Job summary
Due to the retirement of the current postholder, an opportunity has arisen to join the Staff Support and Wellbeing team at West Suffolk Foundation Trust.
The Trust covers both acute and community services and the Staff Support and Wellbeing team offers a self referral service for all staff to support them with anything that might be impacting on their wellbeing in work.
We offer individual assessments and evidence based therapies, group interventions and Trust wide teaching, training and reflective practice sessions.
In addition to having an individual caseload of therapy work, the successful postholder will take the lead on our proactive strategies for ensuring equality of access for under-respresented groups. This includes support and training for Trust wide Wellbeing Champions and liaising closely with the Staff Networks, as well as providing embedded support within the induction programme for overseas staff.
The role is well supported within a welcoming and compassionate team and will include providing supervision to trainee clinical psychologists on placement from UEA.
We would consider applications from newly qualified clinical psychologists who might be interested in a Band 7 to 8a development post. To come and meet the team or for further discussion contact Pete Southam or Emily Baker on 01284 712598.
Main duties of the job
Working from the team office base on the West Suffolk Hospital site, the postholder will be embedded within the Staff Support and Wellbeing team which consists of clinical psychologists, specialist therapists and integrative counsellors, and is supported by our team administrator.
Some sessions are also delivered across the Trust's community bases and so a full driving license is desireable. Some home working is also required due to limited therapy room availability and so excellent communication and team working is essential.
We have a daily team huddle on Teams to ensure good daily communication as well as a weekly team meeting and reflective/restorative spaces to manage the psychological exposure to trauma, in addition to individual clinician's supervision.
There are opportunities for CPD, contributing to further service development, as well as developing individual therapy skills.
The clinical work is varied and rewarding and covers a wide range of presentations; anxiety, low mood, trauma, interpersonal conflict, bereavement, psychological debriefs after clinical incidents, etc. as well as giving the opportunity to work using a range of therapeutic models (CBT, CFT, ACT, CAT, EMDR etc).
About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job description
Job responsibilities
See full job description attached.
JOB PURPOSE
- To contribute to the specialised psychology service to West Suffolk Foundation Trust (WSFT) staff across the organisation as part of the newly established Staff Support Psychology Service
- The post forms part of the larger Psychological Services department based at West Suffolk Hospital and sits under the Clinical Support Division as part of the broader Wellbeing Provision across the Trust
- To proactively engage from staff from under-represented and minority groups to help develop the service in order to make it more accessible and responsive to their needs
- To provide psychoeducation, coaching, teaching, training and face-to-face support for staff of all levels across the organisation, including working with individual staff, teams, managers and senior leaders relating to complex situations relevant to their roles.
- The postholder will link in with other Trust staff with responsibility for inclusion and be part of the wider Trust structures.
- The postholder may contribute to the supervision of trainee clinical psychologists and will receive supervision from the principal clinical psychologist for the Staff Support Psychology Service as well as team supervision
- The postholder will provide direct, face-to-face sessions for staff who have self-referred into the service and will offer psychological assessment, intervention and advice, as best meets the needs of the staff member
- The post holder will facilitate reflective practice sessions for teams and offer coaching and support for managers and leaders on how to meet the emotional wellbeing needs of their staff
- The postholder will be expected to work in a variety of setting throughout WSFT (both acute and community settings) and will work autonomously within professional guidelines and frameworks and will be required to work with teams under a high degree of stress
Job description
Job responsibilities
See full job description attached.
JOB PURPOSE
- To contribute to the specialised psychology service to West Suffolk Foundation Trust (WSFT) staff across the organisation as part of the newly established Staff Support Psychology Service
- The post forms part of the larger Psychological Services department based at West Suffolk Hospital and sits under the Clinical Support Division as part of the broader Wellbeing Provision across the Trust
- To proactively engage from staff from under-represented and minority groups to help develop the service in order to make it more accessible and responsive to their needs
- To provide psychoeducation, coaching, teaching, training and face-to-face support for staff of all levels across the organisation, including working with individual staff, teams, managers and senior leaders relating to complex situations relevant to their roles.
