Job summary
The post holder will be a Lead Psychologist within South Camden Community Team and will hold a senior position within the team amongst the Clinical Team Manager, other discipline leads and the Consultant Psychiatrist.
The post holder will lead and manage the psychology discipline, attending to line management, clinical supervision and manage the psychology waiting list.
The post holder will hold a highly complex caseload and develop and formulate specialised programmes of care for service users that are outcome focused and evidence based.
You will communicate complex information in a highly skilled and sensitive manner to members of the multidisciplinary team, care partners and service users, who may on occasion, present with challenging behaviours.
The post holder will act as a case manager for service users being treated by other colleagues, providing oversight of assessments, treatment and discharge of patients.
The post holder will maintain a high standard of clinical records, preparing reports for internal use and for external agencies, maintaining good communications with referrers and other professionals involved.
You may be required to convene multi-professional and multi-agency meetings, liaising with outside agencies and professionals and will act as the lead on liaison work and cross-sector partnership working such as GPs / schools/local authorities.
Main duties of the job
- Develop and formulate specialised programmes of care/care packages for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a service user/patient's psycho- social difficulties taking into account multiple theoretical and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy and provide highly specialised advice concerning
- Undertake clinical assessments of service users/patients and offer highly skilled treatment or therapy using appropriate therapeutic modalities
- Manage complex case
- Communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, complex condition-related information concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans of service users/patients under their care who may be hostile or present with challenging behaviours and to monitor, evaluate and report as appropriate
- Lead on liaison work and cross-sector partnership working such as GPs / schools/local authorities
- Act as a case manager/case coordinator for patients/service users treated by other colleagues. Responsible for the oversight of the assessment, treatment and discharge of patients and other tasks related to the case. This role may involve convening multi-professional and multi-agency meetings and liaising with outside agencies and professionals.
- Formal consultancy/capacity building across the discipline and with external
- Work with the clinical service manager to ensure the delivery of high quality, feedback-informed interventions across the service.
About us
Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We are particularly keen to attract candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to better meet the needs of the services users and students that we serve. The Trust aims to ensure that all job applicants, employees or clients are treated fairly and valued regardless of sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, domestic circumstances, age race, colour, disablement, ethnic or national origin, social background or employment status, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, HIV status, gender identity, political affiliation or trade union membership.
Clinical and research governance
The post-holder must adhere to the trust's clinical and research governance guidelines, which includes being responsible for keeping up-to-date and accurate clinical records. All research must be undertaken in line with the national Research Governance framework, and the post-holder should seek guidance from the Trust research directorate before embarking on any research project.
Continuing professional development
The post-holder will be invited to an annual appraisal, which will include the formulation of a professional development plan and specific details of continuing professional development in relation to the tasks of the post and its development over time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Post holder will be responsible for re-evaluating care.
If in a social work role, may be required to prepare detailed and highly complex reports and give evidence in courts, hearings and tribunals depending on service with a high degree of skill.
Act as lead for safeguarding and risk management in the team or across services.
Responsible for job and project planning within the team/service.
Maintain a high standard of clinical records, preparing reports for internal use and for external agencies as required and maintaining good communications with referrers and other professionals involved.
For more detailed JD and main responsibilities, please see the job description and person specification added to this job advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Post holder will be responsible for re-evaluating care.
If in a social work role, may be required to prepare detailed and highly complex reports and give evidence in courts, hearings and tribunals depending on service with a high degree of skill.
Act as lead for safeguarding and risk management in the team or across services.
Responsible for job and project planning within the team/service.
Maintain a high standard of clinical records, preparing reports for internal use and for external agencies as required and maintaining good communications with referrers and other professionals involved.
