Job summary
The post holder will be provide leadership and oversight of Psychology provision within North (0.2 WTE) and South Camden (0.6 WTE) Community Team and will hold a senior position within the team amongst the Clinical Team Manager, other discipline leads and the Consultant Psychiatrist.
Main duties of the job
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 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.
The post holder will act as lead for safeguarding and risk management in the team as appropriate.
You will lead on the quality, safety and continuous improvement of services provided to service users and their families.
You will act as a positive role model and participate in the education, development and mentorship of other staff.
About us
For 100 years, the Tavistock and Portman clinics have embodied a distinctive way of thinking about and understanding mental distress, mental health and emotional wellbeing.
Our vision is to be a leader in mental health care and education, using talking and relational therapies to make a meaningful difference to people's lives
Our mission is to work in partnership with people, families and communities to provide high-quality specialist mental healthcare, alleviate emotional distress and pioneer innovative education and research
Our values
We strive forexcellence
We championinclusivity
We placecompassionat our core
We haverespectfor each other
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
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
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
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
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
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).
