Lead for Evidence-Based Psychological Services

2 months ago

Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom Devon Partnership NHS Trust Full time
About the Role

This is a new position for a highly experienced psychological professional to oversee the coordination and strategic delivery of evidence-based psychological therapies across all directorates within Devon Partnership NHS Trust.

Main Responsibilities
  • Oversee the coordination and strategic delivery of evidence-based psychological therapies across all directorates
  • Collaborate with the Head of Psychological Professions and Strategic Leads to support strategic planning and increase provision of specified psychological therapies
  • Ensure appropriate supervision, training, and governance processes are in place for each therapy
  • Take governance leadership responsibilities for other agreed specified areas of psychological practice
  • Provide psychological practice expertise to the Devon Integrated Care System where appropriate
Main Duties
  • Provide a small amount of direct clinical work and supervision in an area of specialist expertise
  • Work with Strategic Leads across all Directorates, workforce and training leads, and practice educators to plan, enable, and ensure robust governance of high-quality Psychological Therapies practice
  • Support future workforce planning, training needs, and supervision requirements for the delivery of formal model-based Psychological Therapies
  • Lead on the organisation and development of post-incident staff support across the Trust
  • Provide psychological expertise and represent both psychological professions and DPT in a range of internal and external forums
About Devon Partnership NHS Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability, and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist and secure services for the wider south west region and nationally.

We are passionate about promoting good mental health and wellbeing, and strive to use the expertise and resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high-quality services that are safe and focused on people's recovery.

Our Values
  • Commitment to quality of care
  • Improving lives of others
  • Giving respect, dignity, and compassion
  • Being open to new ideas
Person Specification

Essential:

  • Extensive specialist knowledge of services for people with mental health problems and of the services in the NHS where Psychological Therapies are commonly applied
  • Broad knowledge of the application of psychological theory and practice in the range of specialist areas covered by the Trust
  • Extensive knowledge of the application of psychological therapy in the context of complex mental health
  • Extensive knowledge and understanding of the skills, practice, and knowledge base underpinning evidence-based Psychological Therapies
  • Knowledge of the policy context of specialist psychological therapies within the organisation and of clinical leadership arrangements in this setting
  • Knowledge of research methodology, research design, and complex data analysis
  • Up-to-date knowledge of research evidence related to psychological therapies and interventions, particularly in relation to outcomes and service user involvement
  • Experience of specialist psychological assessment and delivering specialist Psychological Therapy to clients across the full range of care settings
  • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
  • Experience of teaching, training, and/or supervision within at least one specific Psychological Therapy
  • Experience in undertaking leadership roles within clinical psychology/psychological therapy services in the NHS and in leading the development, implementation, and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi-disciplinary, multi-agency contexts
  • Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality

Desirable:

  • Experience of working across organisational boundaries
  • Evidence of leading and/or undertaking clinical audit and/or research
  • Evidence of providing strategic leadership and direction for clinical staff, taking into account national and local economic, political, and demographic changes

Qualifications:

Essential:

  • Qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (or equivalent and eligible for Chartered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist Status in the British Psychological Society and Registered with HCPC) or
  • Psychological Therapist (must be trained to masters level or equivalent in a specific psychological therapy and registered with an appropriate recognised professional body UKCP, BABCP, or other relevant Professional Standards Authority accredited professional register)
  • Further training or equivalent experience in supervision/leadership of Psychological Therapies
  • Further training in at least one additional psychological therapy

Desirable:

  • Further training in system leadership/management

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