Assessing fitness to practice in clinicians working in clinical psychology: stress and distress |
Thank you for opening this survey. We appreciate it.
We are interested in how clinicians make fitness to practice decisions for themselves or when supporting supervisees. It can be difficult to know how much stress or distress we are feeling when we are in the middle of a challenging or unwell period. Our registration with the HCPC requires us to be aware of our ongoing fitness to practice, yet there is no definitive guidance on how to self-assess fitness to practice in respect of mental distress for clinicians.
We are interested in exploring potential interest in and benefit of a clinician-led self-use tool and/or guidance to support clinicians making fitness to practice decisions for themselves. This is going to take time, collaboration, and lots of support from our colleagues and community, so we are grateful for your help.
We designed this initial survey to take only FOUR minutes to complete. This is so that we can gather data from as many people as possible at this stage. We plan to gather some more in-depth data in focus groups and individual interview further down the line.
Please do your best to answer the questions below, and encourage your colleagues to do the same. We would like to reach as many clinical psychologists as possible in the UK and we'd be glad of your help. If you would like to get in touch directly you can reach me at sarahjane.verity@nhs.net
Note: When we talk about 'mental distress' we mean this term to include diagnosed or undiagnosed, chronic or transient conditions or states that impact on mental wellbeing.
If you feel distressed when thinking about these questions, please consider speaking with a colleague, friend, occupational health team, or national helpline, whichever you feel might offer the most appropriate support.
We are interested in how clinicians make fitness to practice decisions for themselves or when supporting supervisees. It can be difficult to know how much stress or distress we are feeling when we are in the middle of a challenging or unwell period. Our registration with the HCPC requires us to be aware of our ongoing fitness to practice, yet there is no definitive guidance on how to self-assess fitness to practice in respect of mental distress for clinicians.
We are interested in exploring potential interest in and benefit of a clinician-led self-use tool and/or guidance to support clinicians making fitness to practice decisions for themselves. This is going to take time, collaboration, and lots of support from our colleagues and community, so we are grateful for your help.
We designed this initial survey to take only FOUR minutes to complete. This is so that we can gather data from as many people as possible at this stage. We plan to gather some more in-depth data in focus groups and individual interview further down the line.
Please do your best to answer the questions below, and encourage your colleagues to do the same. We would like to reach as many clinical psychologists as possible in the UK and we'd be glad of your help. If you would like to get in touch directly you can reach me at sarahjane.verity@nhs.net
Note: When we talk about 'mental distress' we mean this term to include diagnosed or undiagnosed, chronic or transient conditions or states that impact on mental wellbeing.
If you feel distressed when thinking about these questions, please consider speaking with a colleague, friend, occupational health team, or national helpline, whichever you feel might offer the most appropriate support.
Your consent to our using your data to analyse anonymously is presumed by your participation. Respondents who consent to be interviewed will be given further information and a consent form at that stage in our data gathering.
Many thanks,
Sarah Verity (Clinical Psychologist and Paediatric Neuropsychologist)
Department of Health Psychology
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Many thanks,
Sarah Verity (Clinical Psychologist and Paediatric Neuropsychologist)
Department of Health Psychology
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust