Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to lead on the development of an integrated NHS Talking Therapies and Long Term Physical Health condition service (NHS TT -LTC).
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, or Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, who is accredited as a CBT practitioner by BABCP.
Applicants must have substantial experience of working as high intensity CBT therapist, Clinical or Counselling psychologist, in an NHS Talking Therapies service, managing complex client presentations and providing formal clinical supervision to qualified staff and trainees. Applicants should also have experience of participating and leading in areas of service development such as service promotion and outreach, or perinatal, long term health conditions etc and have a passion and interest in promoting health and wellbeing within the wider community and engaging with relevant stakeholders.
Applicants must have good knowledge about the NHS Talking Therapies programme and have demonstrated high standards of communication skills, problem solving and have developed good professional working relationships with staff, patients, partners and the general public.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will expand the existing care-pathways and case-finding systems with stakeholders to deliver the LTC NHS Talking Therapies integration. They will be responsible for data monitoring and reporting systems against Key Performance Indicators, with support from the business manager.
They will use patient level data, patient feedback, complaints and incidents information from the LTC team and wider service to evaluate and report on the efficacy and performance of the LTC integrated team, communicating at a high level via written reports and presentations.
The post-holder will be working from an established base with experienced staff working within the integrated Greenwich LTC service. They will be part of the senior staff group, and will contribute to the overall management and governance of the service. The post-holder will be responsible for supervising and line managing CBT therapists and directing the work of the psychological well-being practitioner LTC staff (with the PWP team lead).
The post holder will be resilient, with a 'can do' attitude and have the skills, experience and personal qualities required to be able to manage the competing demands of building and maintaining the morale of staff whilst meeting the service's targets for quality and activity.
The post holder will receive regular clinical and managerial supervision and support and join other senior clinicians within the service.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Task and Responsibilities
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To lead on the development and implementation of the integrated Long Term Condition NHS Talking Therapies team in line with national guidance.
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To be responsible for expanding on the care-pathways and case-finding systems with stakeholders to deliver the LTC NHS Talking Therapies integration.
-
To research, devise and implement LTC specific interventions, utilising NICE recommendations and other published LTC resources for the client group.
-
To develop expertise in working with long-term conditions within the service and work within the framework of NHS Talking Therapies national requirements to provide specialist supervision across staff groups, as necessary
-
To be responsible for data monitoring and reporting systems against Key Performance Indicators
-
To use data and information from the LTC team and wider service to evaluate and report on the efficacy of the service, communicating at a high level via written reports and presentations.
-
The provision of highly specialised CBT to service users experiencing PTSD, OCD, Depression, Anxiety and other mental health problems.
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The provision of CBT supervision for High and Low Intensity trainees and qualified Specialist Psychological therapists and other psychological therapists and students.
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The personal provision of consultancy, support, professional advice and clinical leadership to carers, other professions, and other agencies providing support for the client.
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Maintenance of professional standards, codes of conduct and good clinical governance.
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To work effectively with the Clinical Lead to promote the Greenwich Time To Talk service.
-
Good relationships with partner organizations including voluntary, non-statutory and private sector organisations.
-
Advises service management about psychological approaches and needs for service users.
-
Effective liaison and supervision for other staff who may in the future join the service.
-
To maintain professional accreditation with relevant professional body eg the BABCP, keep an updated CPD and reflective practice log and attend training to maintain skills and competencies as appropriate.
Management responsibilities
-
To plan and prioritise own caseload and time management.
-
To implement and maintain the Trusts policies and procedures
-
To participate as a senior clinician in the development of the service where
Clinical or operational matters need addressing.
Leadership
-
To lead on the development and implementation of the integrated Long Term Condition Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (LTC NHS Talking Therapies) team in line with national guidance.
-
To provide high quality CBT supervision for High and Low intensity trainees and qualified staff engaged in CBT.
-
To provide courses/seminars/workshops/presentations relevant to specialist area including teaching on courses in CBT and Step 2 and 3 interventions.
