Clinical Psychologist

Job summary

Do you want to make a positive difference and be involved in the development of the provision of psychological therapies for people with long term health conditions?

We recognise and celebrate that our staff are our greatest asset. Do you want to work for an NHS Trust that is committed to continuous professional development and has an excellent track record for staff development and support?

You need look no further - please apply for this new opportunity:

NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire (NHSTTH) is an exciting, transformative service, delivered in partnership between Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and Solent Mind charity. We strive to deliver a high quality, evidence-based, person-centred psychological therapies to the population of Hampshire. As part of our service delivery a key area of focus is our Long Term Health Conditions (LTC) pathway. We aim to deliver integrated care across physical and mental health care, which puts the client at the centre.

Applicants should be familiar with the values of the NHS Constitution, and the visions of Southern Health; to improve patient and carer experience, to improve outcomes for patients and their families, and finally, reducing our costs to ensure that we operate in the most efficient manner possible.

If you would like to find out more about this post please contact:

Dr Shalini Raman, Long Term Conditions Lead / Clinical Lead & Service Manager: shalini.raman@southernhealth.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

To support the growth of specialist Long Term Conditions (LTC/s) Clinical Psychology provision within NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire (NHSTTH), including the integration between primary care psychological therapy and key health providers across primary, secondary, acute, inpatient/outpatient, and community-based services.

To provide a quality, evidence-based psychology service to clients and their families within NHSTTH.

To liaise and integrate with the wider health, social care and VCSE network, contributing to the psychological wellbeing of staff, and promoting psychological awareness and thinking allowing timely, appropriate access to psychological therapy for clients and their families/carers.

To facilitate and deliver training, reflective practice and MDT input across different teams both internally to Southern Health, as well as externally to other Trusts, Third Sector organisations, Social Care and Voluntary sector services etc.

To provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy, as well as offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers.

To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

To supervise and line manage members of the team including trainee and qualified staff.

Engaging in CPD and professional development opportunities to further grow and develop competencies and skills as a Psychologist.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Black Horse House

3rd Floor, 8 - 10 Leigh Road

Eastleigh

Hampshire

SO50 9FH

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Black Horse House

3rd Floor, 8 - 10 Leigh Road

Eastleigh

Hampshire

SO50 9FH

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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