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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

LTC Clinical Lead - Lambeth Talking Therapies

The closing date is 20 May 2025

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Job summary

Lambeth NHS Talking Therapies is looking to recruit a part-time 2 days/week) LTC team lead with key responsibilities around planning, managing and evaluating the delivery of the long-term health conditions pathway and services within Lambeth NHS Talking Therapies

You will work closely with the rest of the management team to promote and support the delivery of the service.

We are a friendly, supportive and innovative team of individuals. We are committed to supporting the development of our staff who come and work for us by providing high quality supervision and opportunities for development.

Main duties of the job

The post:

To coordinate and assist in further developing the Lambeth Talking Therapies (IAPT) LTC pathway and service aimed at the delivery of specialist psychological assessment and therapy for adults with anxiety and depression in the context of various long-term conditions and delivery of integrated LTC care.

To facilitate and manage the Long-Term Conditions Working Group

To attend monthly LTC IAPT lead meetings/ Mental Health Transformation meetings and disseminate information linked to this

About us

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

  • Generous pay, pensions and leave,we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
  • Work life balance,flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
  • Career development,There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
  • Car lease,our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
  • Accommodation,our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
  • NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

  • Access to SLaM counselling services
  • Wellbeing events
  • Long service awards
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • Staff restaurants

Details

Date posted

07 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£61,927 to £68,676 a year per annum inclusive of inner HCAs pro rata if part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Job share

Reference number

334-CLI-7098765

Job locations

Lambeth (various locations)

1a Dalbury House, Ferndale Rd

London

SW9 8AP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

To coordinate and assist in further developing the Lambeth Talking Therapies (IAPT) LTC pathway and service aimed at the delivery of specialist psychological assessment and therapy for adults with anxiety and depression in the context of various long-term conditions and delivery of integrated LTC care.

To facilitate and manage the Long-Term Conditions Working Group

To attend monthly LTC IAPT lead meetings/ Mental Health Transformation meetings and disseminate information link to this

To work collaboratively with other IAPT LTC leads and Kings Health Professionals in relation to sharing knowledge

To provide high quality supervision using specialist knowledge of LTC conditions

To provide high quality training or facilitate the arrangement of LTC training

To develop and adapt IAPT protocols and ways of working with LTC consideration and NICE guidelines in mind

To support the service leads by sharing responsibility of the day to day running of the non-LTC parts of the service

To take a lead role in the day to day running of the Long-Term conditions (LTC) part of the service

To monitor, collect, analyse, evaluate and disseminate LTC condition data on performance and outcomes.

To set up and operationally manage integrated clinics

To work collaboratively with the service lead/deputy service lead to implement service developments / new initiatives

To support the clinical leads in maintaining a strong, committed and motivated team

To support clinical (team) leads in expanding this project by being involved in recruitment and training of new staff members, and then continue to support the clinical lead in maintaining a strong, committed and motivated team

To support the induction of new staff with a view of supporting new staff members to have LTC in mind.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

To coordinate and assist in further developing the Lambeth Talking Therapies (IAPT) LTC pathway and service aimed at the delivery of specialist psychological assessment and therapy for adults with anxiety and depression in the context of various long-term conditions and delivery of integrated LTC care.

To facilitate and manage the Long-Term Conditions Working Group

To attend monthly LTC IAPT lead meetings/ Mental Health Transformation meetings and disseminate information link to this

To work collaboratively with other IAPT LTC leads and Kings Health Professionals in relation to sharing knowledge

To provide high quality supervision using specialist knowledge of LTC conditions

To provide high quality training or facilitate the arrangement of LTC training

To develop and adapt IAPT protocols and ways of working with LTC consideration and NICE guidelines in mind

To support the service leads by sharing responsibility of the day to day running of the non-LTC parts of the service

To take a lead role in the day to day running of the Long-Term conditions (LTC) part of the service

To monitor, collect, analyse, evaluate and disseminate LTC condition data on performance and outcomes.

To set up and operationally manage integrated clinics

To work collaboratively with the service lead/deputy service lead to implement service developments / new initiatives

To support the clinical leads in maintaining a strong, committed and motivated team

To support clinical (team) leads in expanding this project by being involved in recruitment and training of new staff members, and then continue to support the clinical lead in maintaining a strong, committed and motivated team

To support the induction of new staff with a view of supporting new staff members to have LTC in mind.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (and HCPC registration) and having completed an IAPT HI CBT course, OR, High intensity (HI) therapist, having completed an IAPT CBT course
  • BABCP practitioner full accreditation
  • To have completed King's College London's Long Term Conditions in IAPT course

Clinical Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within an IAPT service, as a qualified HI
  • Specialist experience in adapting treatments for clients with Long Term Conditions who present with depression and a range of anxiety disorders
  • Experience of supervising high intensity therapists/CBT therapists/PWPs
  • Specialist experience in setting up integrated clinics, and working as part of an NHS Talking Therapies integrated clinic

Management experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of contributing to service development and improvements (2=managed service function, 1=project)

Quality of application

Essential

  • High ( well-written, comprehensive, refs to Lambeth IAPT and own development needs) Medium (Well-written, IAPT refs) Low (mistakes, omissions, generic application)
Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (and HCPC registration) and having completed an IAPT HI CBT course, OR, High intensity (HI) therapist, having completed an IAPT CBT course
  • BABCP practitioner full accreditation
  • To have completed King's College London's Long Term Conditions in IAPT course

Clinical Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within an IAPT service, as a qualified HI
  • Specialist experience in adapting treatments for clients with Long Term Conditions who present with depression and a range of anxiety disorders
  • Experience of supervising high intensity therapists/CBT therapists/PWPs
  • Specialist experience in setting up integrated clinics, and working as part of an NHS Talking Therapies integrated clinic

Management experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of contributing to service development and improvements (2=managed service function, 1=project)

Quality of application

Essential

  • High ( well-written, comprehensive, refs to Lambeth IAPT and own development needs) Medium (Well-written, IAPT refs) Low (mistakes, omissions, generic application)

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).

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.

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

Lambeth (various locations)

1a Dalbury House, Ferndale Rd

London

SW9 8AP


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lambeth (various locations)

1a Dalbury House, Ferndale Rd

London

SW9 8AP


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Deputy Service Lead

Nina Levi

nina.levi@slam.nhs.uk

07885202142

Details

Date posted

07 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£61,927 to £68,676 a year per annum inclusive of inner HCAs pro rata if part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Job share

Reference number

334-CLI-7098765

Job locations

Lambeth (various locations)

1a Dalbury House, Ferndale Rd

London

SW9 8AP


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