University Hospitals Bristol and Weston have a strong and well-received Staff Support Service, provided by Psychological Health Services. We wish to extend that service and develop capacity to provide for the NHS Children and Young People's Gender Service in the South West (CYPGS). We are looking for an experienced leader of staff support services to work with the Clinical Director and Clinical Lead to develop, implement and maintain proactive staff support systems for the large multi-professional team (clinical and non-clinical). We expect the staff to experience exceptional pressure. This senior role will also involve significant leadership within the staff support service and will provide for an element of clinical service delivery at a senior level. This will provide a balanced yet challenging job plan for a Clinical Psychologist with a proven track record for delivery of innovative and effective staff support systems and clinical leadership.
Main duties of the job
1. Deliver an effective, well implemented, maintained, and co-designed proactive and responsive staff support process for the CYP GS in the South West.
2. Report, disseminate, present and train locally, regionally and nationally regarding methods, outcomes and learning from this service.
3. Delegated management and clinical leadership duties via relevant Service Heads in staff support and a clinical service area.
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
* Doctorate in clinical psychology/counselling psychology or equivalent
* Current registration as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council
* Training appropriate theoretical models for use in the post
Desirable
* Management/leadership training (D)
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
* Extensive experience of working as a Clinical Psychologist leader of NHS staff support services.
* Extensive experience of undertaking team consultation development.
* Extensive experience working within health care to provide large training events, public speaking and presenting data at professional meetings.
* Extensive experience of formal teaching / presentation sessions to health and other professionals.
* Demonstrable knowledge of strategic principles relating to staff support, including trauma informed practice, patient safety, and Equality Diversity and Inclusion.
* Knowledge and experience of using appropriate theoretical approaches to working with staff groups and patients and the evidence base for the relevant approaches.
* Experience of providing senior leadership and clinical services within a specialist health setting.
Desirable
* Record of publications in either peer-reviewed, academic or professional journals/books, and conference presentations (D).
* Experience of proposing and implementing service development projects within own service area.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
* Ability to generate systemic and individual psychological formulations and triage/deliver brief interventions based on applying psychological theories and models to the complex information generated by the patient and systems as appropriate.
* Advanced communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information to and from patients and their families in a developmentally and culturally appropriate manner in highly emotive situations.
* Ability to access, record and manage information and data pertaining to the work undertaken in notes, databases, and electronic records as required.
* Ability to prioritise and manage available time for clinical, managerial, and professional activities effectively and safely.
* Able to travel as required.
* Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.
* Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups.
* Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
Aptitudes
Essential
* Advanced communication skills. The ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information to and from staff and organisations in a culturally appropriate manner in highly emotive situations.
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Address
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Upper Maudlin Street
Bristol
BS2 8BJ
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