Band 8c - Consultant Psychological Therapies - Bristol
| Posting date: | 23 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £74,290.00 to £85,601.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £74290.00 - £85601.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 July 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS16 2EW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9342-25-0593 |
Summary
Description of the duties 1. To manage capacity effectively to respond to demand placed upon the service. To act as partof the wider relevant locality management team.2. To provide leadership and expertise to Psychological Professionals within and beyond the speciality setting.3. To take the lead role in the development of the new developments in relation to PsychologicalTherapies to support the delivery of the ambitions of the Long Term Plan and the CommunityMental Health Framework. Including a focus on the delivery of integrated care with existingservices and the development of the evidence base in this area via research and evaluation.4. To assist and facilitate e.g. train managers and clinicians to use the skills available within thestaff team and other services to develop, evaluate and deliver a high quality and coordinatedservice to service users and their significant others, in line with national and local commissionerexpectations.5. To participate in and provide specialist advice to relevant aspects of policy making, strategicplanning, management and clinical governance in the locality.6. To undertake the role of a specialist clinician, carrying a specialist caseload of highly complexcases, providing advice and consultancy for patients and their significant others, and specialistclinical supervision to professionals.7. To lead and motivate practitioners, trainees and assistants from all professions within thespecialty and across the psychological therapies aspects of other relevant services.8. To undertake highly specialist research and service evaluation both within and outside the Trust,including contributing to the development of the evidence base in the field and evidencing thework of this new team effectively. To organise and supervise the R&D activities of others.9. To work in partnership with Service Users, their significant others, staff PerformanceManagement and Finance staff, corporate services, human resources, VCSE (voluntary, charityand social enterprise) organisations to co-produce the design, development and delivery ofservices.10. To work with senior managers and system partners to explore and pursue businessopportunities consistent with the divisional business plan.11. To work across systems/providers in the locality to ensure effective pathways for Service Users.12. To work alongside the ICB and ICS across both BNSSG and BSW to have an active role in strategicdevelopment, aligned to ICB and ICS outcomes Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role.