Main Duties and Responsibilities

To provide specialist psychological expertise to the organisation in understanding the emotional complexity of meeting healthcare needs for all staff and developing opportunities for reflective practice for all (clinical and non-clinical).

Provide psychologically focused assessments and interventions to staff on individual, group and team bases with a view to exploring and managing the emotional impact of work to increase effectiveness and wellbeing at work.

 To provide specialist psychological input to the Staff Advice & Liaison Service (SALS). This will involve undertaking individual and team focused assessments based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured observations and semi-structured interviews with staff members and relevant networks.

To make judgements involving highly complex facts, which require analysis and interpretation and comparison of a range of options. To formulate and implement plans of specialist psychological intervention or management of psychological problems, based on an appropriate multi-factorial and multi-theoretical psychological understanding of the presenting issues and employing methods based upon current evidence-based practice, across the full range of staff support and organisational settings.

To evaluate and make decisions about intervention options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors regarding historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, team or organisational process.

To exercise autonomous professional judgment and responsibility for the psychological management of staff including assessment, formulation, intervention, discharge and effective communication of these plans where appropriate with SALS colleagues, and other internal and external services where indicated.

To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to the multi- disciplinary formulation of appropriate psychosocial approaches or intervention plans and be involved in or oversee and co-ordinate specialist psychological aspects of their implementation in collaboration with other staff.

Contribute to the delivery and further development of Schwartz Rounds in the organisation along with the wider Alder Hey community and national Schwartz Team.

Contribute to the delivery and further development of SALS Pals, a community wide network of wellbeing champions within the Trust.

2      Professional and Advisory

 To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programme in consultation with professional and operational managers and within the HCPC and BPS, CPD best practice guidance and requirements.

     Education and Training

In common with all clinical psychologists, to receive regular clinical supervision and professional management, according to good practice guidelines, from a highly specialist or consultant clinical psychologist and where appropriate clinical supervision from other senior professional colleagues.

To further develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision and to provide supervision of the psychological aspects of the clinical work of other MDT members, as appropriate.

To provide professional and clinical supervision of assistant / graduate psychologists and, as appropriate, to contribute to the supervision of individual cases for trainee clinical psychologists.

To contribute to the pre and post qualification teaching of clinical psychology, as appropriate.

To provide specialist advice, consultation and training to clinical and non-clinical staff across the organisation.

Organisational

To work with managers and colleagues to continually improve the quality of services within the overall Trust governance frameworks.

To contribute to the delivery of national and local priorities as set out in the Trust’s corporate objectives.

To perform other duties of a similar kind appropriate to the grade, which may be required from time to time by psychology managers.

To comply with all relevant Trust policies, procedures and guidelines including those relating to equal opportunities, Health and Safety and Confidentiality of Information.

This job description will be reviewed regularly in the light of changing service requirements and any such changes will be discussed with the post holder.

All individuals will have some risk management responsibilities with which they are required to comply, for details of your responsibilities please refer to the current Risk Management Strategy, which is available on the intranet in the Local Strategies folder.

 Equality and Diversity

 It is the responsibility of every member of staff to understand our equality and diversity commitment and statutory obligations under the current equality legislation including the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, the Equality Act 2006 and the Race Regulations (Amendment) Act 2000 and to:

Act in ways that support equality and diversity and recognise the importance of people’s rights in accordance with legislation, policies, procedures and good practice.

Valuing people as individuals and treating everyone with dignity and respect, consideration and without prejudice, respecting diversity and recognizing peoples expressed beliefs, preferences and choices in working with others and delivering appropriate services.

Recognise and report behavior that undermines equality under the Trust policy.

Be consciously aware of own behaviour and encourage the same levels of behaviour in colleagues.

Acknowledge others’ different perspectives and recognise the diverse needs and experiences of everyone they come into contact with.