Lead for the Psychological Professions

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

• General

  Self-awareness and advanced understanding of impact of self – including use of own power and authority – on others.

• General

  Compassionate and dedicated approach to working with people requiring contact with psychology and specialist psychological therapies.

• General

  Willingness to work collaboratively with colleagues, including with the service implementation group

• General

  Willingness to travel, work out of a variety of sites and to negotiate the terms of using different locations for the work of the service

• General

  Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.

• General

  Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.

• Mobility

  This will either be not applicable or own transport or suitable alternative. Dependence on public transport is not suitable for this role

• Mobility

  You must demonstrate how you would meet the stated mobility requirement on your application form

• Trust Values

  Demonstrates a commitment to the Trust’s Values: Compassion; Trust; Respect; Integrity

• Qualifications

  Core qualification as an Applied Psychologist or Psychological Therapist, and current registration with appropriate regulatory and professional bodies (e.g. HCPC, BABCP, UKCP etc.)

• Qualifications

  Management/ leadership training or experience at a senior level

• Personal Attributes

  Enthusiasm for a broad range of psychological phenomena, an interest in models of service delivery and an ability to articulate the value added by the full range of professional groups in psychological working and psychologically informed practice within the context of multi-disciplinary mental health services.

• Personal Attributes

  An ability to demonstrate leadership and organisational skills.

• Personal Attributes

  Ability to contain, manage and work with organisational stress and ability to ‘hold’ the stress of others.

• Knowledge and Skills

  Evidence through core training or post-qualification qualifications/experience of models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.

• Knowledge and Skills

  Education in a relevant subject (clinical and/or leadership/ management) to a Doctoral level, or equivalent, including evidence of advanced research skills.

• Knowledge and Skills

  Further training in a specialised area of psychological practice through formal post-doctoral training (diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, together with an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice with an experienced clinical supervisor, at an equivalent level to a postgraduate diploma.

• Knowledge and Skills

  Completion of a clinical supervision training (short course) sufficient to be able to supervise doctoral trainees.

• Standard Requirements

  Commitment to Equality & Valuing Diversity Principles

• Standard Requirements

  Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection

• Standard Requirements

  Understanding of the service users of the Trust (which could include lived experience of conditions the Trust deals with or of receiving services relevant to those the Trust provides)

• Experience and Knowledge

  Excellent professional knowledge of clinical presentations typically encountered in the services constituting the Directorate of Mental Health including a broad and deep understanding of definitions, conventions of diagnosis, treatment and support options, risk management, research evidence and national policy

• Experience and Knowledge

  Therapeutic and psycho-educational individual, group and family skills appropriate to leading practice in services constituting the Directorate of Mental Health.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Knowledge and skill in the use of a variety of psychological assessment approaches, including self-assessment and clinical interview tools.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Ability to clinically lead, supervise and evaluate the practice of a multidisciplinary staff.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Ability to identify the training needs of staff of all backgrounds and to devise strategies to ensure those needs are met.

• Experience and Knowledge

  A knowledge of and commitment of the principles of social inclusion and a recovery approach to service delivery.

• Experience and Knowledge

  An understanding of the stigma and exclusion faced by people with mental health problems and a commitment to ensuring that services with LPT challenge such disadvantage.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Excellent and demonstrable knowledge and skill with regard to managing the clinical and other risk associated including risk management strategies devised in conjunction with partner agencies.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Ability to use influencing and negotiating skills, including in situations of controversy and conflict.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Ability to produce highest quality written reports to deadlines, as required.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Demonstrable ability to utilise and interpret Psychometric Tests competently

• Experience and Knowledge

  Extensive experience of providing psychological and psycho-educational services to people making use of psychology and specialist psychological therapy services.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Extensive experience of working with multidisciplinary colleagues and in multi-agency environments.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Extensive experience of providing supervision and consultation to multidisciplinary staff.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Skills and knowledge of research and audit relevant to the service at doctoral level or equivalent, with experience of undertaking professional research and service evaluation and/or audit.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Experience of working in partnership and in consultative ways with service users and carers.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Experience in influencing and collaborating with colleagues at all levels of own organisation and with partner agencies.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Leadership experience across a range of services

• Experience and Knowledge

  Demonstrable experience of leading and managing projects and change within an organisation.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Experience of a range of professional leadership and management activities, e.g. recruitment procedures, performance management and appraisals.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Experience of representing one or more professional groups within a professional forum.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Experience of delivering graduate and post-graduate training.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Experience in ensuring management processes and frameworks for Psychological Practitioners working within MH Services.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Experience of developing / providing specialist Psychological Services within MH Services.

• Experience and Knowledge

  Capacity to work collaboratively and closely with a range of Specialist Practitioners delivering Psychological Services from the broad range of professional backgrounds.