Job summary
You are invited to join an innovative and national award winning staff resilience hub, 'Here For You', as the Clinical Lead for the Mid & South Essex region with a focus on the acute Hospital Trust. This service is part of a system-wide strategy to provide person-centred, holistic, trauma-informed psychological support to staff, enabling colleagues to sustain fulfilling, productive and purposeful working lives.
Working collaboratively, you will be part of the wider HFY team, consisting of Consultant, Principal and qualified Clinical Psychologists, High Intensity workers, Clinical Associates in Psychology, Assistant Psychologists, Social Workers, Nurses, a Project Manager and Administrator. Being part of this wider team allows the opportunity for differentiation of work and CPD. For example, the team actively shares learning, resources, and reflective spaces across the different work streams.
This work is highly valued by the hospital staff at all levels within the organisation, as shown by the current investment. The role includes; developing specialist care pathways to respond to the needs of acute hospital staff, delivering and supervising onsite and remote 1:1 and group psychological interventions, liaising with key stakeholders across the acute hospital sites, providing consultation and interventions in response to current incidents and pressures within the system, and developing longer-term resilience focused plans for teams affected by recurrent traumatic experiences.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for clinical leadership of the Here for You response in mid & south Essex, with a particular focus on the needs of the Acute Hospitals in the region.
You will work collaboratively with the senior leadership team, and with internal and external stakeholders. The role involves engaging with the relevant systems in order to deliver a responsive, compassionate, and meaningful service.
You will supervise other HFY clinical staff as well as delivering their own clinical interventions alongside this leadership role.
The role benefits from a blended approach of on-site and remote working. The balance of clinical work, research, and strategy development makes this an exciting and diverse role.
To fulfil this role, you will be an enthusiastic, creative and highly motivated Clinical / Counselling Psychologist. Ideally you will have experience and understanding of, or a passion to learn, the psychological needs of staff within acute hospital settings. This exciting post provides an excellent opportunity to be part of a dynamic and dedicated team, making a difference to the organisational culture and embedding trauma informed working. If you want to be part of this initiative that adopts a whole-system, proactive approach to staff support then we look forward to hearing from you. You will also work with senior clinicians and managers across organisations to develop compassionate and effective leadership and promote meaningful culture change.
About us
The Trust offers excellent support for staff CPD, and post holders will be supported to gain qualifications in learning and teaching; other opportunities, for example to gain dual accreditation in a specialist area of psychological therapy, to undertake further leadership training and development, or to develop an area of research, are also available supported by the appraisal process. We have strong links with several regional universities that include research collaborations as well as contribution to teaching and placement experience.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for:
- supervising other members of staff who are delivering patient and staff safety support within Here For You;
- working as part of the senior leadership team of Here For You and developing the direction of the service further;
- liaising with stakeholders across the Essex health and social care system to provide appropriate support to staff in partner organisations following patient and staff safety incidents;
- developing pathways both internally in EPUT and externally in order for support to be offered appropriately;
- contributing to the newly developed Trust wide structure with multidisciplinary colleagues in Safeguarding, Employee Experience, Human Resources and others in order to ensure swift and appropriate response from across departments to patient and safety incidents.
If you are committed to the development staff support and if youd like to contribute to an innovative new initiative wed love to hear from you. As a part of our commitment to ensuring that the workforce is reflective of those who we train, and those who use our services, we would particularly encourage applications from those who identify as being part of a minoritised group.
If you would like to have an informal discussion about the post please contact:
Dr Helen Sinclair, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Co-Head of Here for You on07581 035214or onhelensinclair@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for:
- supervising other members of staff who are delivering patient and staff safety support within Here For You;
- working as part of the senior leadership team of Here For You and developing the direction of the service further;
- liaising with stakeholders across the Essex health and social care system to provide appropriate support to staff in partner organisations following patient and staff safety incidents;
- developing pathways both internally in EPUT and externally in order for support to be offered appropriately;
- contributing to the newly developed Trust wide structure with multidisciplinary colleagues in Safeguarding, Employee Experience, Human Resources and others in order to ensure swift and appropriate response from across departments to patient and safety incidents.
If you are committed to the development staff support and if youd like to contribute to an innovative new initiative wed love to hear from you. As a part of our commitment to ensuring that the workforce is reflective of those who we train, and those who use our services, we would particularly encourage applications from those who identify as being part of a minoritised group.
If you would like to have an informal discussion about the post please contact:
Dr Helen Sinclair, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Co-Head of Here for You on07581 035214or onhelensinclair@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Formal training and accreditation to Doctoral level in Clinical Psychology, or its equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996. Doctoral level Counselling Psychology will be acceptable if the postholder has proven interest or skills in physical health/behavioural medicine. Training should include models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies.
- HCPC Registered.
- Doctoral level (or equivalent of) knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of competence and experience of working as a Clinical Psychologist suitable for senior responsibilities.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of working with both individuals and groups within the full range of clinical problem severity.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Formal training and accreditation to Doctoral level in Clinical Psychology, or its equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996. Doctoral level Counselling Psychology will be acceptable if the postholder has proven interest or skills in physical health/behavioural medicine. Training should include models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies.
- HCPC Registered.
- Doctoral level (or equivalent of) knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of competence and experience of working as a Clinical Psychologist suitable for senior responsibilities.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of working with both individuals and groups within the full range of clinical problem severity.
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
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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).
