Job summary
Due to an internal promotion, we're looking to recruit a Deputy Clinical Lead to join the North locality of West Sussex Talking Therapies.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our high performing team. If you're looking to support a clinical leadership team, deputising when appropriate for our Clinical Lead as one of four Deputies across the wider West Sussex Talking Therapies service, then we'd like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
As Deputy Clinical Lead, you'll be instrumental in developing the service through consultation with the senior team involving audit, research and service evaluation projects. Working closely with the Clinical Lead, responsible for the clinical quality and performance of our step 2 and step 3 interventions, you'll oversee the delivery of NICE evidence-based psychological therapies and clinical supervision, ensuring staff achieve competencies as described in the NHS Talking Therapies Manual.
As a BABCP accredited psychological therapist, you'll have a comprehensive NHS Talking Therapies (previously IAPT) background, enhanced communication skills and supervisory/managerial experience. You'll have access to the Trust's Allied Psychology Forum network, which offers professional support and CPD events networking with a range of psychological practitioners across the Trust.
About us
We are a high performing NHS Talking Therapies service, leading the way in the provision of psychological therapies. We are proud of the supportive culture we foster in our teams.
We're commissioned to provide services Monday-Friday 8am to 8pm and all staff are required to contribute towards this. Travel across the county is essential.
The successful candidate will work with our blended working model including working on site across our bases within our locality and some home working.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working closely with the Clinical Lead the post holder will provide oversight of the clinical provision of the NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies service, also operating within the wider service providing NHS Talking Therapies interventions across West Sussex.This will include the clinical supervision and oversight of assessment, formulation and interventions based on extensive experience of mental health services and NHS Talking Therapies interventions. The post holder will provide leadership to staff delivering interventions, offer advice and consultation on patients psychological care with secondary care and other relevant partners including non-clinical colleagues.The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures and deputise for the Clinical Lead when necessary. Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development. Implement teaching and training within the service at introductory, intermediate and highly specialist levels in order to deliver the most effective interventions.Together with the Clinical Lead the post holder will be responsible for the clinical quality and performance of NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies with a particular focus on clinical supervision and case management. Provide support for the Senior Psychological Therapists and other modality leads. A key responsibility will be to ensure governance structures and leadership processes are in place and effective for practice within the service including safety and risk assessment when identifying, assessing and treating clients suitable for Talking Therapies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working closely with the Clinical Lead the post holder will provide oversight of the clinical provision of the NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies service, also operating within the wider service providing NHS Talking Therapies interventions across West Sussex.This will include the clinical supervision and oversight of assessment, formulation and interventions based on extensive experience of mental health services and NHS Talking Therapies interventions. The post holder will provide leadership to staff delivering interventions, offer advice and consultation on patients psychological care with secondary care and other relevant partners including non-clinical colleagues.The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures and deputise for the Clinical Lead when necessary. Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development. Implement teaching and training within the service at introductory, intermediate and highly specialist levels in order to deliver the most effective interventions.Together with the Clinical Lead the post holder will be responsible for the clinical quality and performance of NHS West Sussex Talking Therapies with a particular focus on clinical supervision and case management. Provide support for the Senior Psychological Therapists and other modality leads. A key responsibility will be to ensure governance structures and leadership processes are in place and effective for practice within the service including safety and risk assessment when identifying, assessing and treating clients suitable for Talking Therapies.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Professional Registration
Essential
- Accreditation/registration with a core profession (as listed by the BABCP) with additional accreditation as a CBT practitioner with the BABCP.
- Doctoral or post graduate level training in the field of counselling/clinical psychology or equivalent
- Post qualification training and accreditation in NICE recommended treatments
- Training and /or significant experience in supervision of other psychological practitioners.
- Qualification or significant experience in the delivery of training in the context of psychological therapies
Desirable
- Training/experiencing in leadership and change management skills
- Experience in QI and /or audit methodology
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualifying clinical work in NHS or similar settings.
- Experience of undertaking assessment and treatment with wide a variety of presenting problems with knowledge and understanding of secondary care mental health services
- Experience of professional leadership of clinicians and managing services or projects
- Experience of providing time limited and longer term psychotherapeutic interventions.
