Clinical Supervisor for Trainee Associate Psychological Practitioners

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and motivated supervisors to help (Trainee) Associate Psychological Practitioners (T)APPs learn and develop within their job role across numerous primary care networks and community settings.

We have funding for up to 1.2 FTE Clinical Supervisors. We would consider someone who wanted a full-time role, or someone who wanted to offer one day a week to this project. We are looking for people to start from April 2022 and the contract runs until April 2023.

It is anticipated that a significant part of this job role may be delivered remotely, although there may be occasions when you will be required to attend the service where the TAPP is placed.

We are looking for clinical supervisors who are an appropriately registered psychological professional. This may be a Clinical Psychologist, a CBT therapist, or an accredited psychological practitioner.

Main duties of the job

The TAPPs is a new role and cohort 2 are about to start their training. The role has been developed as part of a drive to increase access routes into psychological professions, availability of psychological practitioners in practice, and to broaden population access to psychological theory and intervention. The TAPPs positions are the result of an exciting collaboration between Health Education England (HEE), the Innovation Agency North West Coast (NWC), University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) and Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation trust (LSCFT). Together, we are now committed to providing excellent clinical support to the TAPPs whilst they are based in General Practice and community settings across the Lancashire and South Cumbria footprint.

Across primary care and community settings, the TAPPs work will have a significant focus upon mental health prevention and promotion approaches. Historically, there has been a greater focus upon the promotion and prevention of physical health factors in primary care. However, as the recognition of there being 'no health without mental health' and a push for 'parity of esteem', there is now a greater focus upon mental health promotion and prevention and we are excited to be able to offer this service across the Trust.

So if you are passionate about supporting the development of others then please do apply.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire and South Cumbria.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Date posted

20 March 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£40,057 to £45,839 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-CS1960-PN

Job locations

Sceptre Point

Preston

PR5 6AW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualification in a relevant psychological professions field.
Further training in more than one therapeutic modality (for example, cognitive-behavioural therapy, solutions focused therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, motivational interviewing, systems theory etc).

Experience

Essential

Experience in providing clinical supervision for other professionals who are delivering psychological assessments, formulations and interventions.
Experience in supporting others to engage in effective risk assessment and management strategies.
Experience of supporting someone to make effective clinical decisions about someone's care and treatment pathway.

Skills

Essential

Ability to support someone else's learning and professional development, so their confidence and skill set increases
Ability to make judgements involving highly complex facts or situations, ability to exercise judgement in identifying and assessing complicated events or problems
Skills in psychological assessment, formulation, engagement and interventions

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualification in a relevant psychological professions field.
Further training in more than one therapeutic modality (for example, cognitive-behavioural therapy, solutions focused therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, motivational interviewing, systems theory etc).

Experience

Essential

Experience in providing clinical supervision for other professionals who are delivering psychological assessments, formulations and interventions.
Experience in supporting others to engage in effective risk assessment and management strategies.
Experience of supporting someone to make effective clinical decisions about someone's care and treatment pathway.

Skills

Essential

Ability to support someone else's learning and professional development, so their confidence and skill set increases
Ability to make judgements involving highly complex facts or situations, ability to exercise judgement in identifying and assessing complicated events or problems
Skills in psychological assessment, formulation, engagement and interventions

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.