Divisional Lead and Professional Head for Acute Psychological Services
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Radlett, Hertfordshire
Divisional Lead and Professional Head for Acute Psychological Services
£103799
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Radlett, Hertfordshire
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 26 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Full Job Description
- To be part of the Senior Leadership Team within Acute and Urgent Care Division and holding the lead voice for psychological therapies within that division.
- Provide professional leadership for all Psychological Therapists working within Adult Acute and Urgent Care Services.
- To be responsible in collaboration with the Divisional Directors and Clinical Director for Psychological Services and other senior leadership within the Trust for the provision and development of psychological services within Acute & Urgent Adult Care services, ensuring the delivery of high quality psychological and psychologically informed services across the entire service of Adult Acute and Urgent Care services.
- To provide particular professional leadership, senior clinical leadership and governance for psychological therapies across the Division that have Adult Acute and Urgent Care services.
- To hold a specialist caseload and offer expert consultation of specific cases.
- To be responsible for service development and policy development within Psychological Services across Adult Acute and Urgent Care services in HPFT.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission. Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional