About this role
Job summary
We are excited to offer two posts for psychologists to work on our adult acute psychiatric wards. One of these is part of new investment as our organisation is enhancing the therapeutic environment and interventions on our wards where some wards will benefit from having full time qualified psychology input for the first time.
The job involves a diverse range of tasks, including direct assessment and intervention, as well as many opportunities for indirect contributions to recovery, via training staff, reflective practice and service development.
The posts established as 8a posts, however they can be taken as band 7 preceptorship posts with a pathway to transition to 8a after a minimum of 18 months. One post is shared across two mixed 18-bed acute wards. The other post covers only one ward, a single-sex, 18-bed unit.
You will benefit from support from an assistant psychologist and be part of a team of 8 qualified and 5 assistant psychologists working in the Adult Inpatient Psychology Service.
Main duties of the job
service users on a mixed gender psychiatric ward, providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the acute and urgent care pathway and ward policies and procedures.
To support and enhance the work of the multi-disciplinary team by providing advice, consultation, training and supervision on service users' psychological care to other members of the team, including facilitating or supervising the facilitation of reflective practice groups. To lead on theimplementation of trauma informed approaches to care across two admission wards.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the service and participate in service-related quality improvement and innovationprojects.
To take professional responsibility for attached doctoral trainee practitioner psychologists (8a roleonly), assistants and/or graduate psychologists
About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
About our location:
This post will be based at Springfield Hospital
Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
Job description Job responsibilities
Regular contribution to daily MDT meetings to plan patient care
Joining MDT for individual patient reviews to ensure that psychological aspects of their difficulties and care planning are considered
Direct sessions on the ward including individual patient assessment, formulation and treatment, as well as group and family sessions.
Indirect input to MDT to support staff in day-to-day management of patients.
Focus on service users who require one-to-one observations or seclusion to identify a pathway to reduce need for restriction.
Provision of regular reflective practice.
Regular contribution to various aspects of service improvement for ward one.
Provision of supervision to other qualified psychology staff working on acute wards.
Contribution to wider service planning and improvement for the adult inpatient services.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications Essential
Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology (for Clinical Psychologists), two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (Practitioner Psychologist, domain: Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist)
Desirable
Post qualification training in applied research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Experience Essential
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse Experience of working with people who experience severe, complex and long-term mental health problems Demonstrate further specialist training/experience through having received a minimum of 50 hours clinical supervision while working as a psychological therapist over a minimum of 18 months, or an alternative agreed by the Director of Psychology
Desirable
Post qualification experience of working in acute psychiatric ward Post qualification training in CBTp Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision Experience of the application of clinical/counselling psychology in different cultural contexts Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team Experience of working within a multicultural framework Post qualification experience of working with a Home Treatment Team.
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).
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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 West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust
Address Springfield University Hospital
15 Springfield Drive
London, Tooting
SW17 0YF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)