Lead for Psychological Interventions MH Needs for Older Adults

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a consultant psychologist to join us 3 days a week in mental health services for older people. The role is central to leading our Mental Health Needs strategy and vision across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Building on existing plans you would be working closely with operational colleagues and our psychology lead for Structured Clinical Management. You would be joining a supportive wider team of psychological professions staff embedded in their clinical teams across both our dementia and Mental Health Needs pathways. In addition to strategic leadership you would be offering sessional time to an Older Adult Mental Health/locality team, offering consultation, training and MDT work. Psychology is highly valued across both counties and we would actively support the person in developing their career. To find out more please contact Dr Andy Ashley ([email protected]; Consultant Clinical Psychologist)

This is a part time post working 22.5 hours per week.

Applicants must read the attached guidance notes before submitting your application for full understanding of Trust requirements.

Main duties of the job

Providing strategic leadership, working alongside and taking a lead in the West Midlands and nationally around developments in mental health needs for older people

Helping empower and develop the capability and expertise of psychological professions staff and staff from other disciplines working in our older adult teams

Using research, audit and evaluation to support, embed and develop the evidence base for therapeutic work for older people

Providing complex assessments and interventions for people with Mental Health Needs. Interventions may involve family members and carers and include liaison and consultation.

To develop multi-disciplinary training plans for staff working within our Mental Health Needs pathway with support from the service leads

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

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Job responsibilities

For full detail of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in psychology.
• Post-graduate doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Post-graduate level or above training and qualification in NHS leadership/management or equivalent leadership/ management experience
• Eligible for registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Experience

Essential

• Experience required specific to the role and clinical area
• Experience in developing research and development programmes within psychology therapy services
• Experience in teaching and training of trainee and post-qualification psychological therapists, and of non-psychological staff
• NHS/Leadership experience ? managing or providing professional leadership to a range of qualified psychological therapy staff (including recruitment, appraisal, performance management and clinical supervision)
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for the application of multi-theoretical psychological assessment, intervention and evaluation with a range of common and complex mental health needs
• Experience working within multidisciplinary services

Desirable

• Experience of representing psychological services in local and regional policy forums
• Experience of influence at strategic levels within and outside the organisation

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of working with a wide variety of patient groups across the full range of clinical severity and complexity, in a range of settings

Desirable

• Strategic planning, development and commissioning of psychological services within and across organisation

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Able to meet the travel requirements of the role

Desirable

• Record of having published research/review papers in peer reviews, academic, or professional journals, and/or books