Job summary
Occupational Health Psychotherapist
Division: Corporate
Care Group: HR&OD
Band: 7
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum/pro rata
We are recruiting for a Occupational Health Psychotherapistwho shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
To play a lead role in the psychological support offered with a particular focus on the needs of staff referred through the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Department.
The post holder will be responsible for providing specialist psychotherapy input to the unit, which will include individual assessment, formulation, and individual therapy as appropriate.
To liaise with stakeholders within MFT, to ensure ongoing appropriate psychological support to staff across the Trust and develop pathways for psychological support, including specialist pathways which meet the needs of acute hospital staff.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To contribute to strategies and plans including multidisciplinary colleagues in Safeguarding, Employee Experience, Human Resources and others in order to ensure swift and appropriate psychological support for staff, including following staff safety incidents.
To understand the needs of staff in different settings and to conceptualise innovative strategies to aid delivery of support and assist the Trust in promoting and maintaining the health of staff
The post holder will be expected to contribute to the on-going development of the service, providing clinical expertise and collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.
The post holder will pragmatically draw on a full range of psychotherapy theories to aid assessment, formulation and intervention relevant to this client group.
Work to policies and to policies and align with promoting equality and diversity in the workplace
To support and assist the OH team to deliver the workload in an effective manner.
Represent the department during area visits and campaigns and other agency forums when required
Actively take part in and support Directorate initiatives and issues
Use clinical skills and knowledge to provide specialist advice and support to peer group staff, clients and service managers
Act as a clinical expert and positive role model for all staff
Provide professional leadership, advice and guidance to nursing and non-nursing staff, within the nursing environment and foster collaborative partnerships with other disciplines
Lead in the development of clinical standards ensuring these are set, embedded and monitored in accordance with the needs of the service in conjunction with the senior OH team
Monitor agreed quality improvement metrics to support compliance with local and external practice standards e.g. NHS Plus, cold chain monitoring etc
Support the Senior OH Advisor in ensuring that workload is prioritised and managed effectively
Participate in audit and research programmes appropriate to the advancement of the service as required
Act and lead on designated clinical pathways for improvement
With senior staff, identify and minimise clinical and non-clinical risk issues reporting to the senior team
Implementation of action plans to address areas which fall below acceptable standards
To always act in a professional manner in accordance with the NMC guidelines. Safe, efficient and effective administration of medicines in accordance with the NMC guidelines
Ensure that accurate and legible client records are kept in line with professional and legal requirements, paper and electronic
Promote and maintain effective working relationships and communications with Consultants, medical staff, nurse colleagues and other multi-agency professionals
Job description
Job responsibilities
To contribute to strategies and plans including multidisciplinary colleagues in Safeguarding, Employee Experience, Human Resources and others in order to ensure swift and appropriate psychological support for staff, including following staff safety incidents.
To understand the needs of staff in different settings and to conceptualise innovative strategies to aid delivery of support and assist the Trust in promoting and maintaining the health of staff
The post holder will be expected to contribute to the on-going development of the service, providing clinical expertise and collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.
The post holder will pragmatically draw on a full range of psychotherapy theories to aid assessment, formulation and intervention relevant to this client group.
Work to policies and to policies and align with promoting equality and diversity in the workplace
To support and assist the OH team to deliver the workload in an effective manner.
Represent the department during area visits and campaigns and other agency forums when required
Actively take part in and support Directorate initiatives and issues
Use clinical skills and knowledge to provide specialist advice and support to peer group staff, clients and service managers
Act as a clinical expert and positive role model for all staff
Provide professional leadership, advice and guidance to nursing and non-nursing staff, within the nursing environment and foster collaborative partnerships with other disciplines
Lead in the development of clinical standards ensuring these are set, embedded and monitored in accordance with the needs of the service in conjunction with the senior OH team
Monitor agreed quality improvement metrics to support compliance with local and external practice standards e.g. NHS Plus, cold chain monitoring etc
Support the Senior OH Advisor in ensuring that workload is prioritised and managed effectively
Participate in audit and research programmes appropriate to the advancement of the service as required
Act and lead on designated clinical pathways for improvement
With senior staff, identify and minimise clinical and non-clinical risk issues reporting to the senior team
Implementation of action plans to address areas which fall below acceptable standards
To always act in a professional manner in accordance with the NMC guidelines. Safe, efficient and effective administration of medicines in accordance with the NMC guidelines
Ensure that accurate and legible client records are kept in line with professional and legal requirements, paper and electronic
Promote and maintain effective working relationships and communications with Consultants, medical staff, nurse colleagues and other multi-agency professionals
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with a recognised accrediting body, such as HCPC, UKCP, BABCP, BACP
- Post registration qualifications in specific therapy interventions eg CBT
Knowledge
Essential
- On-going professional development
- Quality Improvement tools and audit
- Risk management Issues
- Key issues and development in staff psychological wellbeing
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience in a variety of primary and secondary care clinical settings
- Significant experience at Band 6 or above in area of practice
- Data driven experience of running programmes
Skills
Essential
- Ability to think clearly in situations of high levels of emotion and stress and contain anxiety without recourse to premature action
- IT skills especially use of data to analyse trends and formulate activity
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with a recognised accrediting body, such as HCPC, UKCP, BABCP, BACP
- Post registration qualifications in specific therapy interventions eg CBT
Knowledge
Essential
- On-going professional development
- Quality Improvement tools and audit
- Risk management Issues
- Key issues and development in staff psychological wellbeing
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience in a variety of primary and secondary care clinical settings
- Significant experience at Band 6 or above in area of practice
- Data driven experience of running programmes
Skills
Essential
- Ability to think clearly in situations of high levels of emotion and stress and contain anxiety without recourse to premature action
- IT skills especially use of data to analyse trends and formulate activity
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).
