Job overview
This new post is an exciting opportunity to provide leadership, management and clinical expertise to acute inpatient wards within the division of Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG). This will include all of the acute inpatient wards for adults and older adults.
You will also work with senior colleagues to ensure the provision of seamless access to psychological assessment, formulation and intervention as part of the acute pathway.
You will lead an expanded multi professional psychological therapies service delivering a trauma informed model of care. This will include development and oversight of training programmes and supervision networks to support culture change and embed Trauma Informed care at the centre of service transformation.
You will collaborate with colleagues in BSW to ensure a standardised approach across services based on evidence-based practice. This will include working collaboratively to develop an evaluation and outcomes framework for Psychological therapy services and reporting of service activity and outcomes to the commissioning body, with the aim of demonstrating the impact of new investment.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone:
1. To manage capacity effectively to respond to demand placed upon the service. To act as part of the wider relevant locality management team.
2. To provide leadership and expertise to Psychological Professionals within Acute adult and Older Adult Inpatient Services.
3. To take the lead role in new developments in relation to Psychological Therapies to support the delivery of the ambitions of the Long Term Plan and the Community Mental Health Framework.
4. To undertake the role of a specialist clinician, carrying a specialist caseload of highly complex cases.
5. To lead and motivate practitioners, trainees and assistants from all professions within the inpatient services and across the psychological therapies.
6. To undertake highly specialist research and service evaluation.
7. To work in partnership with Service Users, Carers, staff Performance Management and Finance staff, corporate services, human resources, third sector organisations in the development and delivery of services.
8. To work with senior managers and system partners to explore and pursue business opportunities.
9. To work across systems/providers in the locality to ensure effective pathways for Service Users.
10. To work alongside the ICB and ICS across both BNSSG and BSW to have an active role in strategic development, aligned to ICB and ICS outcomes.
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