- The postholder will link in with other Trust staff with responsibility for inclusion and be part of the wider Trust structures.
- The postholder may contribute to the supervision of trainee clinical psychologists and will receive supervision from the principal clinical psychologist for the Staff Support Psychology Service as well as team supervision
- The postholder will provide direct, face-to-face sessions for staff who have self-referred into the service and will offer psychological assessment, intervention and advice, as best meets the needs of the staff member
- The post holder will facilitate reflective practice sessions for teams and offer coaching and support for managers and leaders on how to meet the emotional wellbeing needs of their staff
- The postholder will be expected to work in a variety of setting throughout WSFT (both acute and community settings) and will work autonomously within professional guidelines and frameworks and will be required to work with teams under a high degree of stress
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, or a BPS Statement of Equivalence
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
Desirable
- Undertaken post-doctoral training in one or more relevant additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Undertaken training in the supervision of trainee clinical psychologists.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Significant assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups including those from different backgrounds or with protected characteristics and maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment
- Experience of the application of psychology in different contexts.
- Experience working in a multi- disciplinary setting.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and setting, and its implication for both clinical practice and professional management.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
Desirable
- Experience working in a hospital setting.
- Experience of culturally sensitive practice and engaging with service users to co-produce services or interventions.
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience of managing staff
- High level knowledge and skills in working with staff groups and organisations.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration requiring the use of highly developed analytic skills.
- Skills in individual and group work and programme planning.
- Excellent communication skills, able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing to convey complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information including contentious and highly distressing information to clients or other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, enabling formation of networks with professionals within the Trust and from other agencies to promote effective team working with clients.
- IT skills to fulfil the duties of the job description.
- Able to contain and work with high levels of distress from clients.
- Able to contain and work with organisational stress.
- Good organisational skills
Desirable
- Experience of providing training or therapy via an online platform such as Microsoft Teams
Interview
Essential
- Interpersonally calm and able to defuse difficult, volatile situations.
- Able to tolerate ambiguity and to take decisions in situations of incomplete information.
- Proactive, can-do attitude and responsive to the needs of staff support team members and other staff
- Ability to exercise appropriate levels of self-care and to monitor own state, recognising when it is necessary to take active steps to maintain fitness to practice.
- Motivated towards personal and professional development with a strong CPD record.
- Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of local adult mental health services and the referral pathways for those staff members presenting with a significant mental health risk
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, or a BPS Statement of Equivalence
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
Desirable
- Undertaken post-doctoral training in one or more relevant additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Undertaken training in the supervision of trainee clinical psychologists.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Significant assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups including those from different backgrounds or with protected characteristics and maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment
- Experience of the application of psychology in different contexts.
- Experience working in a multi- disciplinary setting.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and setting, and its implication for both clinical practice and professional management.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
Desirable
- Experience working in a hospital setting.
- Experience of culturally sensitive practice and engaging with service users to co-produce services or interventions.
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience of managing staff
- High level knowledge and skills in working with staff groups and organisations.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration requiring the use of highly developed analytic skills.
- Skills in individual and group work and programme planning.
- Excellent communication skills, able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing to convey complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information including contentious and highly distressing information to clients or other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, enabling formation of networks with professionals within the Trust and from other agencies to promote effective team working with clients.
- IT skills to fulfil the duties of the job description.
- Able to contain and work with high levels of distress from clients.
- Able to contain and work with organisational stress.
- Good organisational skills
Desirable
- Experience of providing training or therapy via an online platform such as Microsoft Teams
Interview
Essential
- Interpersonally calm and able to defuse difficult, volatile situations.
- Able to tolerate ambiguity and to take decisions in situations of incomplete information.
- Proactive, can-do attitude and responsive to the needs of staff support team members and other staff
- Ability to exercise appropriate levels of self-care and to monitor own state, recognising when it is necessary to take active steps to maintain fitness to practice.
- Motivated towards personal and professional development with a strong CPD record.
- Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of local adult mental health services and the referral pathways for those staff members presenting with a significant mental health risk
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
