Job Description
This is a training role within the highly-regarded Southport & Formby Clinical Health Psychology Department. The Post-holder will benefit from strong peer support, with rich and varied opportunities not only to learn, but also themselves make a significant contribution to the wellbeing of patients and the further development of the Department.
The post-holder will provide Solution-Focused (SFT) interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role. This intensive training post will equip the post-holder to provide a SFT service to clients with a range of complex problems for which SF is demonstrated to be clinically effective, as well as making important contributions to multidisciplinary teams.
The full-time post-holder will work in the service using the newly developed skills whilst attending the training programme on formal teaching days.
The post-holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.
They will adhere to agreed levels of clinical activity .
All post holders will agree to:
- Commit to the vision of supporting Mersey Care in becoming a leading organisation in the provision of community services, mental health care, addiction services and learning disability care, and in doing so fully utilise their skills and experience to support the objectives of the Trust.
- Role model the values of the Trust – Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness, Enthusiasm and Support– in all activities and interactions with employees, service users and other stakeholders.
- Challenge the stigma associated with mental health and learning difficulties.
- Comply with the Duty of Candour.
- Work across professional and organisational boundaries to improve services for all.
- Value the contribution of the patient/ service user voice.
- Operate within any organisational codes of practice or those from a relevant professional body.
- Respect equality and diversity across all areas of working practice and communications with staff, service users and other stakeholders.
- Take responsibility for the accurate and timely collection and recording of data and ensuring all personally identifiable information is protected and used only for the purposes for which it was intended.
- Comply with all health and safety legislation and local policies and procedures.
- Adhere to all organisational policies.
Principal Responsibilities:
Clinical
1. Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
2. Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.
3. Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary, conveying SFT and other psychological formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language.
4. Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.
5. Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.
6. Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.
7. Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols.
8. Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and stepdown arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.
9. Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process.
Training and Supervision:
1. Attend and fulfil all the requirements of the Health Psychology Doctorate Training programme within agreed timeframe.
2. Apply learning from the training programme in practice.
3. Receive supervision from educational providers in relation to course work to meet the required standards.
4. Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating, professional and accrediting bodies (e.g., BPS, UKCP, BABCP), and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the Department of Health (e.g., NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence).
5. Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times
6. Be aware of and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of SFT, CBT and other psychological therapies.
7. Ensure clear professional objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with senior therapists on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development (CPD).
8. Attend clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis as agreed with Manager.
9. Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.
10. Keep up to date all records in relation to CPD and ensure personal development plan maintains up to date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/developments.
11. Attend relevant conferences / workshops in line with identified professional objectives.
General
1. To contribute to the development of best practice within the service.
2. To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures in relation to Mental Health and EI Services.
3. All employees have a duty and responsibility for their own health and safety and the health of safety of colleagues, patients and the general public.
4. All employees have a responsibility and a legal obligation to ensure that information processed for both patients and staff is kept accurate, confidential, secure and in line with the Data Protection Act (1998) and Security and Confidentiality Policies.
5. It is the responsibility of all staff that they do not abuse their official position for personal gain, to seek advantage of further private business or other interests in the course of their official duties.
6. This Job Description does not provide an exhaustive list of duties and may be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder in light of service development
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