Lead Consultant Psychologist

An exciting 3 month secondment opportunity for a part time Lead Consultant Psychologist to provide professional leadership for all psychologists working in Forensic Healthcare Services. To be responsible, in collaboration with the Service Director and other Care Group senior leadership, for the provision, and development of psychological services for the care group, ensuring the delivery of high-quality psychological services. To hold a specialist case load.

To be accountable as part of the CDS leadership team for the management of Trust finances and business development.

To represent the CDS across Trust-wide services in developing new services, bidding for new business and negotiating contracts with commissioners of services.

To provide professional leadership for psychology and psychological therapies for the CDS across Trust-wide services.

To work autonomously within professional guidelines and to provide professional leadership by exercising responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the CDS across Trust-wide services.

To propose and implement policy and service development changes in relation to psychology and psychological therapies across the service.

To ensure that systems for effective recruitment, professional appraisal and identification of CPD are in place and working effectively across the service.

To be responsible for the development of applied psychology services within the care group, including clear systems for effective recruitment, and workforce planning in line with the Trust's business plan and the CDS service model.

A major requirement of the job is to initiate, lead and carry out, audit, research and training programmes and to propose and implement policy and service development changes within the care group.

To hold a specialist case load.

SPFTis a large NHS organisation that offers clinical and social care services to children, young people, adults and older adults, with emotional and mental health problems or learning disabilities. We provide servicesto the people of Brighton and Hove, East and West Sussex with Children & Young People's Services provided across Sussex and Hampshire. The Trust operates as part of a wider network of health and social care and works in partnership with both statutory and non-statutory agencies. The Trust benefits from a thrivingSussex-wide psychiatry training scheme where HE Kent, Surrey and Sussex provide foundation, GP, core and higher trainees. We work closely with Brighton and Sussex Medical School, in 2015 we became a member of the Association of UK University Hospitals, the representative body for university hospitals with major teaching and research interests across the UK and internationally. Our vision isto improve the quality of life for the communities we serve. The clinical strategy and organisational strategy we have developed underpin this by providing frameworks to enable sustained improvements in the quality of care we provide. With our Integrated Care System partners, we have developed a compelling case for change in mental health services which strives to improve the links between health and social care to better serve our communities. The Trust is rated by the CQC as Good for being safe, effective, responsive and well-led and as Outstanding for caring.

Please refer to Job Description for more detail

Clinical - Overall: To be responsible for the delivery of a high quality, effective and safe psychology and psychological therapies service within the Forensic Health Care Servicein order to meet Trust wide strategic aims and objectives.

Teaching, training and supervision: Overall: To directly contribute to the Forensic Healthcare strategic aims and objectives.

Management, Leadership, Recruitment, Policy and Service Development

Research and service evaluation.

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology or its equivalent for those trained before 1996 or outside the UK as approved by the HPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
• Post doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice relevant to the specific Care Group/Service.
• HPC Registered as a practitioner Psychologist
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.