Job summary

We are seeking a Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Psychotherapist able to lead the delivery of Psychological Therapies within Lewisham's Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) and Early Intervention in Psychosis service.

The post will suit a practitioner with well-developed NICE guideline-based expertise in the provision of Psychological Therapies for severe mental health problems. In addition to providing leadership and expert level supervision for a team of senior Psychological Therapists, participation in service design and delivery of a stepped care framework provide opportunities for bringing innovation to the community treatment of psychosis and complex mood and anxiety disorders.

We are also seeking a practitioner who can contribute to supporting Lewisham's integrated CMHTs by enabling both trauma informed care and provision of psychologically informed practice by a multi-disciplinary workforce. The service is attempting to improve access to psychological approaches based on Long Term Plan ambitions and the Patient & Carers Race Equalities Framework (PCREF).

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

• To lead, manage and plan the delivery of a highly specialist psychological therapy service and personally provide expert clinical input to Lewisham CMHTs.
• To be responsible for the monitoring and implementation of professional standards in the practice of psychological therapy and for the systematic and effective provision of professional supervision.
• To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
• To ensure the conduct of research, service evaluation and audits relevant to the service and the research agenda
• To be responsible for the good clinical governance, quality and appropriateness of the work of psychological practitioners in the service.
• To work as an autonomous professional within registration body guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures, and interpret these and be responsible for their implementation within the service areas of responsibility.
• To take a lead on staff support within their area, working closely with Corporate Psychology and Psychotherapy to support colleagues and ensure all staff in SLaM have access to evidence-based support. To participate, as a recipient, in staff support work when appropriate.

About us

About us

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust(SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.

By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities

This post will take a lead role in ensuring the delivery and development of the provision of psychological services within Lewisham CMHTs and the Specialist Early Intervention Service. The post holder will be responsible to the Directorate Head of Psychology & Psychotherapy, for the monitoring and implementation of professional standards in the practice of applied psychology for the Lewisham CMHTs and Early Intervention Service and for the systematic and effective provision of line management, clinical and professional supervision as required. The post holder will provide expert clinical input for individuals within the services including psychological assessment and/or treatment within the pathways. The post holder will work autonomously within professional practice and Trust guidelines and will ensure that allocated human and financial resources are used effectively where appropriate.

The post holder will ensure that Trust Psychology & Psychotherapy and other policies, standards and directorate targets for mental health services for individuals with a diagnosis of psychosis and mood and anxiety disorder and their carers are being met within the Directorate.

The post has a lead role in proposing and implementing policy and service development and to lead on service evaluation, QI and research. The post holder will both lead and contribute to specific Directorate-wide and non-psychology specific projects as may be identified and negotiated.

As a highly specialist and lead clinician the post holder will ensure the systematic provision of a highly specialist and high quality service to clients and their carers with severe and enduring mental health problems and/or complex presentations. The post holder will work effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team providing clinical expertise in the provision of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Family Interventions, individually formulated psychological therapy, and evidence based interventions for individuals with psychosis and mood and anxiety disorders, offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to other psychological therapists and community team members.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Entry-level qualification in applied psychological therapy/mental health/social welfare profession or equivalent and demonstrable practice in this field (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level/supervised practice/additional training) that has been accepted for the purposes of professional registration.
• Additional training beyond entry-level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice (CBT- SMHP) through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses and/an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by a registered body and/or an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma or higher
• Completed training course in clinical supervision and/or accredited to supervise qualified psychological practitioners in relevant discipline
• Registered with professional body as appropriate to discipline HCPC/APC/BPC/UKCP/BACP/BABCP/ADMP-UK

Experience Essential

• Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in psychosis and with mood and anxiety disorders
• Experience of undertaking leadership roles
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in psychosis and with mood and anxiety disorders
• Experience of supervising qualified psychologists/psychotherapists assistants and trainees having completed the relevant training

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oTo have undertaken a recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions, e.g. psychiatric nursing, clinical psychology, medicine, social work and occupational therapy OR to have equivalent relevant experience and demonstrable competence to work in the mental health field in the NHS. oEntry-level qualification in applied psychological therapy/mental health/social welfare profession or equivalent and demonstrable practice in this field (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level/supervised practice/additional training) that has been accepted for the purposes of professional registration. (A/I) For Psychologists: . Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration. (A/I) Clinical psychologist: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent Counselling psychologist: MSc and PG Diploma in Counselling Psychology Forensic psychologist: MSc in Forensic Psychology plus completion of the British Psychological Society's Qualification in Forensic Psychology Stage 2) For Family / Systemic Psychotherapists: Post-graduate qualification in relevant mental health/social welfare profession and demonstrable practice in this field (A/I) PLUS Masters level qualification in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy or equivalent qualification, accredited by UKCP (A/I) For Psychotherapists: Entry-level qualification in Psychotherapy that has been accepted by the APC/BPC/UKCP/BACP/BABCP (specify which, according to nature of post) for purposes of professional registration. (A/I) For Arts Therapists: Masters Degree (or equivalent) in Arts Therapy or Dance Movement Therapy. (or specify Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Dramatherapy or Dance Movement

Desirable

• Training in CBT, DBT and Family Intervention relevant to CMHT settings

Experience

Essential

• o Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in multi-disciplinary adult mental health teams.
• o Experience of undertaking leadership roles
• o Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in secondary care adult mental health services
• o Experience of supervising assistants and trainees having completed the relevant training.
• o Post-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities.

Knowledge

Essential

• o Knowledge of the theory and practice of management and leadership.
• o Advanced theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment
• o Advanced knowledge of the theory of psychological practice/processes and their therapeutic application.
• o Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities.
• o Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care.

Desirable

• Knowledge of Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act relevant to Adult Mental Health Hospital and Community based Treatment

Skills

Essential

• oTo deliver specialist therapy across cultural and other differences.
• oTo plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers (and for meetings such as CPA and case reviews where appropriate).
• o To plan allocation of tasks to assistants/trainees as appropriates.
• o Consultation skills to work with the multi-professional team or other professional groups and sensitively managing, a number of people's needs simultaneously within the context of therapeutic work/consultation.
• o To plan delivery of psychology and psychotherapy services to the client group and carers, involving partner agencies.

Desirable

• Experience of delivering and supervising brief CBT skills groups Experience of delivering and supervising family support and intervention

Abilities

Essential

• o Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
• o Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
• o Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour.
• o Ability to manage highly complex situations involving multiple difficulties, and competing/conflicting views about those difficulties and to help create contexts that develop systemic engagement, and harness the strengths and abilities of those involved in order to work towards solutions

Desirable

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of staff support eg provision of reflective practice and formulation groups for multi-disciplinary teams

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lewisham Early Intervention Team

59 Cordwell Road

London

SE13 5QY

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