Lead Practitioner Psychologist (equiv NHS AFC Band 8b)
| Posting date: | 23 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £64,408.00 to £73,961.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £64408.00 - £73961.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, SW1H 9BL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0427-JOB00000517 |
Summary
Role Purpose To provide strong clinical leadership across designated Via services and develop the role of psychology in the service, supported by central Via Clinical Department (including clinical supervision). To play a key role in shaping service culture and processes, ensuring person-centred care, partnership working, inclusivity, and culture of learning. To support staff development through consultancy, reflective practice, supervision, training, and clinical case management. To oversee the delivery of high quality psychological assessment and interventions, as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Be responsible for the designated services less experienced Psychologists/Psychological Therapists, associated training placements, and Assistant Psychologists/Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (MHWPs). Key duties and activities of the role Clinical: Provide highly specialist psychological assessments drawing on complex data from a variety of sources. Formulate and implement plans involving specialist psychological treatment and/or management of problems, utilising joint working where appropriate. Champion the application of psychological principles in care delivery, using theory, evidence-based literature and research. Undertake risk assessment and management relating to psychological interventions, and provide highly specialist advice on psychological aspects of risk, ensuring appropriate action in accordance with legislation, professional and organisational requirements and best practice guidance. Record, monitor and report on highly complex clinical work and communicate (in accordance with organisational requirements), in a skilled and sensitive manner, clinical information (including assessment, formulation, treatment plans and progress) to a variety of recipients (e.g. people who use services, their significant others, other professionals, formal panels, statutory and voluntary organisations) orally, in writing and electronically. Leadership: Provide highly specialist psychological guidance, consultation and training to other professionals. Provide supervision and facilitate reflective practice sessions for recovery practitioners, less experienced psychological therapists, trainees (as appropriate with professional registration), assistant psychologists, and other team members where appropriate. To be responsible for the continued development of less experienced Psychologists/Psychological Therapists, associated training placements, and Assistant Psychologists/MHWPs Lead on development, implementation and local quality assurance of evidence based psychological interventions and pathways, e.g. our group work programme, talking therapies offer. Ensure that the needs of people using the service are communicated to commissioners and partner agencies, advocating and representing the service in appropriate forums. Utilise research skills for evaluation, policy and service development, as well as wider research. Facilitate relevant audits/performance indicators and implementation of associated recommendations/action plans. Lead in appropriate multi-disciplinary/project meetings, advising on issues of service and policy development for the psychological care of service users, as well as wider operational and strategic issues. Provide line management to less experienced Psychologists/Psychological Therapists, and Assistant Psychologists/Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (MHWPs). Contribute to recruitment processes and the wider strategic plans regarding psychology, as appropriate. Work collaboratively with partner agencies to improve our psychology provision (e.g. universities, commissioners), developing and facilitating pathways into wider services such as mental health teams and social services. Provide teaching/supervision/practice assessment for relevant educational providers. Contribute to the reporting of incidents, complaints and disciplinary matters to reduce the risk of recurrence. General: Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. Manage the emotional demands of working with individuals with complex needs, including behaviours that the service can find challenging to manage. Develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties. Work alongside management and their direct reports to effectively support a one team approach.