With the support of the Childrens Directorate Management Team, the post holder will provide professional leadership and strategic direction to support and promote the effective deployment of the Paediatric Psychological Therapies workforce. As an active member of the Directorate Management team, the post holder will provide visible, accessible, professional and clinical leadership within the directorate and at corporate levels supporting local, Trust and Group aims. The post holder will support the systematic provision of a high-quality, specialist service to clients of the clinical service which they manage, acting as professional lead across all sectors of care.
The post-holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service, ensuring systems are in place to effectively support the clinical and professional supervision of all psychologists and psychological therapists within the service for which the post holder has designated professional responsibility. This includes clear systems for effective recruitment, professional appraisal, and the identification of CPD needs across the service.
The post holder will act as a highly specialist resource to the wider professional community and to propose and implement policy and service development changes relating to paediatric psychological therapies across the organisation.
For main duties of the role please see attached job description and person specification (JD & PS) document.
St Georges, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St Georges Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
This advert closes on Tuesday 1 Apr 2025.
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