Job summary
An exciting opportunity to work with the clinical and forensic psychology service at Rampton Hospital.The post holder will work with a team of 6 assistant psychologists to focus on cultural growth, change and development in the hospital. They will work with MDT teams and alongside existing initiatives to impact on a range of core cultural outcomes aimed at improving the patient experience:
- Reducing restrictive practice
- Increasing patient involvement
- Developing staff understanding of and responsivity to EDI, trauma issues and general psychological mindedness
- Shaping trauma and diversity informed reflective practice/supervision across the hospital
The post holder will work along with the culture development project oversight group (CDPOG) to identify measurable objectives, based on these core areas of working. These will then be used to evaluate the work and feedback to senior management and commissioners.
The post holder will be supported by CDPOG, Head of Psychology and the psychology service, Head of Nursing, Therapies and Education Services (TES), Social Work, Responsible Clinicians, Senior Management Team, and the operational managers in each of the services within the hospital
The post holder will be a member of the consultant psychologist's team at Rampton hospital and contribute towards overall hospital strategy.
Main duties of the job
To provide strategic oversight for the Culture Development Project in Rampton Hospital. This will involve developing and overseeing the project in conjunction with the senior management group.
To manage, support, supervise and oversee a team of 6 assistant psychologists in implementing the strategy across the hospital.
To communicate with Rampton hospital and relevant stakeholders about the progress of the work.
To involve service users in the project.
To set up and maintain appropriate governance framework for the project by establishing objectives and key deliverables and feeding back to Rampton Hospital Management.
To evaluate the project.
To present and share the outcomes of the work in relevant professional forums.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- To manage, provide supervision for and support the CDP team of 6 assistant psychologists
- To strategically develop and oversee the project.To lead on strategic planning and business development within the culture project.
- To communicate and consult to the senior management team in relation to the CDP work
- To communicate about the work of the project outside the hospital
- To link in with existing projects within the hospital
- To link in with the psychology service at Rampton to ensure that work of the project dovetails with other initiatives within the hospital
- To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance, consultation, training and supervision to other multi-disciplinary professionals, qualified psychologists, assistant psychologists, and trainee psychologists.
- Demonstrating leadership values.
- Representing project with external stakeholders
- To identify key deliverables jointly with stakeholders.
- To provide ongoing governance and evaluation of the project and feedback on key deliverables to senior management as required
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To manage, provide supervision for and support the CDP team of 6 assistant psychologists
- To strategically develop and oversee the project.To lead on strategic planning and business development within the culture project.
- To communicate and consult to the senior management team in relation to the CDP work
- To communicate about the work of the project outside the hospital
- To link in with existing projects within the hospital
- To link in with the psychology service at Rampton to ensure that work of the project dovetails with other initiatives within the hospital
- To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance, consultation, training and supervision to other multi-disciplinary professionals, qualified psychologists, assistant psychologists, and trainee psychologists.
- Demonstrating leadership values.
- Representing project with external stakeholders
- To identify key deliverables jointly with stakeholders.
- To provide ongoing governance and evaluation of the project and feedback on key deliverables to senior management as required
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of undertaking assessments of people who have offended
- Substantial experience of undertaking extended assessments
- Substantial experience of providing clinical supervision to those undertaking assessment of people who have offended
- Substantial experience in providing psychological input and leadership into a clinical MDT
- Substantial experience of providing psychological therapeutic intervention within secure settings
- Experience of providing training and supervision of trainees.
Desirable
- Publication in peer- reviewed research journals
- Experience of having planned and/or led a clinical and professional supervision structure
Qualifications
Essential
- Psychology degree or equivalent, conferring GBC status
- Doctoral level qualification in Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychology (or the equivalent and for those trained prior to 1996) - registered with the HCPC
- Further training in additional psychological therapy models
Desirable
- Higher academic degree (eg PhD, MPhil
Training
Essential
- Psychology degree or equivalent, conferring GBC status
- Doctoral level qualification in Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychology (or the equivalent and for those trained prior to 1996) - registered with the HCPC
- Further training in additional psychological therapy models
- Experience of providing supervision to others
- Further training in relevant specific assessment methods and/or therapeutic interventions
- Experience of Managing a team
Desirable
- Specific clinical leadership and management knowledge acquired through experience, evidence of CPD, including leadership training
- Formal training in research methods
- Formal training in clinical education
- Further leadership training
Knowledge
Essential
- Broad understanding of theories and interventions relevant to people who have offended.
