New guidelines on job planning for practitioner psychologists
The BPS has produced new guidelines for practitioner psychologists working in the NHS and social care on navigating the job planning process.
24 November 2023
Job planning is important in helping services to deliver high-quality outcomes for service users and allowing individual staff to be clear about their own role in the activities required to deliver those outcomes.
Job planning processes are now widely used and recommended in the NHS, but prior to the launch of this document, specific guidance for practitioner psychologists was either out-of-date or did not exist.
The process should align the objectives of the organisation, the team, and individuals to allow practitioner psychologists to plan and deliver innovative, safe, responsive, efficient, and high-quality care.
It should also provide opportunities to develop both personally and professionally to help drive quality improvement in line with the needs of service users.
Professor Tony Lavender, lead author of the guidelines, said:
"This parallels documents that have been produced for medics and AHPs, and follows other NHS job planning guidance.
"Job planning is now a process embedded in the NHS and is crucial in ensuring practitioners are supported in the delivery of high-quality work to service users."
The full guidelines on job planning are available to read on BPS Explore.