Job summary
Croydon NHS Talking Therapies is looking to recruit a Senior Clinical Team Lead for a fixed term 12 month contract maternity cover.
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
To manage the performance department, ensuring its efficient day-to-day running, anticipating and planning for future demands, and monitoring and managing its effective performance
To line manage their team, supporting their well-being and development and managing their performance
To work collaboratively with the service leads to plan the future development of the service, and to lead specific service developments and new initiatives
To work with service users, referrers and other providers to improve existing services to clients and to develop new care pathways and services
To support the service leads in maintaining a strong, committed and motivated team
To work autonomously as a Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.
To provide high quality specialist CBT supervision
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
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
1PLANNING, MANAGING AND EVALUATING THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES WITHIN CROYDON TALKING THERAPIES
- Assessing the service need for a service area, and current and future capacity requirements
- Leading on performance, ensuring the service meets expected outcomes/kpis
- Monitoring and evaluating service activity and outcomes
- Ensuring the effective use of resources through the design and refinement of efficient systems and processes of service delivery and the ongoing adoption of new ways of delivering care
- Designing and implementing new care pathways in collaboration with referrers and other services
- Developing and updating policies and procedures for the delivery of high quality clinical services
- Commissioning and monitoring external provision of services as agreed
2TEAM MANAGEMENT
- To agree job plans, performance targets and development goals with your team through the appraisal process, and monitor and support staff in their achievement
- To foster a supportive and performance focussed team ethos through your interaction and communication with the team, your own behaviour, team meetings and supervision
- To take responsibility for the wellbeing of your team, setting up formal and informal systems to identify issues and addressing them
- To induct new team members, agreeing job plans, and ensuring that they are trained and supported to do their jobs, and meeting them regularly to support their development and performance
- To ensure a programme of clinical training and development is in place for your team and regularly reviewed and refreshed
- Ensure good two-way communication between your staff and the service management
- To lead team meetings
3SERVICE LEADERSHIP
- To share responsibility for the direction and development of the service, taking an active role in the weekly service management meeting, leading team and whole team meetings
- To provide regular reports on the activity and performance of your service area, and any issues that need attention
- To identify aspects of the service which could be improved and initiate and implement service development projects.
- To be proactive in challenging discrimination and to support the development of culturally competent services.
- To keep abreast of local and national developments in mental health services and to lead proactive responses in CTT
- To take the lead in agreed areas of development and service delivery
- To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and developing services.
- To listen and respond to, and appropriately manage patient complaints
- To participate in clinical governance initiatives as agreed by the directorate clinical governance committee.
- Contribute to the development of a culture within the team that values the use of outcome measures and service user involvement as ways of improving clinical practice
4CLINICAL
To provide expertise in a highly specialist clinical area which will contribute to the treatment of clients presenting with anxiety disorders or depression within an IAPT framework.
- To deliver NICE recommended, formulation driven psychological interventions for depression and anxiety disorders, adapting interventions for the specific needs and clinical setting. Assess and integrate issues surrounding social support, voluntary work and employment into therapy.
- To provide highly specialist assessment and clinical formulation to clients with complex mental health needs, including personality disorders, addiction and trauma.
- To provide psychological reports, including relevant formulation, opinion and interventions, in order to inform referrers and, where appropriate, service users.
- To select and deliver highly specialist evidence based psychological treatments, monitoring outcomes and modifying and adapting interventions, drawing on a range of theoretical models.
- To collect and enter clinical outcome data on a sessional basis; select and interpret outcome measures to inform treatment planning
- To work as an autonomous professional within BPS/BABCP/HCPC guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, taking full responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions.
- To travel to community settings as appropriate and across the Trust when required.
- To contribute to the effective working of the team and to a psychologically informed framework for the service area, taking on specific roles or duties as agreed.
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively highly complex and sensitive information with clients, carers, colleagues and other professionals taking account of sensory and cultural barriers to communication.
- To keep clear, accurate and up to date records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols.
- To confidently assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans
- To confidently advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients.
- To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations such as distressed clients or abusive behaviour and to support others involved in such situations.
- To provide information and signposting for patients who do not meet the services eligibility criteria.
- To refer people with more severe common mental health problems to the secondary care psychological therapies service
- Work closely with other members of the IAPT team to ensure that patients referred on to the IAPT service have a clear referral pathway.
- Maintain a clinical caseload in line with activity targets agreed with line manager
TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION:
- To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist/psychotherpist according to BABCP/BPS/HCPC and Trust guidelines.
