Chief Psychological Professions Officer (CPPO)

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; Worcester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Worcestershire is seeking a Chief Psychological Professions Officer. This part-time role involves providing leadership and direction for psychological services while ensuring high-quality, inclusive care. Ideal candidates will have clinical leadership experience and a strong commitment to engaging with users and co-producing care pathways. Flexible working options are available.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible and agile working opportunities

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in a clinical leadership role.
• Strong background in engaging with people using services.
• Commitment to co-producing care pathways.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership and set strategic direction for psychologically informed care.
• Advise on resource deployment for evidence-based psychological care.
• Lead the Postgraduate Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions training course.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Therapeutic expertise

Engagement with service users

Job description

Overview

This is a part time post advertised as 0.6 wte, with consideration for 0.8 wte in certain circumstances. Following the relocation of our current CPPO, we have an exciting opportunity to join us as our new Chief Psychological Professions Officer (CPPO). We are a mental health and community trust covering Worcestershire and Herefordshire. This role provides professional and clinical leadership across the Trust for all psychological professions and requires collaboration with senior clinical and operational leaders within the Trust and in the Herefordshire and Worcestershire system.

You will have substantial experience in a clinical leadership role, with appropriate therapeutic expertise and training and a strong grasp of the roles and attributes of a range of psychological therapies and their contribution to best practice across diverse services. We are looking for a person with a strong background in proactive engagement with people using services and a commitment to co-producing care pathways. If you would like to discuss this opportunity please contact Natalie Willetts, Chief Nursing Officer. This post is eligible for relocation expenses for suitable successful candidates. See attached policy for more information.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership and set strategic direction for the delivery of psychologically informed care and services delivered by psychological professions Trust-wide.
• Provide leadership and direction, and devolved professional line management for systematic multilevel psychological services provision, governance and evaluation across multidisciplinary teams and other service structures Trust-wide.
• Ensure, through liaison and advisory functions, that psychological services across the Trust are high quality, cost-effective, inclusive, anti-discriminatory, culturally appropriate, and based on best clinical and professional practice; meet quality and operational standards, national guidelines, commissioner requirements and user and carer needs and expectations.
• Advise the organisation on resource deployment to ensure a workforce capable of delivering evidence-based and NICE-compliant psychological care, including recruitment, appraisal and talent management of applied psychologists and other psychological professionals.
• Provide senior leadership to the Postgraduate Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions training course as Programme Director.

About Us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we work together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Our 4500+ staff provide services for people of all ages with physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities. We offer flexible working options for a good work-life balance and opportunities for personal and professional development.

Benefits

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay for unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Excellent maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

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