Consultant Applied Psychologist

3 weeks ago

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We invite you to be part of our psychology leadership team in the Black Country - joining a growing group of Consultant Psychologists and psychotherapists across our 4 clinical divisions (MH, LD, CYPF, OA).

You will join the MH Consultants team, acting as the wte Consultant 8c psychologist across our Wolverhampton locality Planned Care services. Working closely with the Mental Health Divisional Lead, your role will be to strengthen the workforce and oversee governance of the psychological offer within this community locality. Our planned care services have recently adopted a new model as a result of Community Transformation. You will work closely with the other locality based Consultant Psychology leads to ensure that the resultant new pathways are embedded, that the MDT is appropriately upskilled and supervised and that the psychological offer is broad and evidence based.

You will provide direct professional and/or clinical oversight supervision to the psychologists working within Wolverhampton planned care and will lead on strategic projects as agreed with the Divisional Lead,

Main duties of the job

On a day-to-day basis you will be responsible for the psychological provision offered within the Wolverhampton planned care team. This includes direct oversight of the Principal psychologists plus indirect oversight of any senior, basic grade, trainee and assistant psychologists. You will work closely with Ops and MDT leads on governance and quality initiatives and represent and influence from a psychological lens in various Divisional meetings. Recruitment and retention initiatives will be an ongoing priority area as will waiting list initiatives and engagement with the 3rd sector and system partners to address these. You will have opportunities to maintain your clinical skills through negotiated and varied routes although the main focus of this role is leadership, governance and will develop a job plan that is consistent with BPS guidance, and which will be reviewed and referenced regularly in your personal development review meetings and supervisions.

You will have regular contact with, and support from, the Divisional Lead psychologist and the locality Senior Ops manager. Experience and training in EMDR andtrauma informed care would be particularly useful whilst robust risk assessment and management skills are essential. You must be comfortable with MDT working and teamwork.

About us

BCHFT was formed in April 2020 from two legacy Trusts. Forming at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we faced the dual challenges of merger whilst also managing the impact of Covid on both our staff and clients.

On July 1st 2022 the Trust became Lead Provider within the Black Country ICS and the next phase of our development has been realising the benefits and complexities of this role, alongside the ongoing transformation agenda brought by the NHS Long Term Plan. You will be joining the organisation at a time of change and pace and so an ability to work within this context will be essential.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will join an expanding team of Mental Health Division Consultant Psychologists spanning all 8 of the clinical service areas that sit within the Division. You will become a regular and embedded member of the pan Trust Consultant Psychologists group and contribute to the governance and development of the profession with your colleagues and the Mental Health Divisional Psychology Lead.

Your operational management will be provided by a Senior Operational Manager whilst your professional supervisory oversight will come from the MH Divisional Lead. Your clinical supervision arrangements will be determined once in post, with specialist and external options available if necessary.

BCHFT are committed to investment in our Psychology staff so you will have access to a psychology specific dedicated CPD budget to support your professional growth.

The main responsibilities of the role are detailed in the attached JD and PS. Please reference these for more detail.

The role is wte. There are no specified days of the week and choice of days will be a negotiation before commencement in post.

Person Specification

essential and desirable

Essential

oPost-graduate doctoral level training in Applied Psychology (or its equivalent as accredited by the BPS oPost doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice oHCPC registration as an Applied Psychologist with Chartered Status oTrained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees oWorking as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, oLiaison and joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies oActive participation in quality and service improvement initiatives oProviding clinical and professional leadership to other qualified and non-qualified members of the profession. oRisk assessment and risk management oProvide effective teaching, training, consultancy and clinical supervision for the multidisciplinary team

Desirable

oHighly developed knowledge and skills in the care of difficult to treat groups dual diagnoses, additional disabilities or severely challenging behaviour oProject Management

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