Job summary
- Main area
- Buckinghamshire Talking Therapies
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 267-BM6383214
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Prospect House (TBC)
- Town
- High Wycombe
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum / pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner - High Wycombe
Band 7
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Job overview
Are you a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) or a Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner with post qualification experience of providing clinical supervision, looking for a service that is committed to your ongoing professional development? A service that puts staff wellbeing and patient care at the heart of everything they do? If so, the Buckinghamshire Talking Therapies has a great opportunity for you!
Main duties of the job
You will have responsibility for supporting the Step 2 team alongside established Lead PWPs and the Senior Management team. You will be responsible for the day-to-day clinical supervision, line management and skills development of the Step 2 workforce, ensuring that a high quality, accessible service is provided to our patients. You will support specific areas of service development and partnership work with external providers. You will also maintain a small clinical caseload and provide Guided Self Help interventions to support the development of your clinical skills.
We offer robust and supportive supervision from skilled supervisors and managers, and you will be supported to develop your own managerial and leadership skills in service. We are committed to providing ongoing, high quality Continuing Professional Development (CPD), and in addition to in-house training you will have an annual CPD budget for relevant external courses.
We’re looking for someone who is organised, forward-thinking and solution focussed, with plenty of enthusiasm and motivation, and who works well in a team. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential.
Working for our organisation
Want to know what it’s like to work for our service? Open the ‘What it’s like to work for Buckinghamshire Talking Therapies’ pdf to see what our team members have to say!
We are a nationally recognized, high-performing, and innovative Talking Therapies service. Visit our website (Oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/bucks-talking-therapies) to find out how we support over 12,000 adults to manage their common mental health difficulties.
Staff wellbeing is a top priority - We have a very active, award winning, in- service wellbeing team and take a pride in our supportive, collaborative, and productive culture.
The Trust hosts the Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and Research and the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre. Buckinghamshire Talking Therapies is actively involved in research, and the service benefits from being a member of the Oxford Academic Health Science Network – Anxiety and Depression Network led by Professor David Clark.
Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount
- Staff accommodation
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Buckinghamshire Talking therapies follows a hybrid working pattern, currently aiming for staff on average to work for 2 days in a Trust office or clinic and 3 days from home.
Our two main bases are centrally located within Aylesbury and High Wycombe, the base for this vacancy is to be confirmed after interview. We use additional clinic space around the county. Ability and willingness to travel for work purposes is essential.
This position needs to comply with the following:
Qualified PWPs are expected to comply with the national requirement effective from 10th June 2022, for PWP registration with the British Psychological Society (BPS) or the British Association of Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP). Registration must be maintained annually, at the practitioner’s expense. Please ensure you complete the section within this application form asking for your PIN. If you are awaiting confirmation of registration, please provide evidence of your submission for registration. Successful candidates who have not completed the approval process will be required to practice at a training grade (Band 4), and will be paid accordingly, until such time as the registration is confirmed.
We expect our staff to share and demonstrate our values and be caring, safe and excellent in everything we do, constantly striving to improve the quality of care we provide and the experience that patients can expect.
For further information, please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- PWP Registration with the British Psychological Society (BPS) or the British Association of Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).
- Graduate/Postgraduate Certificate in Evidence based Psychological Treatments accredited by a relevant professional body.
Desirable criteria
- Managerial or Leadership Training
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding and up to date knowledge of Talking Therapies and principles of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
- Knowledge of the full range of evidence based psychological interventions across both step 2 and step 3.
- Understanding of the stepped model of care.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of providing case management supervision within a social care and/or health care service.
- Experience of successfully leading and managing services and teams.
- Experience of working under pressure and being able to prioritize workload demands.
- Experience of working as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships.
- Ability to be self-reflective.
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
- Buckinghamshire Talking Therapies
- Job title
- Operational Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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