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    Clinical Lead CYP Gender Service - Bristol, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)

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    We are looking for an experienced leader and innovative clinical psychologist with appetite to build on a strong record of multi-professional service delivery in a paediatric health setting. The Clinical Lead for the proposed NHS Children and Young People Gender Service (South West) will work within Psychological Health Services and alongside the Clinical Director to develop, deliver and evaluate specified services provided by a range of clinicians and health professionals. Provision will include clinical services, research and quality improvement including dissemination, and training and consultation to other partner services and agencies.

    Psychological Health Services is an award-winning department, recognised for a commitment to leadership and the development of Trust-wide psychological services.

    As a university teaching trust research and quality improvement forms part of UHBW's mission to support excellence in delivery of patient care, alongside education and applied research of the highest quality.

    We are engaged in high profile national professional networks at a senior level across BPS, NHS and charitable sector organisations.

    PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INTERVIEWS ARE SCHEDULED FOR 17TH OF MAY 2024.

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    Main duties of the job

    Within the Psychological Health Services Senior Leadership Team, the role will deliver strategic and operational leadership of a multi-professional service for children, young people and their families experiencing gender related distress. Delivery of the service will be as specified nationally with national guidance for strategic development in line with the Cass Review 2024, and will be subject to ongoing quality improvement. Contribution to collaborative processes with national, regional and local providers, as they are established includes regular reporting obligations. Representation on national delivery and oversight groups is also part of this role.

    About us

    University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

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    We have strong links to local and regional universities providing access to support research and clinical training with honorary appointment up to professorial level. Psychological Health Services has an expanding research portfolio and provide and support opportunities to develop this further.

    Psychological Health Services take pride in their commitment to providing high quality and accessible CPD and access to skilled clinical and peer supervision. Examples of current CPD opportunities include monthly Trust-wide departmental CPD meetings, journal clubs and an ACT supervision group. Our commitment to clinical excellence is reflected in our annual cycle of quality outcomes related to a wide portfolio of activity.

    We work together to grow and shape the department; we have a notice board style central point of communication to keep you up to date communicating via surveys about what matters to us all. Membership of departmental Service Delivery Groups (SDGs) give the opportunity to broaden skills and experiences and be involved in wider psychology initiatives.

    As a large department Psychological Health Services provides clinical psychology services to a wide range of specialist multidisciplinary teams. Although the current recruitment is for a specific post, we welcome applications and enquiries from those who are interested in wider opportunities within our portfolio. We have a commitment in Paediatrics to collaborate with our colleagues as much as we can. This means we regularly offer advice and guidance to patients outside of our core patient group. This rewarding work is highly appreciated by the Trust.

    As a way to support individual development, growth of expertise and service priorities, staff can benefit from opportunities to work into other clinical areas through discussion and planning with their line manager and head of service. This will be an element of the working lives of much of the staff group you would lead. Candidates requiring full time employment would be welcome to discuss additional roles within Psychological health Services.

    For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

    Person Specification

    Qualifications and Training

    Essential

  • Doctorate in clinical psychology
  • Current registration as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council
  • Training in the supervision of trainee clinical psychologists / other staff
  • Management/leadership training
  • Knowledge and Experience

    Essential

  • Experience of working as Clinical Lead of a multi-professional paediatric service providing delivering complex clinical care and psychological consultation outside of the organisation, overseeing multi-professional clinical delivery of services of consistent high quality
  • Demonstrable knowledge of legislation and guidance pertaining to safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults, consent, confidentiality and standards of psychological care
  • Record of publications in peer reviewed, academic or professional journals/books
  • Theoretical knowledge of proposed aetiologies, and the evidence base for the interventions relevant to CYP with gender distress
  • Experience of working with children with gender distress
  • Advanced knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics including screening for common neurodevelopmental conditions in children
  • Desirable

  • Experience of leading interdisciplinary team delivery and function, where the team includes medically trained consultants
  • Experience of working with Communications specialists on internal and external communications about clinical service strategy and delivery
  • Experience of budgetary management
  • Experience of strategic delivery of complex care
  • Skills and Abilities

    Essential

  • Ability to lead the generation of systemic and individual psychological formulations and systematic interventions based on applying psychological theories and models to the complex information generated by the patient and systems as appropriate.
  • Ability to access, record, manage, synthesise and report on information and data pertaining to the work undertaken, using service specific and general notes, data bases and electronic records as required. This includes leading others to maintain a high standard of clinical evidence recording.
  • Ability to prioritise and manage available time for clinical, managerial and professional activities effectively and safely
  • Able to travel within UK up to monthly
  • Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of operational and research data.
  • Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups
  • Skills in running complex professional meetings
  • Ability to work effectively, leading a multi-disciplinary service and team, being responsible for effective team functioning and establishing and maintaining team roles via communication & dissemination of complex information in a timely manner.
  • Aptitudes

    Essential

  • Advanced communication skills. The ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information to and from staff and organisations in a culturally appropriate manner in highly emotive situations and regarding contested subjects. This will include the ability to provide complex psychological information to staff in an accessible manner.


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