Due to the promotion of the current postholder, an exciting opportunity has come up for a Deputy Clinical lead in NHS Enfield Talking Therapies Service. We are a well established, highly regarded service with a good track record for staff retention and wellbeing. The service is provided by the North London Mental Health Partnership. We work closely with our partner Talking Therapies Services in Barnet, Camden and Islington.

You will be part of a collaborative workforce of CBT Therapists, PWPs, counsellors, trainees and administrators who are working to increase access to treatment for people with depression and anxiety within the primary care setting and making changes in line with new national KPIs for Talking Therapies. The postholder will report to and be supported by the Clinical Lead for the service.

We are looking for enthusiastic and accredited senior clinicians who have experience of management, supervision, leading on areas of service development and who are also looking to further their clinical expertise in specialist areas in Talking Therapies.

Applicants are advised that we operate a hybrid working policy which means postholders are expected to come on site to our bases (2 days a week minimum and more as needed) and combine this with remote working. The postholder will support senior management cover as required including evening clinics that run from 8.00 am- 8.00 pm.

Interview Date: 13th September 2024 at team base in Chase Farm Hospital

Main duties of the job

• To work alongside and deputise for the Clinical and Operational Lead, providing operational management, supervision and case management for the staff within the NHS Enfield Talking Therapies service.
• To manage identified team leads to enable staff to deliver on performance targets, and to report on performance targets in line with the NHSE Key performance indicators.
• To ensure the systematic provision of evidence based therapies to the clients referred to the service.
• To lead on identified functions of the service and act as the principal conduit for inter and intra agency communication.
• To support the management of the day to day operations of the service across the service bases.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of clinical practice within the service.
• The post holder will provide training and development opportunities for staff.
• To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research. In addition the post holder needs to propose, implement and report on policy changes within the service.
• It is essential that the post holder is able to maintain good relationships with personnel of partner organisations and also other teams and services within the Division and across NCL.

About us

The partnership betweenBarnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH)andCamden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C& I)is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming theNorth London Mental Health Partnership.

In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details about the role, responsibilities and qualifications.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

• Counselling/Clinical Psychology training and HCPC registered or Completion of Talking Therapies high intensity qualification with appropriate accreditation
• BABCP accredited
• Supervisory training

Desirable

• Training in a Talking Therapies modality- EMDR, LTC, others as appropriate

Experience

Essential

• Substantial experience of working in a senior leadership role in an NHS Talking Therapies service, liaising and consulting with GPs and community providers
• Experience of service development and of embedding new organisational models, services and pathways
• Experience in referral processes that support the assessment of clients and patients, and to plan and coordinate the capacity provided by psychological therapists and clinicians for assessment across therapy modalities.
• Experience of working across the life span with a broad range of client groups in different clinical settings
• Experience of exercising full responsibility for client care
• Experience of supervision and management of qualified staff
• Experience in continuous improvement of talking therapies interventions and coordinating services offered by talking therapies clinicians
• Experience of teaching, training and supervision

Desirable

• Experience of representing psychological therapies within multidisciplinary care
• Application of psychological therapies in different cultural contexts

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Able to use highly specialist skills of empathy to overcome barriers to understanding and acceptance. Able to build good working relationships with other professionals.
• Able to liaise effectively at all levels of an organisation.
• Excellent reporting and presentation skills
• Able to provide & receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information in a highly emotive and sometimes hostile atmosphere, in a range of relationships and settings.
• Able to draw upon a broad theoretical knowledge base in the analysis of highly complex facts or situations to arrive at appropriate formulations.
• Able to provide an appropriate clinical service to a diverse population
• Able to work to agreed targets and monitor own and others work effectively.
• Knowledge of, and ability to apply, government/advisory body frameworks and guidelines relating to mental health.
• Able to plan, organise and prioritise a complex workload.
• Competent use of clinical data systems to record and report on performance activity
• Up to date knowledge of legislation, psychological research and national guidance relevant to the client group.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

Desirable

• Specific experience in working with health-related psychological issues, e.g. long-standing and chronic conditions

Other

Essential

• Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
• Must be capable of accountability for own work, of autonomous clinical practice, of being guided by precedent and of working towards defined results.
• Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings

Employer details

Employer name

Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

Chase Farm Hospital

The Chase Building | Chase Farm Hospital site | The Ridge Way | Enfield | EN2 8JL

ENFIELD

EN2 8JL

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306-BEH-2169