Job summary
The University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust (UHS) is a provider of regional and tertiary acute physical care. The Adult Psychology Service works into teams across the Trust and offers a psychology service to staff. The Staff Psychology service works with leaders, teams and individuals to think they support each other and manage operational demands. It also offers short-term interventions to staff members who are having difficulties at work or trauma related to work.
We are looking for a psychological therapist, preferably with EMDR training, who will work within Staff Psychology (0.45wte) and the Adult Cystic Fibrosis team (0.4wte). Both roles involve working closely with other psychological professionals who are employed in the specific services and this could provide a good opportunity for people who are interested in moving into a physical health setting.
Balancing wellbeing with work demands and developing your professional skills are highly valued within the UHS Adult Psychology team. It offers many opportunities to develop your interest in therapeutic approaches through informal networking, facilitated reflective practice, education days and specialist supervision or discussion groups. Currently we have active interests in Systemic, Acceptance and Commitment, Cognitive Analytic Therapy and EMDR therapeutic approaches. Funded CPD opportunities are available to all team Psychologists.
The team can accommodate flexible working with most posts having an element of remote working.
Main duties of the job
Within the Staff Psychology service, you will provide a triage service for individuals and assessment and intervention for work-related issues or trauma that is connected to work or affects people's ability to work. Similarly, within the Cystic Fibrosis service, you will offer assessment and therapy to individuals. Within both services, you will have an opportunity to assist the teams in developing psychological practice. You may offer reflection practice, supervision to other professionals, teaching training, and consultation.
Experience in working with evidence-based approaches to managing trauma is necessary, and experience within a physical health setting is beneficial.
You will be supported by a large and friendly team of psychological professionals who work in clinical health and health psychology in UHS.
UHS Adult Psychology are active in local and national specialist psychology groups and as a part of your role you will connect with these. Also, with our team, there is a research strategy and research cafes to discuss ideas for research in your area and the research teams both in UHS and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.
We have generic job descriptions to assist career development and gaining experience. We would encourage people to contact the team to find out more about the posts and the clinical area. We would be very happy to answer any of your questions.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trust's community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Qualification from High Intensity IAPT Course (Post Graduate Diploma)
* OR
* Equivalent:
* e.g. A recorded/registered doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology/ a recorded/registered qualification in one of the following - nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or a psychological therapy plus further post graduate qualification training in a psychological therapy which may be CBT or another appropriate evidence-based therapy (i.e. EMDR) to at least equivalent of a post graduate diploma.
* AND
* Accredited with the appropriate professional body
* AND
* Significant experience working as a psychological therapy practitioner and demonstrating the competences as required.
Desirable
* Relevant experience in working within a physical health environment.
* EMDR training / accreditation
Experience
Essential
* Relevant experience in working within a physical health environment.
* Demonstrate experience of working with physical health issues.
* Demonstrate experience of working with trauma in within NICE guidance approved treatments
* Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
* Ability to manage own caseload and time
* Demonstrates high standards in written communication
* Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers
* Experience with routine outcome monitoring
* Experience of teaching and liaising with other professional groups
* EMDR training / accreditation
Desirable
* Experience of working in Acute physical health or physical health settings.
* Experience working with trauma presentations and using EMDR.
* Experience working in NHS setting.
* Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcome.
Additional Criteria
Essential
* Full range of skills and competencies as laid out in the competence framework for therapeutic approach e.g. CBT or EMDR (Roth and Pilling 2007)
* Computer literate
* Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
* Has received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice.
* Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with patients
* Demonstrates an understanding of trauma, anxiety and depression and how it may present with people with physical health issues.
* Demonstrates an understanding of the interplay between the psychological and physical and how to explain and work with this with individuals and teams.
* Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
* Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence-based psychological therapies and how to adjust to a psychological formulation and how it relates to this post
* Knowledge of child protection issues and other relevant legislation.
* High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
* Advanced communication skills
* Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
* Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
* Ability to work under pressure
* Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
* Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, & in own personal and professional development and in supervision
* The ability and skills to act as an advocate for a new service, to engage and foster good professional relationships with all health professionals in promoting the good integration of this service with the wider health care system
Desirable
* Accredited supervisor in CBT or another model of 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.
UK Registration
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Employer details
Employer name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Southampton General Hospital
Teremona Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO16 6YD
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