- To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within Croydon IAPT by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology, CBT, IAPT and by implementing knowledge gained in practice.
- To provide professional managerial, and clinical supervision to HI CBT therapists, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, trainees, assistant psychologist and other junior staff members for all aspects of their work. This must include live supervision of therapists work.
- To deliver and promote outcome-focussed supervision, directly to supervised staff, and through participation in the LI and HI supervisors groups
- To provide service level risk management, taking part in the on-call risk rota, and developing and recording risk management plans
- To provide specialist training to other professions as appropriate.
- To plan and undertake teaching and training of pre and post- qualification psychologists and specialised training to other professions as appropriate.
- To provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi-disciplinary staff as appropriate.
RESEARCH and SERVICE DEVELOPMENT:
- Assist in the development and maintenance of a strong research culture that values the use of outcome measures as a way of improving clinical practice.
- Encourage the critical evaluation of practice, and undertake research
- Use theory and literature to support evidence-based practice in clinical work, supervision, teaching and consultations
- Communicate and disseminate research and service evaluation information so that clinical practice is appropriately informed
- To contribute to the development of services through initiating, undertaking and supervising service evaluation and audit.
- To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
1PLANNING, MANAGING AND EVALUATING THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES WITHIN CROYDON TALKING THERAPIES
- Assessing the service need for a service area, and current and future capacity requirements
- Leading on performance, ensuring the service meets expected outcomes/kpis
- Monitoring and evaluating service activity and outcomes
- Ensuring the effective use of resources through the design and refinement of efficient systems and processes of service delivery and the ongoing adoption of new ways of delivering care
- Designing and implementing new care pathways in collaboration with referrers and other services
- Developing and updating policies and procedures for the delivery of high quality clinical services
- Commissioning and monitoring external provision of services as agreed
2TEAM MANAGEMENT
- To agree job plans, performance targets and development goals with your team through the appraisal process, and monitor and support staff in their achievement
- To foster a supportive and performance focussed team ethos through your interaction and communication with the team, your own behaviour, team meetings and supervision
- To take responsibility for the wellbeing of your team, setting up formal and informal systems to identify issues and addressing them
- To induct new team members, agreeing job plans, and ensuring that they are trained and supported to do their jobs, and meeting them regularly to support their development and performance
- To ensure a programme of clinical training and development is in place for your team and regularly reviewed and refreshed
- Ensure good two-way communication between your staff and the service management
- To lead team meetings
3SERVICE LEADERSHIP
- To share responsibility for the direction and development of the service, taking an active role in the weekly service management meeting, leading team and whole team meetings
- To provide regular reports on the activity and performance of your service area, and any issues that need attention
- To identify aspects of the service which could be improved and initiate and implement service development projects.
- To be proactive in challenging discrimination and to support the development of culturally competent services.
- To keep abreast of local and national developments in mental health services and to lead proactive responses in CTT
- To take the lead in agreed areas of development and service delivery
- To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and developing services.
- To listen and respond to, and appropriately manage patient complaints
- To participate in clinical governance initiatives as agreed by the directorate clinical governance committee.
- Contribute to the development of a culture within the team that values the use of outcome measures and service user involvement as ways of improving clinical practice
4CLINICAL
To provide expertise in a highly specialist clinical area which will contribute to the treatment of clients presenting with anxiety disorders or depression within an IAPT framework.
- To deliver NICE recommended, formulation driven psychological interventions for depression and anxiety disorders, adapting interventions for the specific needs and clinical setting. Assess and integrate issues surrounding social support, voluntary work and employment into therapy.
- To provide highly specialist assessment and clinical formulation to clients with complex mental health needs, including personality disorders, addiction and trauma.
- To provide psychological reports, including relevant formulation, opinion and interventions, in order to inform referrers and, where appropriate, service users.
- To select and deliver highly specialist evidence based psychological treatments, monitoring outcomes and modifying and adapting interventions, drawing on a range of theoretical models.
- To collect and enter clinical outcome data on a sessional basis; select and interpret outcome measures to inform treatment planning
- To work as an autonomous professional within BPS/BABCP/HCPC guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, taking full responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions.
- To travel to community settings as appropriate and across the Trust when required.
- To contribute to the effective working of the team and to a psychologically informed framework for the service area, taking on specific roles or duties as agreed.
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively highly complex and sensitive information with clients, carers, colleagues and other professionals taking account of sensory and cultural barriers to communication.
- To keep clear, accurate and up to date records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols.
- To confidently assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans
- To confidently advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients.
