Job summary
- Main area
- Staff Wellbeing
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 months from start date)
- Hours
- 18.75 hours per week (Part time : normal working days are Wednesday mornings, Thursdays and Fridays)
- Job ref
- 371-TAP-CS1483
- Employer
- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wellbeing Matters
- Town
- Bracknell
- Salary
- £55,877 - £62,626 per annum pro rata (Incl. HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Wellbeing Matters
Band 8a
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
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and let’s be outstanding together.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Hannah Faust:[email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections 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
- Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical psychology (or equivalent)
- Registered and accredited with Health Professional Council (HPC)
- Eligible for graduate membership of BPS (British Psychology Society) and for Chartered Clinical Psychology status and membership of the Division of Clinical Psychology as a result of training in models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology and at least 2 psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
Continuous Professional Development
Essential criteria
- Evidenced post qualification training and expert knowledge in areas of specialism and the ability to use knowledge when interacting on health and social care subjects
Desirable criteria
- Clinical supervision training for psychology trainees
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Will usually have at least two years demonstrable post-qualification experience and interest of working in multidisciplinary teams / multi-agency environment as well as experience of teaching / training of health care professionals
- Experiencing of managing highly complex situations concerning safeguarding, risk management, complaints and investigations
- Experience of working within services that operate the Care Programme Approach successfully and of working with complex caseloads
- Experience of working effectively with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course and with service users with cases of a high degree of complexity
- Experience of carrying out clinical audit and applying the findings.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage difficult situations with service users that have complex mental health conditions and challenging behaviours and to manage a demanding and complex case-load.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to engage, support and lead patients, clinicians and other stakeholder groups in change, development and improvement
- Able to empathise, be supportive and sensitive to the needs of others as well as being able to cope with highly distressing circumstances
- Ability to comfortably and confidently cope well under pressure, with excellent time management skills and an ability to respond constructively to challenge or resistance.
- Quick to work through and resolve issues and competing demands
- Knowledge and understanding of service evaluation and implementing change from a national and local health or social care change agenda that impacts across services and professions
- Exceptional IT skills and the ability to navigate around various systems and software packages (such as RiO, Outlook, databases, MS office and the internet)
- Able to work flexibly as required and the ability to travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements of the position
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel across sites in Berkshire and beyond as required
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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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