Job summary
It is an exciting time to join us and help shape our response to the national aspiration to transform inpatient and acute care. If you are interested in helping shape our response to this key area of mental health, supporting the delivery of our strategic plans and the development and delivery of our inpatient transformation programme this is the role for you.
You will be supported by the Divisional Director of Therapies, locality psychology services and the wider transformation team. This is a unique opportunity be able to shape delivery of services and contribute to ongoing quality improvement and research.
You will need to be an experienced psychologist with a track record of delivering and supporting transformation and improvement in the acute pathway (home treatment/inpatient). You will have in depth knowledge of what it takes to provide psychologically and trauma informed services and experience of working in acute settings.
You will be joining a division that has a clear vision and mandate to expand and improve psychological provision. We have been successful in securing increased investment into our therapy services and have excellent opportunities for career development and CPD. We provide opportunities for leadership training, training in Quality Improvement methodologies and model specific training. We also have a strong research focus and are currently hosting numerous research trials.
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist integrated clinical leadership and management to the acute adult and older adult inpatient Service /acute pathway in relation to psychological therapies and psychologically informed interventions in BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW).
To take the lead role in new developments in relation to Psychological Therapies to support the delivery of the ambitions of the Long Term Plan and the Community Mental Health Framework.
To assist and facilitate e.g. train managers and clinicians to use the skills available within the staff team and other services to develop, evaluate and deliver a high quality and coordinated service to clients and their carers, in line with national and local commissioner expectations.
To participate in and provide specialist advice to relevant aspects of policy making, strategic planning, management and clinical governance in the locality.
To undertake the role of a specialist clinician, carrying a specialist caseload of highly complex cases, providing advice and consultancy for patients and their carers, and specialist clinical supervision to professionals.
To undertake highly specialist research and service evaluation both within and outside the Trust, including contributing to the development of the evidence base in the field and evidencing the work of this new team effectively. To organise and supervise the R&D activities of others.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for details of the role. Please also consult the local area information sheet for further information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for details of the role. Please also consult the local area information sheet for further information.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Doctorate Level training in Clinical / Counselling Psychology or equivalent professional training for other professions
- Registered with the HPC or other equivalent regulatory body
- Advanced Specialist Clinical qualification
Desirable
- Management training/ qualification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial relevant post qualification experience
- Consultancy work in multi-professional settings
- Experience of work across service settings and agencies
- Significant R&D work in specialist area
- Clinical audit work in specialist area
- Work in all areas of clinical governance
- Teaching/training with own staff group and other professions.
- Advanced expertise in clinical supervision with all grades of staff and with other professions
- Advanced consultancy skills to other professions/ agencies
- Management of psychology staff or other professions
- Service development/ project work
Desirable
- Work with Commissioners, including preparation of bids/business cases
- Professional National role / links (e.g. DCP, BABCP, National Assessor, HAS, CHI etc.)
- Leadership of service redesign
Specialised Knowledge
Essential
- Expert knowledge of specialist therapeutic interventions. Extensive experience with the client group
- Expert psychological assessment and formulation skills. Expert complex assessments of own patients and also expert opinions to other agencies, including contested opinions
- NHS management processes/system
- Commissioning arrangements
- Familiarity with all aspects of clinical governance
- Publications in specialist area
- Awareness of key strategic areas and implications for psychological therapy services
Desirable
- National profile in specialty. Role and links nationally (DoH, Academic links, senior role in national organisations).
Skills and abilites
Essential
- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills in highly complex situations
- Well organised with good administration skills
- Excellent relational/ engagement skills with the client group who present severe and complex mental health problems
- High level of emotional maturity. Ability to tolerate, reflect upon and transform highly traumatic material and hostile behaviour
- Ability to cope with extreme workload pressure/prioritise workload
- Effective negotiation/ mediation skills
- Effective leadership
- Problem/dispute resolution skills
- Planning and writing business case documents skills
- Flexible presentation skills appropriate to setting
Desirable
- Advanced presentation skills
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Doctorate Level training in Clinical / Counselling Psychology or equivalent professional training for other professions
- Registered with the HPC or other equivalent regulatory body
- Advanced Specialist Clinical qualification
Desirable
- Management training/ qualification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial relevant post qualification experience
- Consultancy work in multi-professional settings
- Experience of work across service settings and agencies
- Significant R&D work in specialist area
- Clinical audit work in specialist area
- Work in all areas of clinical governance
- Teaching/training with own staff group and other professions.
- Advanced expertise in clinical supervision with all grades of staff and with other professions
- Advanced consultancy skills to other professions/ agencies
- Management of psychology staff or other professions
- Service development/ project work
Desirable
- Work with Commissioners, including preparation of bids/business cases
- Professional National role / links (e.g. DCP, BABCP, National Assessor, HAS, CHI etc.)
- Leadership of service redesign
Specialised Knowledge
Essential
- Expert knowledge of specialist therapeutic interventions. Extensive experience with the client group
- Expert psychological assessment and formulation skills. Expert complex assessments of own patients and also expert opinions to other agencies, including contested opinions
- NHS management processes/system
- Commissioning arrangements
- Familiarity with all aspects of clinical governance
- Publications in specialist area
- Awareness of key strategic areas and implications for psychological therapy services
Desirable
- National profile in specialty. Role and links nationally (DoH, Academic links, senior role in national organisations).
Skills and abilites
Essential
- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills in highly complex situations
- Well organised with good administration skills
- Excellent relational/ engagement skills with the client group who present severe and complex mental health problems
- High level of emotional maturity. Ability to tolerate, reflect upon and transform highly traumatic material and hostile behaviour
- Ability to cope with extreme workload pressure/prioritise workload
- Effective negotiation/ mediation skills
- Effective leadership
- Problem/dispute resolution skills
- Planning and writing business case documents skills
- Flexible presentation skills appropriate to setting
Desirable
- Advanced presentation skills
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).
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