Job summary
- Main area
- Staff Wellbeing
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term end date will be determined after pre-employment checks have been completed.)
- Hours
- 18.75 hours per week (Part time : normal working days are Wednesday mornings, Thursdays and Fridays)
- Job ref
- 371-TAP-CS163
- Employer
- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- London House
- Town
- Bracknell
- Salary
- £48,270 - £54,931 per annum (Incl. HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist - Wellbeing Matters
Band 7
Job overview
Are you a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist seeking a new challenge in a Trust that values and prioritizes staff wellbeing?
The Wellbeing Matters Team at Berkshire Healthcare are looking for a part time qualified Psychologist to join them at either Band 7 or 8a with normal working hours of Wednesday (9:00-12:45) & Thursday and Friday (9:00-17:00). You’ll offer individual psychological support following work-related incidents and investigations. You’ll develop and deliver team interventions such as reflective practice, post-incident sessions, workshops, away day support and training. We strive to meet the need of the staff member or team and deliver accessible support either in person or online.
You'll be working as part of a dynamic and responsive team of psychological practitioners. With no waiting list, you can provide proactive support as it is needed. As an autonomous practitioner, you’ll manage your schedule to meet the needs of the teams you support.
Our Wellbeing Matters Team work with the latest evidence-based specialist psychological models and techniques - currently we are piloting a Wellbeing Skills Training based within ACT. Supervisory roles can be considered depending on experience. This role offers a blend of on-site visits, home working, providing virtual support, and twice-monthly team meetings in Bracknell.
Applications are processed as they are received. We would encourage you to apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early!
Main duties of the job
- To support the development and delivery of the Specialist Psychological Staff Support Service
- Provide specialist assessment, formulation and interventions to individual staff, teams and managers – via 1:1 sessions, team sessions, workshop and training delivery.
- Depending on experience, you will direct and supervise junior staff and resources within their area of responsibility and take an active participation in clinical quality assurance and learning programme
- To communicate specialised, complex, and sensitive information and advice to staff members and other professionals, including information about challenging team dynamics or staff psychological wellbeing needs. To provide advice to other members of the service and agencies on their particular need
Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The “must haves” for this role:
- Doctoral qualification in clinical psychology (or equivalent) and HCPC registration
- Previous experience working as a Clinical Psychologist
- Experience delivering group interventions or interventions to staff teams
- Full UK driving license and access to vehicle
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further applications tips- see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you're someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to call Hannah Faust on 03003656565 or email: [email protected] who'll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all section of the community regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- For Clinical/Counselling Psychologist: Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996 or for those who completed their training overseas) which provides eligibility for Chartered Membership of British Psychological Society (BPS)
- For Clinical/Counselling Psychologist: Registered and accredited with Health Care Professional Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist
- For Psychotherapist: Recognised master's level qualification in psychodynamic psychotherapy or equivalent and registered with UKCP as a psychotherapist or with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC).
- Family and Systemic Psychotherapist: Post graduate qualification in relevant mental health or social care related discipline or equivalent. (E.G. Clinical psychology registered with HCPC, or Registered Mental Health Nurse (NMC) registered with HCPC, or Occupational Therapy degree level and registered with HCPC, or Registered Social Worker registered with HCPC, or qualified Psychotherapist registered with professional body UKCP or equivalent) AND Master’s level qualification or equivalent in family and systemic psychotherapy or equivalent qualification accredited by AFT
- Family and Systemic Psychotherapist: Registered and accredited as a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist with the professional body UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
Desirable criteria
- For All: Additional training/ accreditations (or working towards these) to reflect post qualification interest/ specialism (e.g., Health Psychology, Neuropsychology, BABCP, UKCP, ACAT, BPS).
Continuous Professional Development
Essential criteria
- Evidence of training and/or interest and knowledge in psychological models and therapeutic approaches relevant to the post.
- Commitment to continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant accrediting body.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of post qualification training in supervision
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in evidence-based ways with services users (and their carers/families) presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the range of settings, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of dealing with highly distressing or emotional circumstances, such as serious mental illness, child and sexual abuse, exploitation, and complex family dynamics
- Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environment
- Experience of service development and carrying out clinical audit, evaluative research and applying the findings
- Experience of working with, and addressing issues of diversity, including experience of working with diversity, multiculturalism, and equality of access to service.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering teaching and training to staff
- Experience of providing clinical supervision, mentoring, or providing structured guidance to other staff
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of service evaluation, audit and research and completing this in the NHS.
- Demonstrable knowledge, skills and abilities in the practice of psychological/neuropsychological or psychotherapeutic assessment, formulation and intervention, relevant to the service area.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, technical and/or sensitive information to service users, their carers/families and other professional colleagues, both within and outside the NHS
- Well-developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to support, influence and engage with clinicians, stakeholders and service users to create change and improvement
- The ability and skills to act as an advocate for the service, to engage and foster good professional relationships with all health professionals in promoting the good integration of this service with the wider health care system.
- Ability to confidently cope well under pressure, resolve issues and competing demands, with excellent time management skills and an ability to respond constructively to challenge or resistance, applying practical problem-solving skills in everyday and complex situations.
- Advanced IT skills and the ability to navigate various systems and software packages (such as RiO, Outlook, databases, MS office/Teams, One Consultation and the internet).
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to work flexibly around working patterns as required, and ability to travel independently between locations in Berkshire to fulfil the requirements and duties of the position
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Catherine Moulds
- Job title
- Talent Acquisition Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
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