A Vacancy at Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you an experienced Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychotherapist keen to join our staff wellbeing service ‘Here For You’. We are developing a newly commissioned service at the Princess Alexandra Hospitals Trust (PAHT). As the 0.5 WTE Clinical Lead for this part of our service you will be responsible for developing and delivering the service to the acute hospital. The service aims to provide a trauma-informed, flexible and holistic approach to supporting individual staff and teams and to support the wider organisation via consultation. Our aim is to enable and support our NHS colleagues to sustain fulfilling, productive and purposeful working lives.
Here for You have been supporting staff in PAHT since the onset of covid our previous NHS England national funding of Wellbeing Hubs model. Whilst national funding has now ceased, the Here for You service was highly valued which has led to a commitment of new local investment from PAHT thus enabling the development of a dedicated psychological support offer for staff at the hospital(s). We already have strong working relationships with key stakeholders in the hospital trust and thus the successful applicant will therefore be joining at a pivotal stage for leading, shaping and building on this delivery with support from our full time 8a Psychological Therapist (in post already).
Interviews for this role will take place Tuesday 26th November 2024.
The post holder will be responsible for leading the provision at the Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust. Working collaboratively with the senior leadership team, and with internal and external stakeholders, the role will involve setting the direction of the service, engaging the relevant systems and delivering a responsive and thoughtful service. The post holder will supervise other members of staff within the service. You will have an opportunity to conduct clinical work using a range of modalities (Individual, group, consultative) alongside this leadership role.
Working collaboratively, you will be part of the wider Here for You service, consisting of Consultant, Principal and Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologists/Psychological Therapists, Social Workers, Trainee Clinical Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, and a dedicated Service Administrator. Being part of this wider team allows the opportunity for differentiation of work and CPD. For example, the team actively shares learning, resources, and reflective spaces across the different work streams. We have various CPD, supervision and learning spaces, as well as space dedicated to equality and diversity thinking within the team. We working closely together as a clinical leadership team to support each other and to support thinking and service development.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
If you would like to have an informal discussion about the post please contact:
Dr Jenna Harrington Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Head of Service - Here for You onjenna.harrington1@nhs.netMobile: 07583 122374
To fulfil this role, you will be an enthusiastic, creative and highly motivated Clinical / Counselling Psychologist or Senior Psychological Therapist /Psychotherapist. This exciting post provides an excellent opportunity to be part of a dynamic and dedicated team to develop the service; working specifically into the PAHT. If you want to be part of a new investment and initiative then we look forward to hearing from you.
Please see attached documents (JD/PS) for full details of the role. This includes:
· To be a part of the team offering psychological support to NHS staff in the acute sector
· To offer individual, group and team psychological assessments, formulations and interventions where appropriate.
· To understand the needs of staff in different settings and to be part of a team conceptualising innovative strategies to aid delivery of support.
· To work closely with a wide team of Psychological Therapists and multidisciplinary colleagues in delivering a sustainable, informed staff support model.
· To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development.
· To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice.
· To be committed to providing a non-discriminatory, equally and fairly accessed service.
If you are committed to the development staff support and if you’d like to contribute to an innovative new initiative we’d love to hear from you. As a part of our commitment to ensuring that the workforce is reflective of those who we train, and those who use our services, we would particularly encourage applications from those who identify as being part of a minoritised group.
This advert closes on Tuesday 19 Nov 2024