Psychosexual Therapist

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION CORE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR ALL EMPLOYEESMOBILITYAs an employee of this organisation you may be asked to carry out duties at any of its establishments, at any time throughout the duration of your contract.

HEALTH and SAFETYIt is the duty of all employees to ensure that a safe working environment and safe working practices are maintained at all times. It is also the responsibility of management to do so.

INFECTION CONTROLAll staff will be expected at all times to practice in accordance with the infection control standard specified in the policies of the organisation.

RISK MANAGEMENTAll staff have a responsibility to manage risk within their sphere of responsibility. It is a statutory duty to take reasonable care of their own safety and the safety of others who may be affected by acts or omissions.

HEALTH PROMOTIONThis organisation is committed to helping people live a healthier life. All staff are encouraged to make healthier choices and to be aware of the range of health promotion information and local polices that support the promotion of health and the prevention of ill health e.g. food and nutrition, stress management etc.All clinical staff are reminded of their individual professional responsibilities for the promotion of health, by providing up to date and relevant best practice advice, in supporting their patients/clients to live a healthy life.

FLEXIBLE WORKINGThis organisation is committed to offering flexible, modern employment practices which recognise that all staff need to strike a sensible balance between home and work life. All requests to work flexibly will be considered

SMOKINGAs part of its responsibility for the promotion of health and prevention of ill-health this organisation is a non-smoking organisation. Staff are not permitted to smoke within or on any of the organisations premises and are strongly urged not to smoke outside such premises in areas where they may be seen by patients and visitors.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIESIn line with the organisations Equal Opportunities Statement, this organisation is committed to ensuring and promoting the rights of all people to equality of opportunity and all staff are required to abide by and promote this.

POLICIES AND PROCEDURESAll employees, at all times are subject to the policies and procedures of this organisation

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN & VULNERABLE ADULTSSafeguarding is everyone's responsibility and all employees are required to act in such a way that at all times safeguards the health and well being of children and vulnerable adults.Familiarisation with, and adherence to, the appropriate organisational Safeguarding Policies and any associated guidance is an essential requirement of all employees as is participation in relatedmandatory/statutory training. All employees must ensure that they understand and act in accordance with this clause. If you do not understand exactly how this clause relates to you personally then you must ensure that you seek clarification from your immediate manager as a matter of urgency.Equally, all managers have a responsibility to ensure that their team members understand their individual responsibilities with regard to Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults

DATA PROTECTIONIn line with national legislation, and organisational policy, all data will be processed in a fair and lawful way, for the specific registered purpose and not disclosed in any way incompatible with such purpose or to any unauthorised persons or organisations.

CONFIDENTIALITYThis organisation attaches the greatest importance to patient confidentiality and to the confidentiality of personal health data, and other data held and processed by the organisation. All data should betreated as confidential and should only be disclosed on a need to know basis. Some data may be especially sensitive and is the subject of a specific organisational policy, including information relating to the diagnosis, treatment and/or care of patients, individual staff records and details of contract prices and terms. Under no circumstances should any data be divulged or passed on to any third party who is not specifically authorised to receive such data. Due to the importance that the organisation attaches to confidentiality disciplinary action will be taken for any breach ofconfidentiality. All members of staff are expected to comply with national legislation and local policy in respect of confidentiality and data protection.All employees should be mindful of the six information management Caldicott principles when dealingwith data belonging to the organisation and person identifiable information.1. Justify the purposes of using confidential information.2. Only use it when absolutely necessary.3. Use the minimum that is required.4. Access should be on a strict need to know basis.5. Everyone must understand his or her responsibilities.6. Understand and comply with the law.If there is any doubt whether or not someone has legitimate access to information, always check before you disclose.

STANDARDS OF BUSINESS CONDUCT FOR NHS STAFF & CODES OF CONDUCTYou are required to act at all times in accordance with the relevant professional Codes of Conduct and Accountability (including, where applicable, those for Board Members). In addition, allmanagement staff must comply with the Code of Conduct for NHS Managers. All staff are required to act in accordance with the rules and regulations as described in the organisations Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions.The organisation reserves the right to report any activity, incident or suspicion of behaviour likely to be deemed a breach of a professional code of conduct to the appropriate professional body. This decision as to whether such a report will be made will only be taken by the appropriate serviceDirector after he/she has fully considered the available facts. At all times, the safety of the public, staff and the reputation of the employing organisation and the wider NHS will be key points for consideration before any report is made.

MANDATORY TRAININGAll staff are required to attend any training designated by the organisation and/or service as mandatory (compulsory) for the position held or to provide evidence of previous, recent equivalent training at a level appropriate to the post held.

SATISFACTORY CLEARANCESFor all posts where the appointment is subject to satisfactory clearance via the Criminal Records Bureau or Independent Safeguarding Authority, or any other successor agency, it should be clearly understood that the post holder must maintain satisfactory clearance status throughout his/heremployment in the post.

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONWith respect to any post for which the appointment is subject to holding a specific professional registration, as set out in the person specification for the post, it should be clearly understood that the post holder must maintain satisfactory registration status throughout his/her employment in the post.

ADDITIONAL CLAUSE FOR ALL MANAGERSRISK MANAGEMENTAll managers throughout the organisation have a responsibility to ensure that policies and procedures are followed and that staff receive appropriate training, that a local risk register is developed and regularly monitored and reviewed. Significant level risk must be reported through the Quality Improvement and Risk Committee (QIRC) network. Risk registers need to be submitted to the Support Services Manager or other nominated officer, on an annual basis.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR ALL STAFFWhere relevant, further information regarding these core clauses can be found in each employees written statement of terms and condition of employment (contract documentation).

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of sexual problems
• Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision of working as a specialist clinical/counselling psychologist or psychosexual therapist over a minimum of 18 months
• Experience of providing evidence based psychological interventions relevant to the treatment of psychosexual problems e.g. CBT
• Experience of using routine outcome monitoring
• Experience of work in multidisciplinary team/multi-agency contexts
• Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multi-cultural setting

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
• Experience in enabling service user participation

Knowledge

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists
• Ability to contain, explore and formulate an understanding of high levels of distress, both directly with patients and indirectly via supervision of other staff
• Capacity to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, and situations where there may be resistance, verbal aggression or the threat of physical aggression
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with children, young people and families
• Ability to undertake clinical risk assessment and to work within safeguarding procedures
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
• Understanding of the need and rationale for using evidence based psychological therapies
• Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
• Ability to manage own caseload and time
• applications, clinical record systems (e.g. RiO) and database/statistical applications e.g. Excel, SPSS

Desirable

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. people with additional disabilities, behaviour that challenges
• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies, including positive behaviour support

Other

Essential

• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
• A commitment to service user participation across the levels of clinical practice, team/service, and the organisation
• High level of enthusiasm and motivation
• Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
• Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
• Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
• Ability to be self-reflective whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development, and in supervision

Desirable

• Awareness and understanding of emotional distress/mental health problems drawn from personal experience

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).