Overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Psychological Services Designated Quadrant Lead to join our Adult Community Mental Health Services Team in North Hertfordshire and Stevenage. We are seeking an experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or equivalent to be Consultant Lead for the Psychological Services within our dynamic Community Mental Health Services (ACMHS). Main duties of the role in liaison with other senior leadership roles includes:
Responsibilities
* Responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice across the quadrant and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice.
* To ensure supervision and support for other clinical staff who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
* To act as a highly specialised resource to the team.
* To pro‑actively contribute, with other senior clinical and professional leads, to the development and articulation of best practice in psychological interventions and psychologically informed practice across the quadrant.
The area is well served with transport links to historic Hertfordshire and its glorious countryside as well as into London and beyond. We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering care to adults with mental health issues. Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an exceptional organisation with big ambitions, our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
HPFT is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services. The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers – everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout.
We can offer you a competitive salary, staff benefits package, excellent career development and training that comes from working for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. Whilst it is a challenging period for the NHS, there has never been a more exciting time to join HPFT. We are on a "Good to Great" journey as we continue to innovate, improve, transform and deliver the very highest standards of care to the service users and communities that we serve. Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached elsewhere for full details.
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