Job overview
This role is to provide professional leadership and strategic direction to support and promote the effective deployment of the Psychological Professionals workforce in delivering high quality services across the Trust. They will provide visible, accessible professional and clinical leadership at corporate levels to support Trust aims.
Main duties of the job
To provide professional leadership for Psychological Professionals in the Trust
To work with the Director of Therapies in strategic planning to enable the Psychological Professionals workforce to support the Trust’s vision and deliver its strategic outcomes.
To support Divisional Leads in ensuring consistency of performance and working practice across clinical services.
To ensure therapy resources are deployed in the most effective way, ensuring a psychology offer that is sustainable within the current resources
To provide visible, accessible professional and clinical leadership at corporate levels to support Trust aims
To deputise for the Director of Therapies alongside the Trust Lead AHP
Working for our organisation
This post is an internal opportunity for an existing Divisional Psychology Lead. The post holder will represent the Trust in external meetings across the system and the region.
We are a mental health, Learning Disability and Autism Trust, we also have Children’s Health Services in Dudley.
Our organisation holds Lead Provider status so has commissioning and provider functions.
The Trust offers internal coaching and mentoring. There is a comprehensive staff wellbeing offer, with an internal staff counselling team. NHS Fleet Services offer salary sacrifice for lease cars. The Trust is an anti-racist organisation and has a number of dedicated staff networks that are available to all staff to engage with
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
1. HCPC Registration
2. Consultant Clinical Psychologist