Staff Counselling Psychologist - London, United Kingdom - Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

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Description

Caring for the health and wellbeing of our staff is one of the key themes of our People Strategy.

The need for evidence-based, consistent staff support that addresses physical, financial, emotional and psychological wellbeing is of greater importance in light of the pandemic and the impact it has had on colleagues.

The pandemic has highlighted the importance of supporting staff with their wellbeing.

Research suggests that improved staff psychological wellbeing leads to better workforce retention, improved patient care, enhanced staff engagement and safer, more compassionate services.

LGT is committed to creating work environments that prioritise staff wellbeing.

The Trust has a dedicated Staff Psychological Wellbeing Service. The service offers individual support, team-based interventions and guidance and support to managers. It also offers supervision and oversight of Wellbeing Champions.

The service has a broader Trust-wide remit of embedding wellbeing across the Trust and raising awareness about mental health and wellbeing.

The post holder is expected to work across Trust sites and provide both inpatient and community wellbeing support. The role involves the need to work autonomously and efficiently and to a high standard.

To contribute to the provision of effective and sustainable psychological support to LGT staff.

To support the work of the Staff Psychological Wellbeing Service by carrying out the successful implementation and rollout of:
Individual staff support sessions

Team based workshops, reflective groups and trauma response sessions

Supervision and oversight of Wellbeing Champions

Accurate and timely record keeping and activity monitoring
Regular outcome measurement and evaluation
Adherence to all service governance processes
Promotion of wellbeing event
Embedding a culture of prioritising and supporting staff wellbeing
Research, evaluation and audit, as needed

Attendance at Trust-wide meetings

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley.

With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham.

We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

As an organisation, we've made significant improvements for patients and staff in the last two and-a-half years.

This is reflected in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection (from February 2020), which found improvements across the organisation and gave us an improved rating of "Good" in the Well-Led and Effective domains, in addition to the rating of "Good" that we had already achieved in the Caring domain.

Our staff culture change programme has been key to the Trust's improvement journey, as we've stabilised our workforce by reducing vacancy rates and improving staff retention.

We've also significantly increased the representation of minority ethnic leaders across our clinical and corporate teams.

Clinical

2.1 To deliver a high quality, sustainable, evidence-based Staff Psychological Wellbeing Service for staff at LGT.

2.2 To utilise a wide range of assessment methods in order to assess and formulate the needs of individuals and teams.

To sensitively communicate formulations and plan interventions accordingly.

2.3 To provide evidence-based interventions to individual staff members and teams/groups. To draw on a range of psychological models to do this.

2.4 To implement timely and effective staff support in the aftermath of traumatic events.

2.5 To proactively engage in Trust-wide mental health promotion and awareness raising.

2.6 To contribute to the work of the Wellbeing Champions and other staff, as appropriate.

2.7 To identify and be aware of risks for individuals and the Trust. To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans. To carry out risk management plans, when needed.

2.8 To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations and to support others involved in such situations.

2.9 To communicate highly complex information in a skilful and sensitive manner with colleagues, taking account of sensory and cultural barriers to communication.

2.10 To operate within the guidelines, policies and procedures of the service, the Trust and professional and regulatory bodies.

2.11 To adhere to all service and Trust-wide governance policies and procedures.

2.12 To attend meetings, as required.

2.13 To ensure all work is carried out to a high standard and in a timely manner. To take responsibility for organising own time and workload.

2.14 To meet all targets as set out by the Staff Psychological Wellbeing Service Lead and the Associate Director of Staff Wellbeing and Medical Workforce.

2.15 To regularly liaise with the wider Workfor