-
To actively contribute to relevant committees/projects/working groups of the service as required,
-
To lead on specific projects or areas of responsibility.
-
To represent the Service with other agencies and organisations.
Clinical
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To exercise professional responsibility for the assessment, intervention and discharge of clients, using highest level of interpersonal and communication skills when presenting and receiving complex, sensitive and contentious information to clients, family, support workers and other professionals
-
To provide highly specialised psychological therapy, collaboratively with clients
including:
-
Assessments: Psychometric assessments including the full range of NHS Talking Therapies data set requirements making use of Data management systems; behavioural assessment; observational assessment; assessment by interviewing; assessment by analysis of archive material, multi-disciplinary notes and discussions, reviews, and supervision.
-
Interventions: Behavioural therapies and Cognitive Behavioural Therapies and other psychological therapies as appropriate;
-
With a range of presenting problems primarily including Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, OCD but including the full range of primary care mental health problems, alone and in the context of long term health conditions.
-
To develop, monitor and support interventions that will be applied by Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners.
-
To provide highly specialised input to service development of CBT, counselling and evidenced based therapy within Greenwich.
-
To provide guidance and advice to relevant significant others (such as parents, partners or peers) in order to improve the psychological health of clients.
-
To provide advice to other professionals within and external to the multi-disciplinary team, and agencies that provide services to this client group
-
To keep adequate clinical records in accordance with Trust guidelines, the
-
BABCP/UKCP or BPS Division of Clinical Psychology and DoH guidance
-
To frequently sit in a restricted position for substantial proportion of working time during clinical sessions and meetings, requiring long periods of concentration
-
Dealing with frequent highly distressing situations i.e. clients with severely distressing mental health experiences, past and current abuse. Dealing with unpleasant working conditions i.e. verbal aggression, physical threats from client, family or others.
Clinical Governance
-
To implement and maintain the principles of Clinical Governance, including risk management.
-
To implement and maintain good information governance in respect of British Psychological Societys (or other relevant professional bodies) and Department of Healths codes and guidances on the proper management of client information, the Caldicott principles and the Data Protection Act
-
To abide by the post holder's appropriate Code of Professional Conduct and to follow guidance from NICE and the Department of Health.
-
To engage in ongoing personal professional development.
Research and service evaluation
-
To use published research and information on good practice regularly to keep clinical practice up-to-date and evidence based.
-
To participate and lead service evaluation and audit.
-
To use research evidence, service evaluation and audit to inform service developments within the service.
Teaching and Training
-
To provide educational inputs on CBT to other professionals and to staff of other agencies and organisations as required.
-
To participate in staff recruitment for various positions within the service as and when appropriate
-
Proposing and undertaking research relevant to the client group.
Communication
-
Clinicians within Greenwich Time To Talk service and clinicians within Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.
-
Senior Trust Officials, when indicated or appropriate i.e. service development
-
General Practitioners and GPs with special interest.
-
Service providers from both statutory and voluntary organisations e.g. Adult Mental Health Services, CAMHS, Social Services, Mind and GLLAB.
On Call/Unsocial Hours
Greenwich Time To Talk is a large and well established service (since 2009), and is responsible for the provision of Low intensity and High Intensity therapies, including brief counselling within the standards of stepped care model at steps 2 and 3. The staff team provide services across the borough of Greenwich in GP practices, healthcare centres, community organisations as well as the main team base in Eltham.
The service is well subscribed to and has good systems in place to manage incoming referrals and waiting lists. National and CCG targets on waiting times and recovery have been met regularly and consistently. The team are friendly, welcoming and have excellent systems in place for peer support. Staff have regular clinical supervision. Training and development are emphasised, and staff wellbeing and team working are given high priority.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Task and Responsibilities
-
To lead on the development and implementation of the integrated Long Term Condition NHS Talking Therapies team in line with national guidance.
-
To be responsible for expanding on the care-pathways and case-finding systems with stakeholders to deliver the LTC NHS Talking Therapies integration.
