Staff Support Lead
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Broad Green, Croydon
Staff Support Lead
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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Broad Green, Croydon
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted 1 day ago, 23 Apr | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: 54a5a9e5122048898544f46e89b0a613
Location ref: Broad Green, Croydon
Full Job Description
We are looking for a 12 month maternity cover for the Staff Support Lead Role.
The role is ideal for someone committed to improving the wellbeing of the NHS workforce, with strong clinical expertise and a passion for trauma-informed, compassionate staff support. We are recruiting an experienced and inspiring practitioner to lead our Trust-wide Staff Support Service--an established and innovative programme supporting colleagues across all disciplines.
As Staff Support Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping a culture of psychological safety at SLaM. You will lead a dedicated team, deliver highly specialist interventions, drive new initiatives, and work closely with senior leaders to ensure staff have access to high-quality, evidence-based support.
About the Role
You will provide strategic and clinical leadership across a diverse portfolio of staff-support projects, including Schwartz Rounds, Critical Incident Staff Support Services, Reflective Practice, and emerging trauma-informed initiatives. Working within Corporate Psychology & Psychotherapy, you will help ensure that every member of staff can thrive at work and access timely, culturally responsive support.
You will also personally offer specialist clinical interventions (including Trauma-Focused CBT or EMDR), support service development and evaluation, supervise members of the Staff Support Community of Practice, and collaborate with academic partners to drive innovation., Lead and deliver the Trust's Staff Support Service--providing specialist trauma-informed psychological support, supervising the team, coordinating key programmes (Schwartz Rounds, Critical Incident Support, Reflective Practice), and ensuring safe, accessible, culturally competent provision. Drive service development and innovation, oversee training and consultation for staff across the organisation, maintain high professional standards, and lead research, evaluation and outcome measurement to strengthen and grow the staff wellbeing offer.
Corporate Psychology & Psychotherapy (Corp P&P) sets and upholds the standards for psychology and psychotherapy across SLaM. We oversee the governance, quality, and delivery of psychological interventions for both staff and patients. Our team brings together experienced psychologists, psychotherapists and nurses with a diverse range of specialist skills.