Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of its employees. The Trust Employee Psychology Service provides support to help employees recover from, and develop resilience to, work-related stress and trauma. We are currently seeking an experienced 8a Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist/Highly Specialist Psychological Therapist to work within the Service.

Main duties of the job

The role is Trustwide and will involve direct therapeutic activities and liaison/co-working with the Employee Support Service and various other departments. The successful candidate will be registered with a professional body (HCPC, GMC, NMC, SW-E), have previous experience of working at an 8a level, be committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of employees and have experience of providing a range of psychological interventions for trauma, anxiety, stress and depression etc. The post holder will report directly to the Clinical Lead for Health and Well-being and will be required to offer online video appointments (individual and group) and face-to-face appointments in the North of the Trust or at the Flatts Lane Centre, Middlesbrough as required for individual colleagues and team support.

About us

We work closely with the Health & Well-being Team in TEWV and sit within the Psychological Professions Professional structure under the Executive Director of Therapies. The Employee Psychology Service has an excellent reputation and continues to demonstrate good outcomes for staff. We are continually improving and developing our services to ensure a comprehensive and seamless support for colleagues to help people to stay well in work.

For further details or to arrange a call to find out more about the post contact: Dr Barry Speak, Clinical Lead for Staff Health and Well-being. Email: barry.speak@nhs.net. Tel: 01642 374965. We look forward to hearing from you!

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will provide a range of psychological interventions for trauma, anxiety, stress and depression. Interventions are designed to meet the needs of colleagues within the trust and therefore the post offers scope for innovation and joint initiatives with the other Health and Well-being work within the Trust.

Psychologists & Psychological Therapists provide key leadership roles within the Trust. To support this we have developed leadership profiles for each psychology band and the profile card associated with this post is attached on NHS Jobs. You can find more information about the NHS Leadership Academys Healthcare Leadership Model and the profiles at their website. We encourage you to look at these resources as they will play a part in the interview process.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A qualification that leads to registration with a professional regulatory body (HCPC, GMC, NMC or Social Work England) AND current registration with this professional regulatory body. (If a different regulatory body please seek advice from Head of Psychological Professions AND
• A qualification that provides eligibility to apply for accreditation in one of the four Governed Psychological Therapies outlined in the table below*
• Trained and experienced in generic clinical supervision and care co- ordination
• Evidence of continuing relevant CPD. Including clinical practice and leadership within the NHS
• Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by theBPS.
• HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
• Completion of a BPS approved Clinical Supervision course for eligibility to provide supervisionof applied psychology trainees AND EITHER
• Commencing post-doctoral training in a Governed Psychological Therapy or Neuropsychology OR
• Completion of post qualification training in area of specialised psychological practice relevant to the team/service area OR
• The equivalent level of expertise relating to a speciality area of psychological practice. Includes Approved Clinician preparation

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post qualification experience of specialist model specific psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across a wide range of care settings and age ranges
• Exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care as a care coordinator within the context of a multidisciplinary team
• Significant experience in consultation, clinical supervision and audit activities
• Experience of providing training to other professional groups and to relevant training courses e.g.medical, nursing, social work
• Quality and service improvement and evaluation

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Essential

• Leadership development commensurate with the banding as outlined on the NHS Leadership Academy Leadership Cards
• Evidence of considering culture, power and privilege within direct clinical work, indirect clinical work and service development projects.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS

Desirable

• able to provide wide range of understanding of staff H& WB needs

Employer details

Employer name

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Flatts Lane Centre

Middlesbrough

TS6 0SZ

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