Joint Lead of Clinical Health Psychology

The Clinical Health Psychology Team at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly experienced, compassionate and dynamic Consultant Clinical Psychologist to co-lead the department and build on its success in delivering excellent psychological practice. The role includes leading and governing evidence based care for patients at all ages and staff, coordinating a team of 35 staff. It is a service development role with a need for creativity and innovation to meet the three big shifts in the NHS 10 year plan. It includes scoping the staff psychological support need at the George Elliott Hospital Trust and co-working with HR and wellbeing services. The post also includes a highly specialist clinical role, with the option to work in service areas such as psycho-oncology, paediatric services, frailty services or general medical psychology.

The lead would be active in reducing health inequalities continuing the commitment to anti-discriminatory and anti racist practice. Including widening access to all psychological professionals.

This role includes financial and managerial responsibility, recruitment and retention and governance of practice to be shared with the leadership team. There is engagement in trainee placements, apprenticeships and teaching roles. Research and service development is prioritised. This post is embedded in regional PPN structures, integrated service offers, workforce and council faculties and has ICB links.

To carry out and communicate effectively to senior colleagues' long-term strategic planning and provide leadership and motivation for the delivery of the Clinical Health Psychology service to other staff in South Warwickshire Foundation Trust (including community staff)

To further develop the provision of appropriate clinical health psychology specialities to the South Warwickshire Health Community based on research and evidence-based practice, and thereby supporting modernisation of health care delivery.

To provide professional leadership and be professionally responsible for psychologists working within clinical specialties.

To support management and strategic development of the general health psychology service develop these services long term via Local Development Planning, and service reviews.

Act as Professional Advisor to the Trust at all levels and externally to key stake holders as appropriate. Professional responsibility for clinical and research governance for Psychology and staff, ensuring systematic governance of psychological practice and those systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of staff including ensuring systems for effective recruitment, professional appraisal, and the identification of CPD.

To provide a highly specialist clinical input across the South Warwickshire health economy and consult to the Foundation.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.
***We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.***
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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rebecca Dow Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: Telephone number:

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