Job summary
Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust have a rare opening for an exceptional Consultant Psychologist to join us as Locality Lead for our Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP). The position is a substantive 8c post with MHSOP with the first 12 months covering maternity leave of the current post-holder.
We are seeking applications from experienced, highly motivated and dynamic psychologists to provide visible leadership and contribute to the strategic and transformational development of psychological services. You will be responsible for professional leadership of an established team of Applied Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists and Psychologists in Clinical Training working across Teesside MHSOP services. You will be embedded within vibrant leadership teams and well connected to other MHSOP locality leads as well as cross-specialty professional groups.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will join at a critical time of service reform, with a platform to influence projects of local and national interest. Community transformation brings new opportunities to ensure services are accessible and responsive to the needs of Older People, including new and improved ways of working across care pathways.
The post holder will have clinical, leadership and wider service development/research responsibilities. Clinically they will be based with our community services during the first 12months, but awareness and experience of acute services is desirable. They will be responsible for working as part of a multidisciplinary team and wider locality team to maintain safe, effective and compassionate care for patients, families and carers accessing MHSOP services and to promote cultures of quality improvement.
About us
We are a passionate and innovative team. Our Clinical Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists and Psychologists in Clinical Training work across diverse clinical areas including CMHTs, Acute MH care, Intensive Community Liaison Service and Liaison Psychiatry. We are committed to improving mental health for Older People as well as individuals and families living with dementia. If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please get in touch.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will be committed to providing clinical and professional supervision, training and consultation.
- Clinically they will be expected to have specialist skills in neuropsychology, assessment, formulation and psychological therapy and experience of working with Older People living with complex psychological, physical and social difficulties.
- To work collectively with clinical and operational leaders to ensure effective delivery of psychology for specialty-specific services and policies.
- To be responsible for psychology resources available to Teesside MHSOP both in terms of psychological staff and psychological materials employed in the assessment and the treatment of patients.
- To be responsible for the effective organisation of psychological services across Teesside MHSOP and on-going evaluation of service policies and service delivery.
- In collaboration with the senior psychology team and key clinical and non-clinical stakeholders, to review psychological provision and to make changes as and when required.
- To influence and shape the Community Mental Health Transformation in Teesside and strategically guide developments to improve access to psychological therapies for Older People with Severe Mental Health problems.
- Maintain Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust commitment to compassionate and collective leadership and values.
We encourage and welcome expressions of interest and for candidates to get in touch to discuss the role in more detail.
Applicants must ensure that prior to applying they have agreement from their current line manager that they can be released on a secondment basis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will be committed to providing clinical and professional supervision, training and consultation.
- Clinically they will be expected to have specialist skills in neuropsychology, assessment, formulation and psychological therapy and experience of working with Older People living with complex psychological, physical and social difficulties.
- To work collectively with clinical and operational leaders to ensure effective delivery of psychology for specialty-specific services and policies.
- To be responsible for psychology resources available to Teesside MHSOP both in terms of psychological staff and psychological materials employed in the assessment and the treatment of patients.
- To be responsible for the effective organisation of psychological services across Teesside MHSOP and on-going evaluation of service policies and service delivery.
- In collaboration with the senior psychology team and key clinical and non-clinical stakeholders, to review psychological provision and to make changes as and when required.
- To influence and shape the Community Mental Health Transformation in Teesside and strategically guide developments to improve access to psychological therapies for Older People with Severe Mental Health problems.
- Maintain Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust commitment to compassionate and collective leadership and values.
We encourage and welcome expressions of interest and for candidates to get in touch to discuss the role in more detail.
Applicants must ensure that prior to applying they have agreement from their current line manager that they can be released on a secondment basis.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
- HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working in MHSOP services
- Liaison and joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies
- Project management of quality and service improvement initiatives.
- full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care as a care co-ordinator and leader of a multidisciplinary team.
- Teaching, training, clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses
- Providing clinical and professional leadership to other qualified and non-qualified members of the profession.
- Working at a strategic level with involvement in multi-agency service delivery models
- Understanding and addressing Quality and Assurance Governance issues
- Research and development
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence- based practice relevant to the role
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health and its implications for clinical practice.
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Knowledge of Models of management and leadership
- Knowledge of the care of difficult to treat groups e.g. dual diagnoses, additional disabilities or severely challenging behaviour.
- Knowledge of Quality Improvement System/s
- knowledge of audit and research methodology
skills
Essential
- effective clinical leadership across NHS leadership dimensions
- Communicate highly complex, highly sensitive and highly contentious information effectively, to a wide range of people
- Adapt creatively the evidence base for interventions in mental health for clients with communication difficulties / learning disabilities.
- Provide effective consultation, teaching, training and clinical supervision for the multidisciplinary team.
- Project management
- Undertake complex multiagency working and liaise with multiple systems
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
- Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
- HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working in MHSOP services
- Liaison and joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies
- Project management of quality and service improvement initiatives.
- full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care as a care co-ordinator and leader of a multidisciplinary team.
- Teaching, training, clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses
- Providing clinical and professional leadership to other qualified and non-qualified members of the profession.
- Working at a strategic level with involvement in multi-agency service delivery models
- Understanding and addressing Quality and Assurance Governance issues
- Research and development
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence- based practice relevant to the role
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health and its implications for clinical practice.
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Knowledge of Models of management and leadership
- Knowledge of the care of difficult to treat groups e.g. dual diagnoses, additional disabilities or severely challenging behaviour.
- Knowledge of Quality Improvement System/s
- knowledge of audit and research methodology
skills
Essential
- effective clinical leadership across NHS leadership dimensions
- Communicate highly complex, highly sensitive and highly contentious information effectively, to a wide range of people
- Adapt creatively the evidence base for interventions in mental health for clients with communication difficulties / learning disabilities.
- Provide effective consultation, teaching, training and clinical supervision for the multidisciplinary team.
- Project management
- Undertake complex multiagency working and liaise with multiple systems
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Teesside MHSOP Community
Teesside wide
Stockton, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough & Redcar
TS25 1NN
Employer's website
https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
