Job summary
Due to additional funding, the Greenwich Community Long-term conditions Teams are expanding the Psychology provision. This is an exciting opportunity to join our forward-thinking and dedicated multi-disciplinary team of highly specialist nurses, dietitians, podiatristsand medical Consultants.
We are looking for a highly specialist clinical/counselling Psychologist, preferably with experience in physical health, Diabetes and/or Long-Term Conditions, to be part of our multidisciplinary teams.
This is a varied post and an exciting opportunity to work across a number of long-term conditions including Diabetes, COPD and Cardiac teams in a community-based setting in the borough of Greenwich. A significant proportion of the post will be with the Diabetes Team. Greenwich Community Diabetes Team works closely with primary and secondary care and runs clinics throughout the borough of Greenwich.
The postholder(s) will be joining a dynamic and friendly network of psychologists in physical health in the Adult Community Physical Health Services Directorate. There are regular opportunities for CPD, networking and coming together with other psychologists working in physical health for collegiate support. Clinical supervision is provided from within the directorate by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Directorate Head of Psychological Therapies.
We are happy to consider flexible working including part-time, full-time and job share.
Main duties of the job
Goldie Leigh Hospital is the main base but work at various clinics around the borough as well as home visits within the borough is part of the role.
As a senior clinical member of the Long-term conditions (LTC) Teams the post holder(s) willbe responsible for the autonomous provision of a highly specialised psychological therapy service for patients with diabetes/other LTCs.
The post holder(s) will develop and lead the service ensuring routine collection, review and feedback of outcome data, and that activity targets are met. They will be accountable for the direct provision of a systematic, specialist clinical/counselling psychology service ensuring comprehensive, multidisciplinary assessments and a range of psychological interventions appropriate to individuals with diabetes/ other LTCs. As well as direct work, the postholder(s) will also provide consultation and reflective practice for the teams and professionals involved in the patient's care and act as a psychological resource for the teams.
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
Clinical:
- To provide specialist psychological assessments of Community Long-term Conditions clients and other people referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
- To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across the service, and other teams where necessary or appropriate and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
- To provide specialist psychological advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
- To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
- To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans under CPA including clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.
- Where appropriate, to undertake holistic initial assessment of new referrals to the Community Diabetes Specialist Team and LTC teams.
- To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.
Leadership, Teaching, training and supervision 1. To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior clinical psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues.
- To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision and to provide supervision to other MDT staffs psychological work as appropriate.
- To provide professional and clinical supervision of Clinical/Counselling Psychologists, Trainee and Assistant Clinical/Counselling Psychologists and, as appropriate, to contribute to the supervision of individual pieces of work for Trainee Clinical/Counselling Psychologists.
- To contribute to the pre- and post-qualification teaching of clinical and/or counselling psychology, and other relevant healthcare staff, as appropriate.
- To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate.
Management, recruitment, policy and service development
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the teams operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.
- To advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.
3. To be involved, as appropriate, in the shortlisting and interviewing of assistant/graduate psychologists
- To participate in recording information as per local policy so as to provide information about referrals and activity as needed
- To manage the workloads of Clinical/Counselling Psychologists, Assistant and Trainee Clinical Psychologists, within the framework of the team/services policies and procedures, where applicable.
Research and service evaluation
- To take the psychology lead, as a senior clinician, in the evaluation, monitoring and development of the teams operational policies, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit and ensuring incorporation of psychological frameworks for understanding and provision of high quality care.
- To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
- To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research.
- To initiate project management, including complex audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within and across the service to help develop and improve services to clients and their families.
Communication
- Establish and maintain communication with people, both internally and externally to Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- To ensure effective communication with the designated care co-ordinators, on routine and operational matters
- To report on care delivery and document it in a timely manner and acceptable format
General
- To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post holders professional and service manager(s).
- To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychology across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical psychology and related disciplines.
- To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society and Trust policies and procedures.
- To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
- To work flexibly when the service requires in order to provide a service to clients and their support network within a service that operates across different clinics and also in clients homes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
- To provide specialist psychological assessments of Community Long-term Conditions clients and other people referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care.
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
- To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across the service, and other teams where necessary or appropriate and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
- To provide specialist psychological advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
- To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
- To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans under CPA including clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.
- Where appropriate, to undertake holistic initial assessment of new referrals to the Community Diabetes Specialist Team and LTC teams.
- To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.
Leadership, Teaching, training and supervision 1. To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior clinical psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues.
- To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision and to provide supervision to other MDT staffs psychological work as appropriate.
- To provide professional and clinical supervision of Clinical/Counselling Psychologists, Trainee and Assistant Clinical/Counselling Psychologists and, as appropriate, to contribute to the supervision of individual pieces of work for Trainee Clinical/Counselling Psychologists.
- To contribute to the pre- and post-qualification teaching of clinical and/or counselling psychology, and other relevant healthcare staff, as appropriate.
- To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate.
Management, recruitment, policy and service development
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the teams operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.
- To advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.
3. To be involved, as appropriate, in the shortlisting and interviewing of assistant/graduate psychologists
- To participate in recording information as per local policy so as to provide information about referrals and activity as needed
- To manage the workloads of Clinical/Counselling Psychologists, Assistant and Trainee Clinical Psychologists, within the framework of the team/services policies and procedures, where applicable.
Research and service evaluation
- To take the psychology lead, as a senior clinician, in the evaluation, monitoring and development of the teams operational policies, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit and ensuring incorporation of psychological frameworks for understanding and provision of high quality care.
- To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
- To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research.
- To initiate project management, including complex audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within and across the service to help develop and improve services to clients and their families.
Communication
- Establish and maintain communication with people, both internally and externally to Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- To ensure effective communication with the designated care co-ordinators, on routine and operational matters
- To report on care delivery and document it in a timely manner and acceptable format
General
- To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post holders professional and service manager(s).
- To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychology across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical psychology and related disciplines.
- To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society and Trust policies and procedures.
- To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
- To work flexibly when the service requires in order to provide a service to clients and their support network within a service that operates across different clinics and also in clients homes.
Person Specification
Registration and qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registered or equivalent
Desirable
- Further qualifications and/or training
Work experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a mental health setting
- Experience of supervising others
Desirable
- Experience of running groups
- Experience of psychological therapies in a physical health setting
Service Development and Research
Essential
- Experience of audit or service evaluation
Desirable
- Experience of published research or service evaluation
Person Specification
Registration and qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registered or equivalent
Desirable
- Further qualifications and/or training
Work experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a mental health setting
- Experience of supervising others
Desirable
- Experience of running groups
- Experience of psychological therapies in a physical health setting
Service Development and Research
Essential
- Experience of audit or service evaluation
Desirable
- Experience of published research or service evaluation
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).