- To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations such as distressed clients or abusive behaviour and to support others involved in such situations.
- To provide information and signposting for patients who do not meet the services eligibility criteria.
- To refer people with more severe common mental health problems to the secondary care psychological therapies service
- Work closely with other members of the IAPT team to ensure that patients referred on to the IAPT service have a clear referral pathway.
- Maintain a clinical caseload in line with activity targets agreed with line manager
TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION:
- To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist/psychotherpist according to BABCP/BPS/HCPC and Trust guidelines.
- To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within Croydon IAPT by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology, CBT, IAPT and by implementing knowledge gained in practice.
- To provide professional managerial, and clinical supervision to HI CBT therapists, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, trainees, assistant psychologist and other junior staff members for all aspects of their work. This must include live supervision of therapists work.
- To deliver and promote outcome-focussed supervision, directly to supervised staff, and through participation in the LI and HI supervisors groups
- To provide service level risk management, taking part in the on-call risk rota, and developing and recording risk management plans
- To provide specialist training to other professions as appropriate.
- To plan and undertake teaching and training of pre and post- qualification psychologists and specialised training to other professions as appropriate.
- To provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi-disciplinary staff as appropriate.
RESEARCH and SERVICE DEVELOPMENT:
- Assist in the development and maintenance of a strong research culture that values the use of outcome measures as a way of improving clinical practice.
- Encourage the critical evaluation of practice, and undertake research
- Use theory and literature to support evidence-based practice in clinical work, supervision, teaching and consultations
- Communicate and disseminate research and service evaluation information so that clinical practice is appropriately informed
- To contribute to the development of services through initiating, undertaking and supervising service evaluation and audit.
- To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oQualified therapist in CBT from an IAPT-approved High Intensity training at post-graduate diploma level or equivalent. (A)
- oPractitioner accreditation status with BABCP
Desirable
- oAn additional therapy qualification eg EMDR; CBT; IPT; DIT; Couples/systemic (A)
- oQualified as a supervisor in main therapy model (A)
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of providing specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in an IAPT service (A/I)
- oAt least 2 years of recent IAPT experience.
- oExperience of clinically supervising psychological therapists including qualified HIs (A/I)
- oSignificant experience in staff management including line management, performance management and appraisal
- oExperience of implementing major service improvements
- oExperience of providing teaching and training to psychological therapists or other professional groups
Knowledge
Essential
- oHighly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of at least one NICE recommended model of therapy for IAPT (A/I).
- oUnderstanding how to use data to plan and performance manage provision (A/I)
Skills
Essential
- oAdvanced skills in psychological assessment and intervention at a specialist level (A/I)
- oKnowledge and skills in using IAPTus
- oAbility to support teams to achieve service targets
- oSkills in the collection, analysis and presentation of data
- oAbility to work as an autonomous practitioner with an appropriate level of clinical and managerial supervision
Desirable
- oSignificant skills in designing clinical audit projects, implementing changes and taking responsibility from end to end
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oQualified therapist in CBT from an IAPT-approved High Intensity training at post-graduate diploma level or equivalent. (A)
- oPractitioner accreditation status with BABCP
Desirable
- oAn additional therapy qualification eg EMDR; CBT; IPT; DIT; Couples/systemic (A)
- oQualified as a supervisor in main therapy model (A)
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of providing specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in an IAPT service (A/I)
- oAt least 2 years of recent IAPT experience.
- oExperience of clinically supervising psychological therapists including qualified HIs (A/I)
- oSignificant experience in staff management including line management, performance management and appraisal
- oExperience of implementing major service improvements
- oExperience of providing teaching and training to psychological therapists or other professional groups
Knowledge
Essential
- oHighly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of at least one NICE recommended model of therapy for IAPT (A/I).
- oUnderstanding how to use data to plan and performance manage provision (A/I)
Skills
Essential
- oAdvanced skills in psychological assessment and intervention at a specialist level (A/I)
- oKnowledge and skills in using IAPTus
- oAbility to support teams to achieve service targets
- oSkills in the collection, analysis and presentation of data
- oAbility to work as an autonomous practitioner with an appropriate level of clinical and managerial supervision
Desirable
- oSignificant skills in designing clinical audit projects, implementing changes and taking responsibility from end to end
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).
Employer details
Employer name
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Croydon NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT) | New Admin Building, Behind the Museum |Bethlem Royal Hospital |
Monks Orchard Road | BR3 3BX
Beckenham | Kent |
BR3 3BX
Employer's website
https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
