Practitioner Psychologist (8B) in NHS Staff Support - Maternity cover
| Posting date: | 31 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Dependant on experience |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 30 June 2024 |
| Location: | Harrow, HA1 3UJ |
| Company: | London North West Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6320124/337-NP-7840FA |
Summary
A Vacancy at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.
The role sitswithin OccupationalHealth &StaffWellbeingPsychology (OHSWP)andprovides leadership to the Staff Support Service. The Staff Support Service is a substantive component of the overall Service and will include significant clinical, service development and leadership functions.
Therewillbeacloseworkingrelationshipwiththe OHSWPConsultantPractitionerPsychologist who will ensure that the Staff Support Service is well integrated into the wider provision.
Specifically,thepostholderwillberequiredto:
· Ensurethesystematicprovisionofahigh-qualityStaffSupportServicethatincludes clinical assessment, intervention and appropriate signposting.
· Provideleadershipandundertakeappropriatemanagerialandsupervisoryduties.
· Draft, propose and implement policy and service development changes, in consultation with Lead Psychologist.
· Work closely with colleagues in the Trust’s Health and Wellbeing team to develop and deliver interventions addressing psychosocial themes.
· Collaborateinthedeliveryofmultilevelpsychosocialinterventionsthatsupportand empower staff.
· Ensure that structural and systemic understandings of staff wellbeing are appropriatelyrepresented.
· WorkwithcolleaguesoutsideofLNWHtocontributetosector-widedevelopmentsin Health and Wellbeing.
1. To provide highly skilled psychological consultation, including assessment, formulation, intervention and signposting to members of staff referred to Occupational Health Department.
2. To provide skilled consultation with managers and leads from divisions within LNWH Trust in regard to staff mental health and wellbeing issues and collaborate in generating bespoke interventions.
3. To provide skilled advice to colleagues in relation to the implementation of the Post-Event Team Reflection pathway and to be part of the team which facilitates such Reflection sessions.
4. To work closely with multi-disciplinary colleagues in Occupational Health, providing consultation and advice regarding mental health aspects of cases referred to the department, including providing skilled advice on managing risk issues.
5. To provide supervision and/or support to junior staff and/or trainee psychologists as appropriate.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To view the main responsibilities, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Sunday 23 Jun 2024
The role sitswithin OccupationalHealth &StaffWellbeingPsychology (OHSWP)andprovides leadership to the Staff Support Service. The Staff Support Service is a substantive component of the overall Service and will include significant clinical, service development and leadership functions.
Therewillbeacloseworkingrelationshipwiththe OHSWPConsultantPractitionerPsychologist who will ensure that the Staff Support Service is well integrated into the wider provision.
Specifically,thepostholderwillberequiredto:
· Ensurethesystematicprovisionofahigh-qualityStaffSupportServicethatincludes clinical assessment, intervention and appropriate signposting.
· Provideleadershipandundertakeappropriatemanagerialandsupervisoryduties.
· Draft, propose and implement policy and service development changes, in consultation with Lead Psychologist.
· Work closely with colleagues in the Trust’s Health and Wellbeing team to develop and deliver interventions addressing psychosocial themes.
· Collaborateinthedeliveryofmultilevelpsychosocialinterventionsthatsupportand empower staff.
· Ensure that structural and systemic understandings of staff wellbeing are appropriatelyrepresented.
· WorkwithcolleaguesoutsideofLNWHtocontributetosector-widedevelopmentsin Health and Wellbeing.
1. To provide highly skilled psychological consultation, including assessment, formulation, intervention and signposting to members of staff referred to Occupational Health Department.
2. To provide skilled consultation with managers and leads from divisions within LNWH Trust in regard to staff mental health and wellbeing issues and collaborate in generating bespoke interventions.
3. To provide skilled advice to colleagues in relation to the implementation of the Post-Event Team Reflection pathway and to be part of the team which facilitates such Reflection sessions.
4. To work closely with multi-disciplinary colleagues in Occupational Health, providing consultation and advice regarding mental health aspects of cases referred to the department, including providing skilled advice on managing risk issues.
5. To provide supervision and/or support to junior staff and/or trainee psychologists as appropriate.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To view the main responsibilities, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Sunday 23 Jun 2024