Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
About
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
Key details
Location
Site: Gloucester/Cheltenham
Address: Gloucester/Cheltenham
Town: Gloucester/Cheltenham
Postcode: GL51 9ER
Major / Minor Region: Gloucestershire
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Salary
Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum (pro rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 8b)
Specialty
Main area: Clinical Psychologist
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidate's knowledge, skills and experience. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us.
Job overview
Are you an experienced & creative Clinical Psychologist, passionate about service innovation & development? We are seeking an enthusiastic & compassionate Clinical Psychologist interested in Eating Disorders to join a new multidisciplinary team of professionals (Consultant Psychiatrist, Highly Specialist Clinicians, Dietician) providing support for children/young people (CYP) and adults living with severe and/or complex Eating Disorders in Gloucestershire.
This is an exciting opportunity for the post holder to drive innovation throughout the Eating Disorders Service.
You will demonstrate strong leadership skills, have extensive experience of multi-agency working & a proven track record of delivering high quality psychological interventions. Be committed to developing a culture of trauma informed & compassionate thinking, provide leadership & supervision to a dynamic team. You will take a lead role in ensuring this forward-thinking service is psychologically informed, demonstrating competence in consultation, training, supervision & committed to promoting psychological thinking with the team.
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· To be responsible for promoting the psychological health and well-being of clients in the Eating Disorders team within the Trust.
· To ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service to clients of the team, across all sectors of care.
· To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by other psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
· To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise delegated responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the team.
· To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
· To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the team.
Working for our organisation
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
* 89.7%
* 73.3%
* 82.4%
* 76.7%
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
* Free car parking at many of our sites
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
* A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
* A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
* Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
* Recognition and long service awards
* Fast Track physiotherapy
* Our Wellbeing line
* Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.
Applicant requirements
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Post Graduate doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology or other relevant Applied Psychology as accredited by the B.P.S and conferring eligibility for HPC Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
* Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist
* Evidence of formal post graduate learning within a CAMHS setting.
Desirable criteria
* Relevant child focused therapeutic training.
Length and/or Nature of Experience
Essential criteria
* Demonstrate broad range of post qualification experience working at an expert level in an autonomous capacity, with extensive experience of providing clinically expert, high quality, safe and effective assessment, formulation and interventions for children and young people.
* Receipt of at least 50 hours clinical supervision while working at a highly specialist level in a directly relevant area and in an increasingly autonomous capacity
* Demonstrate extensive experience and clinical expertise in delivering evidence based/best practice clinical interventions within CAMHS or paediatrics.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of working in a health psychology context
* Experience of working with children and young people with health conditions
* Experience of working with children and young people with excess weight
* Postgraduate qualification in Health Psychology
* Experience of facilitating group work with young people
Professional /Managerial/ Specialist Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Expert knowledge of lifespan developmental child and adolescent psychology (including psychometrics) including current evidence-based practice.
* The knowledge may have been developed in a variety of ways. Appropriate evidence could include relevant research, publications or outcomes of previous work in the specialism.
* Demonstrate clinical expertise and expert clinical formulation and reasoning regarding a range of evidenced-based professional interventions, including current best practice related to a CAMHS/ Paediatrics setting, including the therapeutic use and application of CAMHS specific interventions, i.e. CBT, DBT, family therapy.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of supporting the recruitment, selection and development of new staff.
Documents
* Lead Clinical Psychologist (Eating Disorders) JD (, 312.6)PDFKB
* Lead Clinical Psychologist (Eating Disorders) PS (, 144.6)PDFKB
* Staff Benefits - GHC (, 618.3)PDFKB
* Additional information for applicants (, 408.6)PDFKB
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: James Lewis-Watkins
Job title: Eating Disorders Ops Lead
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07967833484
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