- Experience of providing group interventions
- Extensive experience in a specialist area of psychological practice
- Experience in working with complex cases, and skill in liaison with other key stakeholders , including secondary care mental health services
- Experience in working in an IAPT service in primary care
- Experience of teaching and training others in IAPT therapies and/or within contexts of psychological therapy services
- Extensive experience of supervising others in IAPT therapies in the context of patients with Long Term Conditions
- Experience in deploying skills in research, service evaluation, audit whilst ensuring incorporation of psychological frameworks for understanding and provision of high quality care
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Highly specialist clinical and psychological therapy skills in the context of IAPT therapies
- Autonomous and reflective practitioner
- Ability to manage with highly complex referrals and assessments and guide others with complex clinical decision making.
- Excellent teaching and supervision skills.
- Clinical practice in a broad range of mental health diagnoses.
- Critical appraisal skills.
- Ability to work flexibly.
- Updated extensive knowledge of IAPT therapies.
- Clinical application of IAPT therapies within the IAPT framework.
- Working knowledge of the theory and practice of other psychological therapies.
- Specialist theoretical and practical understanding of the therapeutic relationship
- Ability to lead others and establish healthy team cultures which promote excellent patient care support and develop team members.
- Ability to model an inclusive approach to leadership which fosters leadership in others.
- Ability to undertake audit cycles in order to improve patient care
- Ability to develop effective communication skills and utilise interpersonal skills to manage complex/sensitive situations
Other requirements
Essential
- Willingness and ability to work in the evenings/weekends or at home if necessary, for example if constraints on office space become critical
- Travel between sites.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Professional Registration
Essential
- Accreditation/registration with a core profession (as listed by the BABCP) with additional accreditation as a CBT practitioner with the BABCP.
- Doctoral or post graduate level training in the field of counselling/clinical psychology or equivalent
- Post qualification training and accreditation in NICE recommended treatments
- Training and /or significant experience in supervision of other psychological practitioners.
- Qualification or significant experience in the delivery of training in the context of psychological therapies
Desirable
- Training/experiencing in leadership and change management skills
- Experience in QI and /or audit methodology
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualifying clinical work in NHS or similar settings.
- Experience of undertaking assessment and treatment with wide a variety of presenting problems with knowledge and understanding of secondary care mental health services
- Experience of professional leadership of clinicians and managing services or projects
- Experience of providing time limited and longer term psychotherapeutic interventions.
- Experience of providing group interventions
- Extensive experience in a specialist area of psychological practice
- Experience in working with complex cases, and skill in liaison with other key stakeholders , including secondary care mental health services
- Experience in working in an IAPT service in primary care
- Experience of teaching and training others in IAPT therapies and/or within contexts of psychological therapy services
- Extensive experience of supervising others in IAPT therapies in the context of patients with Long Term Conditions
- Experience in deploying skills in research, service evaluation, audit whilst ensuring incorporation of psychological frameworks for understanding and provision of high quality care
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Highly specialist clinical and psychological therapy skills in the context of IAPT therapies
- Autonomous and reflective practitioner
- Ability to manage with highly complex referrals and assessments and guide others with complex clinical decision making.
- Excellent teaching and supervision skills.
- Clinical practice in a broad range of mental health diagnoses.
- Critical appraisal skills.
- Ability to work flexibly.
- Updated extensive knowledge of IAPT therapies.
- Clinical application of IAPT therapies within the IAPT framework.
- Working knowledge of the theory and practice of other psychological therapies.
- Specialist theoretical and practical understanding of the therapeutic relationship
- Ability to lead others and establish healthy team cultures which promote excellent patient care support and develop team members.
- Ability to model an inclusive approach to leadership which fosters leadership in others.
- Ability to undertake audit cycles in order to improve patient care
- Ability to develop effective communication skills and utilise interpersonal skills to manage complex/sensitive situations
Other requirements
Essential
- Willingness and ability to work in the evenings/weekends or at home if necessary, for example if constraints on office space become critical
- Travel between sites.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
