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 opportunity for an experienced HCPC
registered Practitioner Psychologist (clinical/counselling/forensic) to develop
our psychology service and psychosocial interventions in Gloucestershire. You
may already be at consultant level or seeking an opportunity to move into that
role. As part of this post, you will be part of a growing national psychology
team and work closely with Vias Head of Psychology.
We offer:
Protected time for training and maintaining CPD
in ketamine-facilitated therapy at our Klearwell Clinic in London (if
desirable).
Opportunities for expanding and refining
competencies, training and supervision (such as EMDR).
Tailoring roles to the persons interests,
including opportunities to work in other parts of the service.
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 0.7 basis (28 hours a
week), but flexible arrangements can be considered for the right candidate.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide regional clinical leadership at
our Gloucestershire service and help shape 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.
Please
note, it is anticipated that National Assessors from the British Psychological
Society (BPS) and the Association of Clinical Psychologists UK (ACP-UK) will be
part of the selection panel for this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Role
Purpose
To provide strong regional
level clinical leadership across designated Via services and develop the role
of psychology in the region, 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 evidence-based 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:
Lead on the provision of highly specialist psychological guidance,
consultation and training to other professionals.
Lead on the development and delivery of effective systems of supervision
and 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 development and delivery of effective systems
for continued development of less experienced Psychologists/Psychological
Therapists, associated training placements, and Assistant Psychologists/MHWPs
Lead on development, implementation and quality assurance of evidence
based psychological interventions and pathways within the region, e.g. our psychosocial
offer and 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.
Engage with national and service-level working groups for the purpose of
service development.
Provide and oversee line management of less experienced
Psychologists/Psychological Therapists, and Assistant Psychologists/Mental
Health and Wellbeing Practitioners (MHWPs).
Lead on regional recruitment processes for psychology and wider
strategic plans, 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
Qualifications
Essential
- Accredited Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS and registered 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).
- Registered or eligible for registration on the BPS Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors.
Experience
Essential
- Considerable 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 complex activities in clinical practice, policy development, service development or project work.
- Experience of planning, delivering and supervising a therapeutic/psychoeducational group programme
- Able to plan, prioritise and organise own clinical work, as well as caseload management for other psychological professionals
- Demonstrable leadership skills, team working, communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience of applying doctoral level knowledge of research methodology within practice, e.g. audit and service-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.
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