Job summary
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust is a leading provider of mental health and specialist services across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, committed to delivering high-quality, compassionate and evidence-based care. Within our NHS Talking Therapies service, we work collaboratively across integrated pathways to support individuals with anxiety, depression and co-morbid long-term conditions (LTCs)/medically unexplained symptoms (MUS).
We are seeking an experienced CBT clinician to provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based CBT interventions for this client group. The post holder will also offer expert clinical supervision to High and Low Intensity practitioners, provide consultation and training to multidisciplinary colleagues including community physical health teams, and contribute to service development, audit, research and clinical governance.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in strengthening integrated care pathways and shaping high-quality psychological provision across North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide and develop CBT interventions within Talking Therapies, Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent, for patients with co-morbid LTCs/MUS, in consultation with service leads. In the context of the service, the post holder will:
Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based CBT and CB interventions to clients with a range of anxiety disorders, depression and co-morbid LTCs/MUS involving the clients family/informal carers as required
Hold substantial responsibility for the provision of expert clinical supervision to High Intensity CBT therapists and Low Intensity workers within the TT service.
Provide expert advice and consultation on psychological issues to colleagues within the TT service and to other professionals in specialist physical health teams, including teaching and training, and collaborative clinical work.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with multi-agency colleagues working with the client group, particularly those in community physical health teams, and take a key role in ensuring that clients are appropriately referred and sign-posted to other services as their needs require.
Utilise research skills for the ongoing audit of the service, in particular regular outcome measures and for research, policy and service development for the Integrated pathways within the TT service.
About us
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust is a leading provider of mental health, social care, learning disability and substance misuse services in the West Midlands.
We are a forward-thinking Trust and are extremely proud to have attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), one of only two specialist Mental Health Trusts in England to be awarded this.
We are also delighted to have won the prestigious award of 'Trust of the Year' at the national Health Service Journal Awards 2022, the only mental health Trust to have won this so far.
Our vision is 'To be Outstanding in all we do and how we do it' and the way we do inclusion is no exception. As a 'Disability Confident Employer', we very much believe that inclusion is something that you feel when you work at the Trust and we are continuously developing our culture of inclusion. Our teams pride themselves on compassion, team work and resilience.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will provide and develop CBT interventions within Talking Therapies, Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent, for patients with co-morbid LTCs/MUS, in consultation with service leads. In the context of the service, the post holder will:
Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based CBT and CB interventions to clients with a range of anxiety disorders, depression and co-morbid LTCs/MUS involving the clients family/informal carers as required
Hold substantial responsibility for the provision of expert clinical supervision to High Intensity CBT therapists and Low Intensity workers within the TT service.
Provide expert advice and consultation on psychological issues to colleagues within the TT service and to other professionals in specialist physical health teams, including teaching and training, and collaborative clinical work.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with multi-agency colleagues working with the client group, particularly those in community physical health teams, and take a key role in ensuring that clients are appropriately referred and sign-posted to other services as their needs require.
Utilise research skills for the ongoing audit of the service, in particular regular outcome measures and for research, policy and service development for the Integrated pathways within the TT service.
Have an active role in Clinical Governance to support their own practice and continuing professional development, and to promote the maintenance and development of high-quality psychological care for patients with co-morbid LTCs/MUS within the integrated TT service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will provide and develop CBT interventions within Talking Therapies, Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent, for patients with co-morbid LTCs/MUS, in consultation with service leads. In the context of the service, the post holder will:
Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based CBT and CB interventions to clients with a range of anxiety disorders, depression and co-morbid LTCs/MUS involving the clients family/informal carers as required
Hold substantial responsibility for the provision of expert clinical supervision to High Intensity CBT therapists and Low Intensity workers within the TT service.
Provide expert advice and consultation on psychological issues to colleagues within the TT service and to other professionals in specialist physical health teams, including teaching and training, and collaborative clinical work.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with multi-agency colleagues working with the client group, particularly those in community physical health teams, and take a key role in ensuring that clients are appropriately referred and sign-posted to other services as their needs require.
Utilise research skills for the ongoing audit of the service, in particular regular outcome measures and for research, policy and service development for the Integrated pathways within the TT service.
Have an active role in Clinical Governance to support their own practice and continuing professional development, and to promote the maintenance and development of high-quality psychological care for patients with co-morbid LTCs/MUS within the integrated TT service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification in health or social care e.g. Clinical Psychology; RMN (or post-graduate training and qualifications in another sector to enable equivalent levels of responsibility with the client group in that setting)
- Post-graduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (or an equivalent course which provides eligibility for accreditation as outlined below
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working effectively as a qualifies CBT therapist, in a designated psychologist/CBT therapist post, within a multi-agency setting, relevant to the current post, including substantial experience of the following:
- Specialist psychological assessment and providing CBT to clients experiencing a range of mental health problems in the context of co-morbid LTCs/MUS
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and evaluation for patients with LTCs/MUS, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification in health or social care e.g. Clinical Psychology; RMN (or post-graduate training and qualifications in another sector to enable equivalent levels of responsibility with the client group in that setting)
- Post-graduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (or an equivalent course which provides eligibility for accreditation as outlined below
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working effectively as a qualifies CBT therapist, in a designated psychologist/CBT therapist post, within a multi-agency setting, relevant to the current post, including substantial experience of the following:
- Specialist psychological assessment and providing CBT to clients experiencing a range of mental health problems in the context of co-morbid LTCs/MUS
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and evaluation for patients with LTCs/MUS, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
