Professional Lead Practitioner Psychologist/Psychotherapist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 30 Mai 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | £62,215.00 i £72,293.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £62215.00 - £72293.00 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 15 Mehefin 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Exeter, EX2 5AF |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | C9369-25-0390 |
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The principal purpose of the job is to improve the psychological health & wellbeing of older people with mental health difficulties who are using community Older Peoples Mental Health services. A key responsibility of this role will be coordinating specific service areas of development and delivery within OPMH services. Working at an operational level this will ensure improved access to psychological therapies, is an integrated part of all relevant clinical pathways, delivers high clinical standards, makes best use of its scarce resources and develops evidence based practice that meets needs and choices of people using the service. This will be achieved in this post through undertaking the following areas of responsibility: To be one of a team of Professional Leads with responsibility for day to day management of PPT staff primarily based in Northern and Eastern Devon and coordinating smooth running of the local older adult psychology services. To support the Head of Psychology and Practice, OPMH Senior Leadership Team and the Practice and Strategic Lead by undertaking service development and redesign projects and coordinating the resulting work within the team, proposing and implementing policy changes within this domain and taking a lead in locality service redesign. To be responsible for the management of Applied Psychologists and Psychological Professionals working within Older Peoples Mental Health teams. Ensure that staff work within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within these services. Provide input to the local multidisciplinary community teams, developing new ways of working across services and auditing the impact of team working. Carry a specialist caseload of clients as well as offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to MH colleagues and carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services policies and procedures. The post holder with receive regular professional and clinical supervision in accordance with Trust policy and to Professional Practice Guidelines set out by the British Psychological Society or appropriate designated Professional Body. Take a broad psychological approach to developing capacity of the workforce, inputting to planning and coordinating delivery of a range of activities that build capacity for psychological interventions in community settings including consultation, reflective practice, supervision and training. As directed by the Strategic Lead, embed practice-based evidence and evidence based practice across service area. This will include working with people using the service to ensure their involvement in service design and evaluation. The post holder will work collaboratively to ensure a whole systems integrated approach to service delivery and development. All Psychological Professionals will be responsible for ensuring involvement and experience, social inclusion and race equality agendas inform and support their work.