About this role
Job summary
Are you passionate about shaping the future of the psychology and psychotherapy workforce?
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and innovative senior psychological professional to join our Corporate Psychology & Psychotherapy team as a Principal Psychology & Psychotherapy Workforce Development Lead.
This is a unique opportunity to influence the development, wellbeing and professional growth of one of the largest psychology and psychotherapy workforces in the NHS. Working closely with the Director & Deputy Director for Psychology & Psychotherapy and a wide range of internal and external partners, you will lead strategic workforce development initiatives that strengthen capability, support staff wellbeing and promote excellence in psychological practice across the Trust.
This post is offered on a job-share basis, working 22.5 hours per week across Monday to Thursday, alongside the existing postholder who works Thursdays and Fridays.
Main duties of the job
As a senior leader within Corporate Psychology & Psychotherapy, you will:
Lead the development, coordination and delivery of psychology and psychotherapy workforce development programmes across SLaM.
Design and deliver a broad portfolio of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities, including training events, mentoring schemes, leadership development and action learning programmes.
Lead workforce projects, funding bids and collaborative initiatives with partner organisations and professional bodies.
Support recruitment, retention and career progression across the psychology and psychotherapy workforce.
Contribute to Trust-wide staff wellbeing and staff support programmes, helping to create psychologically safe and inclusive workplaces.
Provide expert consultation, supervision and leadership to psychological professionals across multiple services.
Champion equality, diversity and inclusion and support the development of culturally responsive services and workforce practices.
Lead and contribute to service evaluation, audit, quality improvement and research activities.
This role combines strategic leadership, workforce development, clinical expertise and professional leadership, making it an ideal opportunity for an experienced practitioner seeking to influence psychological services at organisational level.
About us
At South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, you will join one of the world's leading mental health organisations. Working in partnership with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London and as part of King's Health Partners, we are internationally recognised for excellence in clinical care, research and education.
Benefits include:
Access to extensive professional development and leadership opportunities.
Opportunities to contribute to innovative workforce and service transformation programmes.
Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.
Opportunities to engage in research, quality improvement and academic collaborations.
Staff wellbeing support and learning opportunities.
Our Commitment
South London and Maudsley is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to thrive. We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, particularly groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
We are dedicated to promoting equality, tackling discrimination and creating psychologically safe environments for our staff, service users and carers.
Join Us
If you are an experienced senior psychological professional who is passionate about workforce development, leadership and creating opportunities for others to flourish, we would welcome your application.
Job description Job responsibilities
The postholder will lead a small dedicated P&P Workforce Development team including
Deputy Workforce Lead Assistant Psychologists Trainees
as part of the wider Corporate P&P Team. The Corporate P&P Team provides professional leadership for the P&P workforce across the Trust as well as a range of Staff Support services for all Trust staff such as Schwartz rounds, post-incident support, Emotional Emancipation Circles as an in-house Staff and Counselling Well-being service.
Together with their job share they will set priorities for P&P Workforce Development with the Deputy Director and Director for Psychology & Psychotherapy and they will lead on the development and implementation of a range of projects to address those priorities. This will range from ensuring we support a wide range of people to join the P&P Workforce including those who are disadvantaged or under-represented in the workforce, to developing and maintaining effective relationships with partner training organisations, providing CPD to support staff to provide quality inclusive clinical services and maintain their professional registrations as well as support career development at all stages including leadership development for minoritised staff.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Accreditation as a Practitioner Psychologist (HCPC), Psychotherapist (APC, UKCP, BACP, BPC) or Art Therapist (HCPC) Level 7 Qualification as a Practitioner Psychologist, Psychotherapist or Arts Therapist Supervision training CPD
Experience Essential
Experience of working with, and addressing issues of, diversity, including experience of working within a multicultural framework. Experience of leading workforce initiatives, service improvement projects or change programmes Experience of building effective partnerships and influencing across professional groups, services or organisations Experience of providing teaching and training to psychological professionals or other professional groups and experience of designing, coordinating and delivering workforce development or CPD programmes.
Desirable
Experience of leading large-scale organisational change programmes. Experience of securing external funding or leading complex partnership projects across organisations. Experience of influencing workforce strategy at organisational, regional or national level.
Knowledge, abilities and skills Essential
Knowledge of racial and other diversity issues and factors affecting access to mental health care. To plan allocation of tasks to assistants/trainees and junior staff as appropriate Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions relevant to this post Ability to manage highly complex situations involving multiple difficulties, and competing/conflicting views about those difficulties; and to help create contexts that develop systemic engagement, and harness the strengths and abilities of those involved in order to work towards solutions
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address Maudsley Hospital
Denmark Hill
London
SE5 8AZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)