-
To research, devise and implement LTC specific interventions, utilising NICE recommendations and other published LTC resources for the client group.
-
To develop expertise in working with long-term conditions within the service and work within the framework of NHS Talking Therapies national requirements to provide specialist supervision across staff groups, as necessary
-
To be responsible for data monitoring and reporting systems against Key Performance Indicators
-
To use data and information from the LTC team and wider service to evaluate and report on the efficacy of the service, communicating at a high level via written reports and presentations.
-
The provision of highly specialised CBT to service users experiencing PTSD, OCD, Depression, Anxiety and other mental health problems.
-
The provision of CBT supervision for High and Low Intensity trainees and qualified Specialist Psychological therapists and other psychological therapists and students.
-
The personal provision of consultancy, support, professional advice and clinical leadership to carers, other professions, and other agencies providing support for the client.
-
Maintenance of professional standards, codes of conduct and good clinical governance.
-
To work effectively with the Clinical Lead to promote the Greenwich Time To Talk service.
-
Good relationships with partner organizations including voluntary, non-statutory and private sector organisations.
-
Advises service management about psychological approaches and needs for service users.
-
Effective liaison and supervision for other staff who may in the future join the service.
-
To maintain professional accreditation with relevant professional body eg the BABCP, keep an updated CPD and reflective practice log and attend training to maintain skills and competencies as appropriate.
Management responsibilities
-
To plan and prioritise own caseload and time management.
-
To implement and maintain the Trusts policies and procedures
-
To participate as a senior clinician in the development of the service where
Clinical or operational matters need addressing.
Leadership
-
To lead on the development and implementation of the integrated Long Term Condition Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (LTC NHS Talking Therapies) team in line with national guidance.
-
To provide high quality CBT supervision for High and Low intensity trainees and qualified staff engaged in CBT.
-
To provide courses/seminars/workshops/presentations relevant to specialist area including teaching on courses in CBT and Step 2 and 3 interventions.
-
To actively contribute to relevant committees/projects/working groups of the service as required,
-
To lead on specific projects or areas of responsibility.
-
To represent the Service with other agencies and organisations.
Clinical
-
To exercise professional responsibility for the assessment, intervention and discharge of clients, using highest level of interpersonal and communication skills when presenting and receiving complex, sensitive and contentious information to clients, family, support workers and other professionals
-
To provide highly specialised psychological therapy, collaboratively with clients
including:
-
Assessments: Psychometric assessments including the full range of NHS Talking Therapies data set requirements making use of Data management systems; behavioural assessment; observational assessment; assessment by interviewing; assessment by analysis of archive material, multi-disciplinary notes and discussions, reviews, and supervision.
-
Interventions: Behavioural therapies and Cognitive Behavioural Therapies and other psychological therapies as appropriate;
-
With a range of presenting problems primarily including Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, OCD but including the full range of primary care mental health problems, alone and in the context of long term health conditions.
-
To develop, monitor and support interventions that will be applied by Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners.
-
To provide highly specialised input to service development of CBT, counselling and evidenced based therapy within Greenwich.
-
To provide guidance and advice to relevant significant others (such as parents, partners or peers) in order to improve the psychological health of clients.
-
To provide advice to other professionals within and external to the multi-disciplinary team, and agencies that provide services to this client group
-
To keep adequate clinical records in accordance with Trust guidelines, the
-
BABCP/UKCP or BPS Division of Clinical Psychology and DoH guidance
-
To frequently sit in a restricted position for substantial proportion of working time during clinical sessions and meetings, requiring long periods of concentration
-
Dealing with frequent highly distressing situations i.e. clients with severely distressing mental health experiences, past and current abuse. Dealing with unpleasant working conditions i.e. verbal aggression, physical threats from client, family or others.
Clinical Governance
-
To implement and maintain the principles of Clinical Governance, including risk management.
-
To implement and maintain good information governance in respect of British Psychological Societys (or other relevant professional bodies) and Department of Healths codes and guidances on the proper management of client information, the Caldicott principles and the Data Protection Act
-
To abide by the post holder's appropriate Code of Professional Conduct and to follow guidance from NICE and the Department of Health.
