Job summary
This highly influential role provides professional leadership to Psychological Therapies staff, as well as collaborating to set the approach for whole-team working across secondary acute and crisis Adult Mental Health services in Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich.
The role would suit an experienced clinician who is able to innovate, inspire and lead the psychosocial and psychological therapy practices within ward and home treatment and crisis resolution teams. It is a particularly exciting time as there is significant scope and support for review and development of practice in the service. The role is well supported by both the operational director and other professional leads. We are particularly interested in trauma informed practices and creating continuity of experience for our service users from crisis services to other forms of support.
Main duties of the job
A key task is supporting a well-skilled, committed and varied workforce to deliver timely and effective psychological assessments, interventions and therapy to people experiencing serious mental health problems and/or dementia. This will include leading on workforce planning, managing recruitment so as to maximise staff and skill mix within budget and supporting existing staff to engage with appropriate learning and development. Alongside other leads and managers it will also include pathway review and development so that there is an effective and timely range of interventions available to all those within each service. To complement the professional leadership the postholder would have a small defined clinical role within one of the services within the directorate. In addition, this role contributes to the wider leadership of the directorate as part of the senior management team by for example, participating or leading on aspects of the quality agenda. Finally, the postholder would contribute to the wider professional leadership of the Trust as part of the 'Trust Leads' group of Heads of Psychological Therapies.
About us
Oxleas - About Us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
. We're Kind
. We're Fair
. We Listen
. We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role would work in partnership with the directorate Senior Management Team led by a supportive Service Director. Psychological Therapies is well respected within Oxleas and there is a collaborative and supportive professional network. Oxleas is the first London Trust to establish multi-professional Approved Clinicians and applications from candidates interested in AC training would be very welcome. Oxleas has a clear commitment to support and develop staff in their roles and so training and development is generally well supported. It is also committed to the provision of Psychological Therapies with the Director of Therapies, Neil Springham, being an Art Therapist and holding a Board level decision-making role so that psychological therapies remain central to the Trusts work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role would work in partnership with the directorate Senior Management Team led by a supportive Service Director. Psychological Therapies is well respected within Oxleas and there is a collaborative and supportive professional network. Oxleas is the first London Trust to establish multi-professional Approved Clinicians and applications from candidates interested in AC training would be very welcome. Oxleas has a clear commitment to support and develop staff in their roles and so training and development is generally well supported. It is also committed to the provision of Psychological Therapies with the Director of Therapies, Neil Springham, being an Art Therapist and holding a Board level decision-making role so that psychological therapies remain central to the Trusts work.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Additional training beyond entry-level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses and/an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by a registered body and/or an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma or higher. (A/I/R)
- Registered with professional body as appropriate to discipline HCPC/UKCP/BACP/BABCP (A/I)
Experience
Essential
- Established experience as a qualified Consultant Psychological Therapist
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Postgraduate level knowledge of psychology and psychological therapies eg highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Additional training beyond entry-level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses and/an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by a registered body and/or an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma or higher. (A/I/R)
- Registered with professional body as appropriate to discipline HCPC/UKCP/BACP/BABCP (A/I)
Experience
Essential
- Established experience as a qualified Consultant Psychological Therapist
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Postgraduate level knowledge of psychology and psychological therapies eg highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
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
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).
