Joint Lead of Clinical Health Psychology

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	20 Tachwedd 2025
Cyflog:	£91,342.00 i £105,337.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£91342.00 - £105337.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	07 Rhagfyr 2025
Lleoliad:	Stratford Upon Avon, CV37 6NQ
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	C9203-25-0619

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Clinical To receive and communicate highly complex, sensitive or contentious information as the result of the referral, assessment and therapy process of clients with physical and mental health problems and challenging behaviours. As a clinical specialist in physical health provide highly developed specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological tests requiring accurate physical administration self-report measures, rating scales direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care. Clinical work requires intense concentration over prolonged periods in a constrained position and also frequently involves working with highly distressed clients (e.g. issues relating to diagnosis of a terminal illness those suffering from traumatic events, injuries). To formulate plans for the formal psychological intervention and/or management of a clients mental and physical health problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams. Adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about therapy options, taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes as well as the complex interactions of mental and physical health problems often presenting as co morbidity that have shaped the individual, family or group, To exercise full responsibility and autonomy for the therapy of and discharge of clients whose problems are managed as an individually based care plan, ensuring appropriate assessment, formulation and interventions, communicating with the internal agent and others involved with the care on a regular basis. To provide expertise and specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation and intervention plan (e.g. provide professional guidance to the mental health team, for their patients who have developed a serious physical health problem) To undertake risk assessment and risk management for relevant individual clients and to provide both general and specialist advice for psychologists and other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management. To act as care co-ordinator, where appropriate, ensuring the provision of a care package appropriate for the clients needs, co-ordinating the work of others involved with care, arranging clients reviews as required and communicating effectively with the client, his/her family and all others involved in care; and to monitor progress during the course of multidisciplinary interventions. To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of both uni-and multi-disciplinary care. To provide expertise and advice to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all members of the team. To provide expert consultation about the psychological care of the client group to staff and agencies outside the Trust. Teaching, Training and Supervision To jointly lead the clinical health psychology service to ensure that all staff within the services have access to appropriate professional supervision, appraisal and systems for continuing professional development. To provide clinical and professional supervision to qualified staff and assistant psychologists working in the service, including supervision of research/ audit and service development. To provide specialist clinical placements for trainee clinical and/or counselling psychologists, ensuring that they acquire the necessary skills, competencies and experience to contribute effectively to good psychological practice, and contributing to the assessment and evaluation of those competencies. To provide specialist advice, consultation and training and (where agreed locally) clinical supervision to other members of the team for their provision of psychologically based interventions to help improve clients functioning. To contribute to the pre- and post-qualification teaching of clinical and/or counselling psychology as appropriate. To continue to develop expertise in the area of professional pre- and postgraduate training, clinical and professional supervision. Policy and Service Development To jointly lead the profession of Clinical Health Psychology within the South Warwickshire Health Economy at all levels, including Board level when necessary and to contribute generally to the effective operational and strategic management of clinical services. To identify service priorities and advise on the level of clinical health psychology provision within the Trust, and the health economy. To provide leadership as a senior clinician in the development of a high quality, responsive and accessible service for staff, clients their carers and families within the service, including advising the Directorate, Management Groups and Localities on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing. To be responsible for some service developments and projects within the service, and across the South Warwickshire Health Economy and Foundation Trust. To initiate and lead on policy development and change for the South Warwickshire economy. Management and Recruitment Co-lead for all the assets of the service including the budget. Co-lead for the strategic development of delivering specialist clinical health psychological therapies for South Warwickshire Health economy. Authorised signatory status for elements of service. As the Line Manager of several services exercise the responsibility for managing the psychological resources available to the service both in terms of psychological staff and psychological materials employed in the assessment and treatment of patients. To ensure systems are in place for the recruitment retention and professional development of some posts across the service. To be responsible for ensuring clear systems for professional appraisal and the development of appropriate professional development plans. To ensure that staff within the Trust observe the requirements of Government legislation, the Patients Charter, Trust policies and local initiatives. Research and Service Evaluation To develop responsibility for the performance management of psychological research and development activity within the service. To provide leadership as the Professional Head in planning and implementing systems for the evaluation, monitoring and development of a clinical specialty through the deployment of professional skills in research, including electronic data entry and analysis, service evaluation and audit and ensuring incorporation of psychological frameworks for understanding and provision of high quality care. To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work, work with other team members and across the service. To undertake, co-ordinate and implement appropriate research and provide leadership to other staff undertaking research and R and D activity within the service. To initiate and implement project management, including complex audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within and across part of the service to help develop and improve services to clients and their families. To act as field supervisor for theses in the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology providing expert research knowledge in a specialist clinical area. General To be responsible to the ACOO for the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of psychological practice through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes. To develop leadership in the development and articulation of best practice in psychology across the service, by exercising the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical psychology and related disciplines. To ensure the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society and Trust policies and procedures. To contribute to the strategic and operational development and articulation of best practice in psychology across the South Warwickshire Health Economy. To develop skills that all psychologists within the service maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health. To receive clinical and service supervision, in line with good practice. To understand and continue to develop appropriate models and delivery of leadership, according to the service (including staff) needs.