Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Head of Psychological Workforce and Training
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This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Consultant Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to shape the future psychological workforce across Berkshire Healthcare.
As Head of Psychological Workforce and Training, you will provide Trust-wide leadership for workforce governance, education, training and professional standards across the psychological professions.
You will work at the interface of professional leadership, strategic workforce planning, education and training, using workforce intelligence and partnership working to support safe, effective and sustainable psychological practice.
Working closely with the Director of Psychology and Psychological Therapies, professional and operational leads, corporate services, NHS England, training providers and professional bodies, you will help ensure that the Trust has the right psychological workforce, skills and training infrastructure to meet current and future needs.
The role includes leadership of the Trust’s psychological education and training offer, including placements, recruit-to-train initiatives, funded development opportunities, relationships with training providers and assurance on quality and professional standards. You will also have direct responsibility for clinical psychology doctoral training arrangements, including placement coordination and contractual monitoring with course providers.
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In this senior Trust-wide role, you will lead the development of systems that support safe, effective and high-quality psychological practice across services.
You will provide assurance on professional, statutory and regulatory requirements; use workforce intelligence to inform capacity, skills and risk analysis; and advise senior leaders on workforce priorities, education, development and investment.
You will lead the Trust’s psychological education and training offer, working with education providers and services to support placement quality, training governance, funded development opportunities and alignment with service needs.
You will directly coordinate and monitor clinical psychology doctoral placements with course providers, while providing oversight, advice and assurance for other psychological professions training arrangements managed within services.
You will promote inclusive workforce development, widening participation and equitable access to training and career pathways that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.
Please be advised that the interview will be held on the 28th of September. Unfortunately, this date cannot be amended due to service availability. Interviews will be conducted face-to-face.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
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Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare Are
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Alison Pocock
Job title: Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
Email address: alison.pocock@berkshire.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01189046500
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