of our colleagues work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise a fair and equitable process that balances your needs, the needs of our patients and service delivery.
Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Louise Dodd Job title Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address louisedodd@nhs.net Telephone number 07720144298
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