Principal Adult CAT Psychotherapist/Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

To deliver the systematic provision of a highly specialist CAT psychotherapy service to patients referred to the service. To work autonomously as a Principal Adult CAT Psychotherapist within professional guidelines and overall framework of the services policies and procedures. To manage, supervise and support psychotherapeutic assessment and therapy provided by other Adult/Senior Adult Psychotherapists and other clinicians who work as adult psychotherapists or trainees within the service. To work as a highly specialist Clinical Lead in the management of a specialist CAT clinical area within the department as required. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development. To propose, implement and consult on policy changes in line with psychotherapy principles. To offer highly specialist advice and consultation and support to other health professionals. To implement teaching and training within the service and with other mental health staff, as required.

To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of all other psychological therapists within CAT team, (including, trainees and honoraries within the service area as appropriate).

To work as an autonomous professional within HCPC/ BPS/ BABCP/ UKCP/ BPC guidelines and guided by principles and policies or procedures, taking full responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, clinical or counselling psychology, medicine, social work and occupational therapy or other relevant experience and demonstrable competence to practice in the mental health field in the NHS
• Recognised advanced and highly specialist post-registration training in completed the full 4 year CAT psychotherapy training or completed Practitioner training on top of existing UKCP psychotherapy accreditation at a clinical doctorate level and to the standards of the UKCP. Accreditation with the UKCP and ACAT including as a supervisor with ACAT with current membership with UKCP/ACAT
• registered with the HCPC as practitioner psychologist or with the UKCP as psychotherapist

Desirable

• Knowledge and Skills level training in another modality such as systemic or Schema or DBT or EMDR.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist CAT assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in Mood, Anxiety and Personality
• Experience of supervising CAT therapists and trainees
• Demonstrable competence and significant experience as a supervisor
• Experience of having offered supervision to multidisciplinary staff groups in both an individual and group format
• Experience of working with, and addressing issues of, diversity

Knowledge

Essential

• Comprehensive knowledge of the psychodynamic, integrative and CAT theories of human behaviour, development and psychopathology equivalent to the level of a clinical doctorate
• Understanding of the role of CAT in a modern NHS mental health service
• Understanding of organisational and staff team dynamics in an institutional setting
• Awareness of racial diversity issues and factors affecting access to mental health care

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Skills in psychological assessment, formulation and in CAT interventions for working with clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature.
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex, highly technical and sensitive information to clients, families and colleagues.
• Consultation skills to work with the multi-professional Community Mental Health Teams or other relevant services.
• Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner with appropriate level of clinical and managerial supervision
• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning, including the ability to give and receive constructively critical feedback, be non-defensive, use humour/irreverence and be supportive of others

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill,

London

SE5 8AZ

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)