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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

CLINICAL

•          To provide a psychologically informed service to the personality disorder pathway including assessment and specialist formulation for individuals and carers as appropriate.

•          To provide specialist consultation and supervision to the personality disorder pathway and other agencies providing care for the client group.

•          To carry out specialist assessments and provide specialist evidence based therapy to individuals and groups as appropriate.

•          To participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided within the personality disorder pathway team.

•          To liaise with Recovery teams, PCLS, Primary care and other services and identify appropriate care pathways for patients with complex emotional needs/personality disorder.

•          To work jointly with colleagues within primary and secondary services offering consultation, and case-based discussion and providing expert advice.

•          To participate in generic team duties as agreed by the team manager, as appropriate to the needs of the service.

•          To maintain accurate records and to monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.

PROFESSIONAL

•          To adhere to the HCPC policies and procedures.

•          To fully observe the BPS (1996) Code of Conduct and the DCP Guidelines for the Professional Practice of Clinical Psychology (1995).

•          To be aware of, adhere to, and where appropriate, contribute to the formulation and review of Trust, Area and Clinical Psychology Service policies and procedures.

•          To participate in local psychology meetings and Trust wide meetings as appropriate.

•          To maintain and develop high standards of psychology practice by engaging in continuing professional development and co-operative working/networking with counselling and clinical psychologist colleagues.

•          To participate in an annual performance appraisal.

SERVICE GOVERNANCE

•          To participate in service governance processes in the profession, ensuring a safe and effective service.

•          To support and participate in multidisciplinary clinical audit.

•          To liaise with other disciplines and agencies to ensure that best practice is shared.

•          To promote the use of effective interventions in the service.

TRAINING AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT

•          Use highly specialist knowledge to develop and deliver (alongside colleagues) engaging training packages on the needs of and interventions for people with complex emotional needs/personality disorders to a variety of learner levels (support staff to clinicians).

•          Ensuring that all highly specialised training packages are underpinned by theoretical knowledge, practice-focussed and are evidence-based and kept up to date with clinical advances and research.

•          To provide training, supervision and consultation in psychological approaches to other staff in the multidisciplinary team.  This to include joint assessment with care co-ordinators, formulation of psychological problems and planning of interventions to be implemented by care co-ordinators or other team members with service users.

•          To provide training and supervision to staff throughout the mental health services (alongside main identified supervisor).

•          To contribute to the teaching of students and trainees in psychology, medicine, nursing and other health care disciplines.

•          To agree a plan of personal development with the Psychology Lead and the post holder’s line manager.

•          Provide inclusive, compassionate and effective leadership for your team by setting clear vision and direction.

•          Develop a culture and environment in which members of staff are encouraged and supported to deliver high- quality services and are supported to innovate and improve services where appropriate.

•          Encourage your team to feel able to raise concerns openly and safely.

•          Promote equality of opportunity in service delivery and employment, ensuring that no person receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of gender, marital status, race, religion, creed, colour nationality ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation or disability.

•          Support prompt recruitment by identifying vacancies to the AWP Recruitment Team as soon as they arise, and participate in the selection and effective induction and onboarding of new joiners to the team.

•          Ensure that all team members have a very positive introduction to the team and a well-supported first year. 

•          Take responsibility for encouraging people to stay with AWP, ensuring that you are aware whenever a member of your team is considering leaving, seeking to understand their reasons and encouraging them to stay.

•          Ensure that key messages are cascaded in your team and that your team are encouraged to put forward suggestions.

•          Show appreciation to your team when they do good work and support them when they are struggling.

•          Consider the individual needs of team members for a healthy work-life balance and think about how their needs can be supported by providing flexible ways of working.

•          Support all team members to keep their mandatory and statutory training up-to-date and identify the learning and development needs of all team members of the team ensuring that everyone has an up-to-date personal development plan (PDP).

•          Ensure that every team member as at least an hour of supervision (one-to-one meeting) each month, this may include both managerial and clinical supervision.

•          Ensure all team members receive a constructive assessment of their performance each year and set SMART objectives for the coming year.

•          Seek support from the HR Team to tackle any worries regarding matters of discipline, including both conduct and capability concerns, supporting a ‘just and restorative culture’. Take prompt action regarding serious concerns and ensure clear plans are in place for problems which are less serious in nature but prove difficult to resolve.

•          Act as a positive role model at all times, encouraging people to feel equal members of the team whilst working within clear frameworks and policies.  

•          Promote effective use of bank and agency nursing staff, providing a safe and effective service, complying with regulatory standards.

•          Ensure that you and your team understand all of the agreed key performance indicators for your service, particularly relating to outcomes and essential standards to be met.

SERVICE AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT

•          To collaborate with other specialist staff in designated area to extend the range of specialist psychological and group interventions available across the area.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

•          To engage in research relevant to service priorities as appropriate.

•          To participate in audit and service evaluation activities examining the effectiveness of current service delivery and leading to development of services relevant to client needs.

•          To undertake advice, support and consultation to colleagues from other disciplines undertaking research in the area.

COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

With the following staff working and providing services in the designated area:

Specified Teams, specified sites, clinical psychologists and other staff and teams providing specialist psychological therapies and mental health care across the designated area.