Reflective Practice (RSR) Lead | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

We arelooking for a new Reflective PracticeLeadto join the Staff Support teamat South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.Thispost offersthe opportunity todevelop, co-ordinate and ensure the systematic provision ofreflectivepracticeto all staffusing the Trust'sRSR(Reflect,Support,Resolve)Model. The post holder will lead on thereflectivepracticeworkstream, with someinput intoour otherStaff Supportprojects (including Schwartz Rounds, Critical Incident Staff SupportandTeam Support Plans).We are seekinga candidate who can effectivelyengage stakeholders andleadprojects at an organisation-wide level., Corporate Psychology and Psychotherapy (Corp P&P) oversees the standards of psychology and psychotherapy in SLaM. It has strong links to other disciplines and services. The governance of the provision, assessment and delivery of psychological interventions within the trust for both patients and staff are held under Corporate Psychology and Psychotherapy. As a department we are made up of skilled staff members from Psychology and Nursing backgrounds with lots of different expertise.

Within Corp P&P we have a programme of projects which are working to address both local and national priorities through workforce, quality improvement and service development projects. Using a project management approach the work loosely falls under three workstreams, Staff Support, Psychological Workforce and Enabling Service Improvement. Examples of recent projects include; developing psychologically based approaches in acute and crisis care, developing and implementing staff support initiatives, including the Trusts Critical Incident Staff Support (CISS) service, work in Global Mental Health and developing workforce initiatives for aspiring and qualified psychologists and psychotherapists (e.g training events; diversifying the workforce).

• To develop, co-ordinate and ensure the systematic provision of Reflective Practice (RSR-Reflect, Support, Resolve) to all staff from within Corporate Psychology and Psychotherapy, and personally provide highly specialist clinical input.


• To lead on the Reflective Practice workstream and input into a range of projects (including Schwartz Rounds, Critical Incident Staff Support Service, Team Wellbeing Support Plans) from within corporate psychology and psychotherapy, and available to staff of all disciplines across the organization.


• To co-create and initiate further developments in line with the evolving multidisciplinary staff support strategy within the organization.


• To proactively seek out opportunities to increase awareness around the Staff Support offer and recruit new members to the Staff Support Community of Practice.


• To ensure that access to staff support reaches most marginalised and 'at risk' groups and to enable staff from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe work environment.


• To receive training, clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as lead specialist for reflective practice.


• To provide training, clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as lead specialist in Reflective Practice.To ensure regular training, CPD, conference and supervision events for the Staff Support Community of Practice.


• To ensure there are sufficient Reflective Practice facilitators trained at all times to meet the need within the Trust.


• To provide governance, oversight and leadership of the RSR (Reflect, support, resolve) workstream within staff support


• To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of multidisciplinary staff within our reflective community of practice.


• To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved


• To undertake service evaluation, audit, research and policy development.


• To work as an autonomous professional within appropriate professional guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.


• To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC/RMHN/BACP/UKCP guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
  
  The successful candidatemust have exceptional organisational skills and demonstrable ability to runmultipleprojectssimultaneously and atscale, deliveringboth ontarget and on time.Theymust be skilled in designing and delivering training,providingconsultation andreflective practice. The candidate must be hard working and able to take initiative whilst holding strong 'team-player' values. Experience working in staff support,awarenessof the impact of trauma on healthcare staff,narrative or systemic therapy trainingand project management experiencearehighlydesirable. The post holderwillalsohavemanagement experience andleadershipskills.