For more detailed JD and main responsibilities, please see the job description and person specification added to this job advert.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification as a minimum or equivalent in clinical area of practice - Counselling, Clinical Psychology, Educational Psychology
- Core training as a Psychologist, acquired to acquired to postgraduate doctoral degree level or equivalent level of knowledge
- Registration with appropriate professional body - HCPC Evidence of further specialist training in psychological treatments Postgraduate clinical or management qualification e.g. CYP, IAPT, Masters in Systemic Practice or equivalent
- Evidence of further specialist training in psychological treatments
- Postgraduate clinical or management qualification e.g. CYP, IAPT, Masters in Systemic Practice or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working with client population
- Strong track record of managing complexity and risk whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery
- Experience of working within a specialist psychological therapist service High level of expertise in managing and treating the client group with complex mental presentations
- Experience of working to deliver service delivery targets
- Experience of assessment and treatment of the full range of presenting problems in the client population
- Experience of contributing to or working on Quality Improvement initiatives
Skills
Essential
- Skills for assessing and communicating highly complex client conditions and applying appropriate clinical treatments
- Clinical Psychologists: Proven significant experience of conducting psychometric tests, interviews and observations when assessing clients
- Ability to manage own clinical caseload and provide oversight of others within the team
- Willingness to contribute to development of service through financial initiatives and income generation
- Computer literate (Microsoft Office), basic keyboard skills for writing reports, clinical case notes
- Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to gain and sustain credibility with clinicians/managers
- Personal duty of care in relation to equipment used in clinical practice
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate sound judgement and use of own initiative
- Knowledge and awareness of NHS access targets and data requirements
- High level of skill and knowledge in safeguarding and risk management
- Understanding health and safety, risk management, modernisation, and clinical governance
- Familiarity with recent political trends in health care
- Able to demonstrate ways of working with multidisciplinary teams with positive outcomes
- Ability to formulate high quality and comprehensive treatment plans
Personal Attributes & Others
Essential
- Self-aware, self-motivated and reflective
- Proactive, positive, and enthusiastic attitude
- Ability to work effectively within a team
- Ability to remain calm under pressure and to make difficult decisions
- Cultural sensitivity, demonstrate equality, diversity and inclusion awareness and application of EDI issues
- Ability to travel Keyboard / IMT skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification as a minimum or equivalent in clinical area of practice - Counselling, Clinical Psychology, Educational Psychology
- Core training as a Psychologist, acquired to acquired to postgraduate doctoral degree level or equivalent level of knowledge
- Registration with appropriate professional body - HCPC Evidence of further specialist training in psychological treatments Postgraduate clinical or management qualification e.g. CYP, IAPT, Masters in Systemic Practice or equivalent
- Evidence of further specialist training in psychological treatments
- Postgraduate clinical or management qualification e.g. CYP, IAPT, Masters in Systemic Practice or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working with client population
- Strong track record of managing complexity and risk whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery
- Experience of working within a specialist psychological therapist service High level of expertise in managing and treating the client group with complex mental presentations
- Experience of working to deliver service delivery targets
- Experience of assessment and treatment of the full range of presenting problems in the client population
- Experience of contributing to or working on Quality Improvement initiatives
Skills
Essential
- Skills for assessing and communicating highly complex client conditions and applying appropriate clinical treatments
- Clinical Psychologists: Proven significant experience of conducting psychometric tests, interviews and observations when assessing clients
- Ability to manage own clinical caseload and provide oversight of others within the team
- Willingness to contribute to development of service through financial initiatives and income generation
- Computer literate (Microsoft Office), basic keyboard skills for writing reports, clinical case notes
- Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to gain and sustain credibility with clinicians/managers
- Personal duty of care in relation to equipment used in clinical practice
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate sound judgement and use of own initiative
- Knowledge and awareness of NHS access targets and data requirements
- High level of skill and knowledge in safeguarding and risk management
- Understanding health and safety, risk management, modernisation, and clinical governance
- Familiarity with recent political trends in health care
- Able to demonstrate ways of working with multidisciplinary teams with positive outcomes
- Ability to formulate high quality and comprehensive treatment plans
Personal Attributes & Others
Essential
- Self-aware, self-motivated and reflective
- Proactive, positive, and enthusiastic attitude
- Ability to work effectively within a team
- Ability to remain calm under pressure and to make difficult decisions
- Cultural sensitivity, demonstrate equality, diversity and inclusion awareness and application of EDI issues
- Ability to travel Keyboard / IMT skills
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).