-
To engage in ongoing personal professional development.
Research and service evaluation
-
To use published research and information on good practice regularly to keep clinical practice up-to-date and evidence based.
-
To participate and lead service evaluation and audit.
-
To use research evidence, service evaluation and audit to inform service developments within the service.
Teaching and Training
-
To provide educational inputs on CBT to other professionals and to staff of other agencies and organisations as required.
-
To participate in staff recruitment for various positions within the service as and when appropriate
-
Proposing and undertaking research relevant to the client group.
Communication
-
Clinicians within Greenwich Time To Talk service and clinicians within Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.
-
Senior Trust Officials, when indicated or appropriate i.e. service development
-
General Practitioners and GPs with special interest.
-
Service providers from both statutory and voluntary organisations e.g. Adult Mental Health Services, CAMHS, Social Services, Mind and GLLAB.
On Call/Unsocial Hours
Greenwich Time To Talk is a large and well established service (since 2009), and is responsible for the provision of Low intensity and High Intensity therapies, including brief counselling within the standards of stepped care model at steps 2 and 3. The staff team provide services across the borough of Greenwich in GP practices, healthcare centres, community organisations as well as the main team base in Eltham.
The service is well subscribed to and has good systems in place to manage incoming referrals and waiting lists. National and CCG targets on waiting times and recovery have been met regularly and consistently. The team are friendly, welcoming and have excellent systems in place for peer support. Staff have regular clinical supervision. Training and development are emphasised, and staff wellbeing and team working are given high priority.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical psychology or Counselling Psychology (HCPC registered) or Professional clinical qualification e.g. RMN, Dip SW, OT, PG Cert LI AND a post graduate diploma in High Intensity cognitive behavioural psychotherapy interventions and Accreditation by the BABCP as a practitioner Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
Desirable
- Post-qualification training in specialized areas of CBT provision e.g with long-term medical conditions (IAPT LTC training) Or Qualification in Health Psychology
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, including those with Long-term Physical health conditions, presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a wide range of care settings.
- Experience of working as a psychological therapist, providing CBT to a wide range of clients for more than 3 years.
- Experience of providing clinical supervision and teaching /training within the CBT model
- Experience of designing, implementing and reporting specific project work.
- Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts.
Desirable
- Experience of multi-professional working
- Experience of managing staff, contributing to recruitment, managing sickness and performance management
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies including CBT.
- A high-level ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
- Skills for liaising and working with other statutory and non-statutory organisations.
- Knowledge of the NHS Talking Therapies programme and stepped care model of service delivery.
- Proven ability in the use of audit and evaluation to improve quality.
- Skills to motivate and manage staff.
Desirable
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills in data analysis and reporting.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical psychology or Counselling Psychology (HCPC registered) or Professional clinical qualification e.g. RMN, Dip SW, OT, PG Cert LI AND a post graduate diploma in High Intensity cognitive behavioural psychotherapy interventions and Accreditation by the BABCP as a practitioner Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
Desirable
- Post-qualification training in specialized areas of CBT provision e.g with long-term medical conditions (IAPT LTC training) Or Qualification in Health Psychology
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, including those with Long-term Physical health conditions, presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a wide range of care settings.
- Experience of working as a psychological therapist, providing CBT to a wide range of clients for more than 3 years.
- Experience of providing clinical supervision and teaching /training within the CBT model
- Experience of designing, implementing and reporting specific project work.
- Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts.
Desirable
- Experience of multi-professional working
- Experience of managing staff, contributing to recruitment, managing sickness and performance management
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies including CBT.
- A high-level ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
- Skills for liaising and working with other statutory and non-statutory organisations.
- Knowledge of the NHS Talking Therapies programme and stepped care model of service delivery.
- Proven ability in the use of audit and evaluation to improve quality.
- Skills to motivate and manage staff.
Desirable
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills in data analysis and reporting.
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).
