Job responsibilities
- Clinical Responsibilities, Patient Contact
As a highly specialist psychological therapist, plays a key role in the development and delivery of a mindfulness service for patients, carers and staff, in a variety of NHS and community settings.
Maintains the highest professional standards and attitudes are at all times.
Undertakes highly specialist assessments of a broad range of patients, many of whom will have severe and enduring mental health problems.
Makes highly skilled decisions about treatment options, taking into account various theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have contributed to the clinical presentation.
Delivers highly specialist interventions: introductory workshops, programmes of MBCT and 'days of mindfulness'.
Exercises autonomous professional responsibility for the assessments, treatment decisions and interventions carried out.
Provides support, guidance, and supervision to other members of the Mindfulness Team, and to trainees and students on placement there, as appropriate.
Provides support, guidance, and supervision to other staff in the Trust who are using MBCT and other mindfulness-based interventions.
Provides highly specialist clinical advice, guidance, and supervision to a range of staff from other Trust services.
Provides services that are informed by evidence-based practice.
Provides services that are informed by Recovery principles.
Caries out appropriate and effective risk assessment and management at all times.
Recognises signs of patient harm, abuse and neglect, including poor clinical practice, reports all such occurrences and takes all reasonable steps to protect the patient. Identifies and reports concerns regarding the safeguarding of children who may be at risk.
Collaborates effectively with peer workers in the service.
Develops and maintains relationships with colleagues from a wide range of services.
- Administrative responsibilities
Undertakes administrative tasks in relation to own work.
Uses Microsoft Office applications on a regular basis.
Supports and contributes to Team meetings and other relevant meetings.
Ensures that necessary reports are prepared within the agreed time frames.
- Responsibility for Information Systems
Ensures the accurate and comprehensive recording and reporting of required information and data, in accordance with the Trust and professional record keeping standards.
Complies with information governance policies and procedures, reporting any information security incidents to the Information Asset Owner.
Contributes to reports relating to operational matters to inform planning and decision-making processes. Such reports may involve the production of statistical information.
- Responsibility for Planning/ Organising & Strategic/Business Development
Supports the effective co-ordination and functioning the Mindfulness Team.
Contributes to the development of the service business plan.
Contributes to the development of strategic plans for the development of the Mindfulness Team.
Contributes to the provision of interventions with external organisations.
Contributes to the development of policies and procedures for the Mindfulness Team.
Supports the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of new or revised policies and procedures in the workplace.
- Service Development, Project Management
Uses the techniques of the Trusts Quality Improvement System to play a key part in development and quality improvement activity within the Mindfulness Centre.
Undertakes project management roles for specific areas of work.
Deputises for the Team Manager as required.
- Financial Responsibilities
The post-holder is responsible for ensuring a personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources used in the course of their work, this includes adhering to the Trust Financial Standing Instructions.
- Responsibility for Physical Resources, Estates, Hotel Services
Complies with training in the safe use of equipment, following manufacturers instructions, and immediately reporting any defects in accordance with local procedures.
Responsible for the efficient and effective use of all available resources.
Keeps up to date with new developments in the field, evaluating available research and disseminating information to inform evidenced-based practice.
Maintains a personal professional portfolio of learning activity in compliance with own registering body requirements.
Plays a key role in practice development initiatives.
Contributes to the establishment and monitoring of quality standards for clinical work, including the development of action plans to address areas of concern.
Participates in and may lead research projects and complex audits using research methodology.
Supports the development and implementation of research opportunities that involve external research funding and / or research staff.
- Staff Management, Training and Development, HR
Plays a key role in the implementation of an effective system of clinical and management supervision, preceptorship, mentorship and training throughout the team to facilitate learning in practice. Participates directly in the provision of clinical supervision, preceptorship, mentorship and training to team members as appropriate. Sign-off mentor, or equivalent, for students, as appropriate.
Liaises with academic institutions and is responsible for the placement, teaching and support of students as appropriate.
Supports the organisation and delivery of suitable programmes of training that prepare staff to deliver mindfulness interventions and to become MBCT teachers.
Participates in the recruitment and management of peer workers in the TEWV Mindfulness Team.
Communicates in a way which recognises difference and ensures that people feel included and their individual communication needs are met.
Communications with patients and carers must at all times be appropriate in content, respectful and compassionate.
Ensures that effective communication systems are maintained within the team and relationships with other teams and partner agencies are strengthened.
Communicates accurate and comprehensive operational information at operational meetings using appropriate presentation skills, to inform decision making in the best interests of the service.
Communicates accurate and comprehensive clinical information to other health professionals to inform decision making in the best interests of the patient.
Responsible for ensuring that communication with members of the public is professional and courteous at all times.
Uses high level analysis and judgement in relation to clinical assessment, formulation and decision-making.
Uses high level analysis and judgement in relation to MBCT interventions.
Uses high level judgement when providing advice and guidance on complex clinical issues to other members of the team and to staff in other services.
To monitor the wellbeing of individual staff in mindfulness programmes through their behaviour and communications during these programmes, and to take appropriate further action if required.
Works within Professional Code of Conduct, as an autonomous practitioner accountable for own professional practice.
Uses significant discretion, as appropriate, in applying clinical/professional policies.
Uses discretion within defined parameters when taking decisions relating to the delivery of the service provided by the team.
- Personal Responsibilities
The post holder must:
Comply with the terms of the contract of employment, the Staff Compact and the Trusts Statement of Values and Behaviours.
Be aware of, comply with and keep up to date with all Trust Policies and Procedures and other communications relevant to the role.
Maintain registration with the appropriate professional body where applicable and comply with the relevant code of conduct and standards of professional practice.
Fully participate in management, clinical and professional supervision sessions relevant to the role, as required by the Trust.
Fully participate in annual appraisal and appraisal reviews.
Maintain up to date knowledge and competency in the skills required to perform safely and effectively in the role. Undertake relevant training (including statutory and mandatory training) and be responsible for personal development agreed with the line manager and in line with the requirements of the AFC Knowledge and Skills Framework.
The post holder must:
Comply with the Trusts Information Governance Policies and maintain confidentiality of information at all times in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.
Comply with the Trusts Health and Safety Policy and risk management procedures and report as necessary any untoward incident or hazardous event in accordance with local procedure.
Carry out the duties of the post with due regard to the Equality and Diversity Policy.
Comply with the Trusts Infection Control Policies as appropriate to the role.
Comply with the Safeguarding of Children and Adults policies and protocols as appropriate to the role.
Comply with the Behaviours that Challenge Policy as appropriate to the role.
The post holder may be required to undertake duties not specified in the job description, but which are commensurate with the role and/or band as required by service need.
The post holder may be required to work in locations other than those specified in the job description as required by service need.
The post holder may be required to work flexible hours as required by service need.
There may be a requirement to change the job description in light of developing service needs.
