Consultant Clinical Psychologist • Warrington Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
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with Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
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1. Can you tell us about your experience with delivering evidence-based psychological therapies? Which modalities do you feel most proficient in, and why? Can you tell us about your experience with delivering evidence-based psychological therapies? Which modalities do you feel most proficient in, and why?
2. Describe a challenging case you have managed. What approaches did you employ, and what was the outcome? Describe a challenging case you have managed. What approaches did you employ, and what was the outcome?
3. How do you ensure that psychological assessments are carried out systematically and effectively? How do you ensure that psychological assessments are carried out systematically and effectively?
4. Can you provide an example of how you have led a psychological therapies team in the past? What were your key strategies for ensuring high-quality service delivery? Can you provide an example of how you have led a psychological therapies team in the past? What were your key strategies for ensuring high-quality service delivery?
5. How do you approach clinical and professional supervision for staff? Can you discuss any frameworks or models you prefer? How do you approach clinical and professional supervision for staff? Can you discuss any frameworks or models you prefer?
6. In your opinion, what are the key elements to consider when implementing a system for professional appraisal and CPD needs identification? In your opinion, what are the key elements to consider when implementing a system for professional appraisal and CPD needs identification?
7. What experience do you have in conducting audits of psychological services? How do you use the findings to inform service improvement? What experience do you have in conducting audits of psychological services? How do you use the findings to inform service improvement?
8. Can you share an example of a successful policy or service development initiative you led? What were the challenges and how did you overcome them? Can you share an example of a successful policy or service development initiative you led? What were the challenges and how did you overcome them?
9. How do you engage stakeholders in the process of service development, including team members and service users? How do you engage stakeholders in the process of service development, including team members and service users?
10. How do you ensure that psychological practices within your teams meet professional guidelines and regulatory standards? How do you ensure that psychological practices within your teams meet professional guidelines and regulatory standards?
11. Can you discuss a time when you identified a governance issue in your practice? How did you address it? Can you discuss a time when you identified a governance issue in your practice? How did you address it?
12. Given that Mersey Care is a multidisciplinary trust serving a diverse population, how would you adapt your psychological services to meet the varied needs of our service users? Given that Mersey Care is a multidisciplinary trust serving a diverse population, how would you adapt your psychological services to meet the varied needs of our service users?
13. What strategies would you suggest for enhancing collaboration between different health services within the trust? What strategies would you suggest for enhancing collaboration between different health services within the trust?
14. What motivates you to work in the field of Clinical Psychology, and how do you maintain your professional development? What motivates you to work in the field of Clinical Psychology, and how do you maintain your professional development?
15. How do you balance the pressures of clinical leadership with your own psychological well-being? How do you balance the pressures of clinical leadership with your own psychological well-being?
16. What innovations or changes do you envision for the field of Occupational Health and Wellbeing Services, particularly concerning psychological support? What innovations or changes do you envision for the field of Occupational Health and Wellbeing Services, particularly concerning psychological support?
17. How do you foresee the evolving role of technology in delivering psychological therapies? How do you foresee the evolving role of technology in delivering psychological therapies?
18. What attracted you to this position with Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust specifically? What attracted you to this position with Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust specifically?
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nConsultant Clinical Psychologist with Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust in Warrington, England, United Kingdom\n\nAn exciting opportunity has arisen to join our multidisciplinary team in OHWB and lead our Psychological Therapies Team (PTS) in delivering high quality and effective psychological therapies to our Merseycare NHS Trust colleagues. The successful candidate will ensure the systematic provision of high-quality psychological assessments and the implementation of a range of evidence-based group and individual psychological interventions and therapies. The successful candidate will be responsible in ensuring that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of all psychological services staff within OHWB, including clear systems for effective recruitment, professional appraisal, and the identification of CPD needs. The successful candidate will be responsible for audit, policy and service development and research activities and/or programmes as required by the Psychological Therapy Service in OHWB. Prior experience of working at 8C level would be desirable. To provide clinical psychological leadership for the provision and further development of psychological care within the Occupational Health & Wellbeing Service (OHWS). To ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist psychology service to clients of the clinical team to which the post holder is attached. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within OHWS and to ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of all psychological services staff within the service for which the post holder has designated professional responsibility, including clear systems for effective recruitment, professional appraisal, and the identification of CPD needs. To be responsible for audit, policy and service development and research activities and/or programmes as required by the service. To propose and implement policy and service development changes within the area served. A workplan will be developed with the postholder which will be reviewed on a yearly basis depending on the needs of the service. Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities. At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andrea Snagg Job title: Assistant Director of OHW Email address: OHWB@merseycare.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01925664010 Zoe Sarangi, Strategic Lead for OHW ( OHWB@merseycare.nhs.uk, 01925 664010)"}