We want the people of Westminster to have a fully integrated and coordinated mental health system which focuses on people’s strengths and supports their whole health and wellbeing. The borough is dynamic and innovative and is already well progressed towards Integrated Neighbourhood working.
We are seeking to recruit a dynamic, innovative experienced applied psychologist with significant consultant level experience to bring psychological knowledge and expertise to this vision. The role is both clinical, operational and strategic in nature bringing psychological leadership to multi‑professional continuous improvement and transformation of service design across the Mental Health system in Westminster.
The role is to transform, lead and ensure the co‑ordinated delivery of high‑quality contemporary services for adults experiencing mental health issues in the Borough. We believe in providing the right level of care and support at the right time so that people can flourish, contribute and live a healthy life of their choosing.
CNWL Psychology
Responsibilities
- To lead and continue the transformation of the multi‑professional Psychosocial Interventions offer across Westminster Adult CMHHs; working closely with all relevant psychological professionals and others who provide psychosocial interventions (Psychotherapy, Arts Psychotherapy, Occupational Therapy and wider MDT colleagues).
- To ensure the services are accessible and acceptable to service users from all local communities and addresses health inequalities and discrimination in the access to and provision of services.
- To manage and supervise the lead for the Complex Emotional Needs (CEN) provision across the Borough.
- To participate as a senior clinician in the strategic planning and delivery of high quality and accessible mental health services in the Borough, advising both service and professional management on those aspects of services where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.
- To be a senior member of the profession and/or directorate management teams and to contribute to the work commissioned by these teams.
- To contribute to Trust, Directorate & Borough strategic development and implementation of new initiatives e.g. national guidelines including NICE, through membership of committees and/or working parties as required.
- To be responsible for systematic governance of meetings, and/or chair professional management meetings.
- To ensure a system is in place for the professional management and appraisal of psychological therapists, assistant psychological therapists and other professionals, as required.
- To initiate and implement service developments within the directorate/team to improve the quality of services, both within psychological therapies and the broader services.
- To advise both service and professional management on factors adversely affecting service delivery and staff retention.
- To be responsible for managing the psychological resources available to services both in terms of professional management of psychological therapies staff and psychological materials employed in the assessment and treatment of clients.
- To liaise with other agencies and service providers in relation to the provision of psychological services as appropriate to the job.
- To take a lead role in the recruitment of psychological therapists and other staff in line with Trust policy.
- To ensure the service provides placements for regional clinical psychology trainees, supporting all staff qualified to do so to offer a placement.
- To promote the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and developing services.
- To take a lead role in ensuring that services to clients are of a high quality and are managed efficiently, according to the overall requirements of the Trust and government policy (e.g. NICE guidance, NHSE Guidance etc.).
- To be responsible for applying Trust and Directorate clinical governance standards within the borough or specialty psychological services and ensure that these are maintained and improved through audit procedures.
- To deputise for or represent when appropriate other senior psychological professionals.
- To develop psychological therapies provision in line with developments to align mental health provision with Integrated Neighbourhood Teams; including the development of Community Psychology Approaches.
- To participate fully as a member of the multidisciplinary borough Senior Management Team. Working closely with the Brough Director, Clinical Director and other senior colleagues. Providing managerial and psychological expertise, advice and consultation to other members of the team.
- To take a lead role / participate in system wide projects and workstreams within the Borough as part of the Borough SMT, including those which may not be psychology specific.
- To support psychological professionals to play a key role in the development of new clinical and operational initiatives including Open Dialogue, Trauma Informed Approaches, AI and Digital tools.
- To work closely with the clinical / operational lead for Westminster Talking Therapies.
- To ensure effective partnership and liaison with other professional disciplines and with relevant partner agencies at both a strategic and operational level within the Borough, Division, Trust and wider system.
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