Job summary
Do you want to be
part of a passionate community of practitioners, committed to making a
difference? Do you want to be at the forefront of novel treatment approaches?
Weve got an exciting part-time opportunity for a HCPC registered Practitioner
Psychologist (clinical/counselling/forensic) working across our Redbridge
service and supporting our specialist service for those experiencing rough
sleeping in Camden & Islington.
This well
supported post is ideal for practitioners seeking to step into a leadership
position whilst continuing to grow diverse skills that contribute to
trauma-informed working. We offer:
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Protected time for training and maintaining CPD in
ketamine-facilitated therapy at our Klearwell Clinic in London (if desirable)
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Opportunities for expanding and refining competencies, training
and supervision (such as EMDR)
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Tailoring roles to the persons interests, including opportunities
to work in other parts of the service
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To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via including 30
days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives,
financial perks and development opportunities visit ourBenefits
Package
The role is available on a 0.6 basis (24.75
hours a week), but flexible arrangements can be considered for the right
candidate. For an informal chat about the role, please contact Dr Michelle
OSullivan, Head of Psychology at [email protected].
Main duties of the job
The role will
provide clinical leadership at our Redbridge and Camden & Islington
services, playing a key role in shaping culture and processes. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, the post holder will help ensure
that psychological thinking is a golden thread throughout our work, supporting
development through consultancy, reflective practice, supervision, training,
and clinical case management. The role will support other psychological
professionals to develop, and oversee the delivery of high quality
psychological assessments and interventions.
About us
Via offers community and residential services for substance
use, as well as ketamine-facilitated psychotherapy at Klearwell. We nurture new
ideas, put co-production at the heart of what we do, and provide clinicians
with the support to explore and grow. Within this role, you will work directly
with individuals and groups, flexibly delivering psychological support that
responds to the context of peoples lives and works with the social
determinants of health.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Role
Purpose
To provide strong clinical leadership across designated Via services and
develop the role of psychology in the service, supported by central Via
Clinical Department (including clinical supervision).
To play a key role in shaping service culture and processes, ensuring
person-centred care, partnership working, inclusivity, and culture of learning.
To support staff development through consultancy, reflective practice, supervision, training,
and clinical case management.
To oversee the delivery of high quality psychological assessment
and interventions, as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Be responsible for the designated services less experienced
Psychologists/Psychological Therapists, associated training placements, and
Assistant Psychologists/Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (MHWPs).
Key
duties and activities of the role
Clinical:
Provide highly specialist psychological
assessments drawing on complex data from a variety of sources.
Formulate and implement
plans involving specialist psychological treatment and/or management of
problems, utilising joint working where appropriate.
Champion the application of
psychological principles in care delivery, using theory, evidence-based
literature and research.
Undertake risk assessment
and management relating to psychological interventions, and provide highly
specialist advice on psychological aspects of risk, ensuring appropriate action
in accordance with legislation, professional and organisational requirements
and best practice guidance.
Record, monitor and report
on highly complex clinical work and communicate (in accordance with
organisational requirements), in a skilled and sensitive manner, clinical
information (including assessment, formulation, treatment plans and progress)
to a variety of recipients (e.g. people who use services, their significant
others, other professionals, formal panels, statutory and voluntary
organisations) orally, in writing and electronically.
Leadership:
Provide highly specialist
psychological guidance, consultation and training to other professionals.
Provide supervision and
facilitate reflective practice sessions for recovery practitioners, less
experienced psychological therapists, trainees (as appropriate with
professional registration), assistant psychologists, and other team members
where appropriate.
To be responsible for the
continued development of less experienced Psychologists/Psychological
Therapists, associated training placements, and Assistant Psychologists/MHWPs
Lead on development,
implementation and local quality assurance of evidence based psychological
interventions and pathways, e.g. our group work programme, talking therapies
offer.
Ensure that the needs of
people using the service are communicated to commissioners and partner
agencies, advocating and representing the service in appropriate forums.
Utilise research skills for
evaluation, policy and service development, as well as wider research.
Facilitate relevant
audits/performance indicators and implementation of associated
recommendations/action plans.
Lead in appropriate
multi-disciplinary/project meetings, advising on issues of service and policy
development for the psychological care of service users, as well as wider
operational and strategic issues.
Provide line management to
less experienced Psychologists/Psychological Therapists, and Assistant
Psychologists/Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (MHWPs).
Contribute to recruitment
processes and the wider strategic plans regarding psychology, as appropriate.
Work collaboratively with
partner agencies to improve our psychology provision (e.g. universities,
commissioners), developing and facilitating pathways into wider services such
as mental health teams and social services.
Provide teaching/supervision/practice
assessment for relevant educational providers.
Contribute to the reporting of
incidents, complaints and disciplinary matters to reduce the risk of
recurrence.
General:
Work autonomously within
professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and
procedures.
Manage the emotional
demands of working with individuals with complex needs, including behaviours
that the service can find challenging to manage.
Develop skills and
competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties.
Work alongside management
and their direct reports to effectively support a one team approach.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in the psychological assessment and treatment of people with co-occurring substance use and mental health problems, of varying severity, using formulation to inform complex decision making.
- Sound and demonstrable knowledge of psychological issues relating to problematic substance use, including safeguarding and risk management.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients psychological care and treatment, within the context of an MDT
- Experience of facilitating partnership working
- Experience of managing and supervising trainees, assistant psychologists/MHWPs, and qualified psychological practitioners.
- Experience of providing supervision, teaching, training and consultation to other professional/non-professional groups on complex psychological issues and risk.
- Experience of leading in clinical practice, service development or project work.
- Able to plan, prioritise and organise own clinical work.
- Demonstrable leadership skills, team working, communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience of applying doctoral level knowledge of research methodology within practice, e.g. through routine outcome monitoring, audit and clinically related research.
- Skills in the effective communication of highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipients in a range of settings, including the ability to produce comprehensive and coherent letters, reports and associated documentation.
- A demonstrable understanding of Health and Social Care regulatory requirements including the CQC, NICE and any other relevant bodies.
- Good IT skills including use of Microsoft Office programs, digital meeting platforms and Case Management Systems.
- Solution-focused, with an inclusive and innovative approach to service development.
- The ability to work calmly under pressure, ensuring that deadlines are met, and ensure all information is recorded in a timely manner.
- The ability to communicate effectively, across mediums, settings, and audiences, information which may be highly emotive, complex and sensitive.
- A demonstrable commitment to working in partnership with other professionals such as criminal justice agencies, primary care, secondary care, commissioners, community groups and other stakeholders to achieve good outcomes for people who use our services.
Qualifications
Essential
- Accredited Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS and registered with or eligible for registration in 2023 with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.
- Additional psychological training (or willingness to undertake) in relevant therapeutic modality (e.g. compassion focussed approaches, CBT, DBT, AMBIT, EMDR).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Via
Address
18 Dartmouth Street
London
SW1H 9BL