- Critical awareness of current themes in Secure hospital policy for people who have offended and research
- Critical awareness of how psychological and treatment models may be adopted clinically for people who have offended in secure hospital settings.
- Understanding of the underlying principles of management and treatment in secure settings
- Doctoral - or equivalent - level knowledge of research design and methodology
- Knowledge of the principle models of care in secure settings
- Experience in providing psychological work in secure settings, including psychological assessment, intervention, consultancy
Desirable
- Undertaken original research within population of people who have offended
Equality and Diversity
Essential
- Be able to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to the Trust's Equality and Diversity principles relevant to the post
Skills
Essential
- Formulation of sources of psychological distress and offending in people who have offended; therapeutic interventions and presentation skills. Leadership and consultancy skills.
- Excellent written English
- Communication of complex and information to a wide range of audiences
- Able to engage constructively in sometimes challenging circumstances.
- Good interpersonal skills to facilitate communicate with colleagues and other service providers.
- Skills in providing consultation to other non-psychology colleagues and teaching and training skills
- Ability to work positively and constructively in a multi- disciplinary team
- Consultation skills.
- Ability to reflect on practice and on ethics
- Effective skills in word-processing and other clinically relevant computer software
- Use of psychometric test equipment
- Supervision and motivation of staff
- Teaching and training skills
Desirable
- Experience of the use of formal diagnostic tool, such as ADOS, ADI-R and WAIS.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of undertaking assessments of people who have offended
- Substantial experience of undertaking extended assessments
- Substantial experience of providing clinical supervision to those undertaking assessment of people who have offended
- Substantial experience in providing psychological input and leadership into a clinical MDT
- Substantial experience of providing psychological therapeutic intervention within secure settings
- Experience of providing training and supervision of trainees.
Desirable
- Publication in peer- reviewed research journals
- Experience of having planned and/or led a clinical and professional supervision structure
Qualifications
Essential
- Psychology degree or equivalent, conferring GBC status
- Doctoral level qualification in Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychology (or the equivalent and for those trained prior to 1996) - registered with the HCPC
- Further training in additional psychological therapy models
Desirable
- Higher academic degree (eg PhD, MPhil
Training
Essential
- Psychology degree or equivalent, conferring GBC status
- Doctoral level qualification in Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychology (or the equivalent and for those trained prior to 1996) - registered with the HCPC
- Further training in additional psychological therapy models
- Experience of providing supervision to others
- Further training in relevant specific assessment methods and/or therapeutic interventions
- Experience of Managing a team
Desirable
- Specific clinical leadership and management knowledge acquired through experience, evidence of CPD, including leadership training
- Formal training in research methods
- Formal training in clinical education
- Further leadership training
Knowledge
Essential
- Broad understanding of theories and interventions relevant to people who have offended.
- Critical awareness of current themes in Secure hospital policy for people who have offended and research
- Critical awareness of how psychological and treatment models may be adopted clinically for people who have offended in secure hospital settings.
- Understanding of the underlying principles of management and treatment in secure settings
- Doctoral - or equivalent - level knowledge of research design and methodology
- Knowledge of the principle models of care in secure settings
- Experience in providing psychological work in secure settings, including psychological assessment, intervention, consultancy
Desirable
- Undertaken original research within population of people who have offended
Equality and Diversity
Essential
- Be able to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to the Trust's Equality and Diversity principles relevant to the post
Skills
Essential
- Formulation of sources of psychological distress and offending in people who have offended; therapeutic interventions and presentation skills. Leadership and consultancy skills.
- Excellent written English
- Communication of complex and information to a wide range of audiences
- Able to engage constructively in sometimes challenging circumstances.
- Good interpersonal skills to facilitate communicate with colleagues and other service providers.
- Skills in providing consultation to other non-psychology colleagues and teaching and training skills
- Ability to work positively and constructively in a multi- disciplinary team
- Consultation skills.
- Ability to reflect on practice and on ethics
- Effective skills in word-processing and other clinically relevant computer software
- Use of psychometric test equipment
- Supervision and motivation of staff
- Teaching and training skills
Desirable
- Experience of the use of formal diagnostic tool, such as ADOS, ADI-R and WAIS.
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).
