Adult Psychotherapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical

1. To offer highly specialist assessments and consultations to patients with complex mental health difficulties.
2. To provide relational psychotherapy to individual patients and groups (if the post holder has relevant training in group psychotherapy).
3. To provide a detailed formulation of the service users difficulties following each assessment / consultation and a written summary of the assessment with suggested recommendations.
4. To liaise with Recovery teams, provide consultancy and identify appropriate care pathways for patients with complex needs within secondary services.
5. To work jointly with multidisciplinary colleagues within secondary services offering consultations, case management and case-based discussion and providing expert advice.
6. To participate in the locality CPI referral meetings.
7. To participate in clinical supervision and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the CPI service.
8. If required, to provide clinical supervision to postgraduate doctors in training in psychiatry contribute in that way to the mandatory training of psychiatry trainees in the Severn Postgraduate Medical Education footprint, therapists working under clinical license, CPI staff and staff working in the Recovery team.

Professional

1. To work within the Ethical Principles and Code of Professional Conduct of the registered. professional body. To work using best and evidence based practice.
2. To participate in professional meetings where agreed.
3. To be aware of and adhere to Trust Policies and Procedures.
4. To participate in an annual performance appraisal.

Clinical Governance

1. To support the Director of the CPI in the development and implementation of effective Clinical Governance across the CPI service.
2. To support and participate in multidisciplinary clinical audit in the service.
3. To promote the use of effective interventions in the service.
4. To liaise with other disciplines and agencies to ensure that best practice is shared.

Training and Staff Development

1. If required, to supervise postgraduate doctors in training in psychiatry, therapists working under clinical license and CPI staff providing group and individual therapy.
2. To offer training in psychological approaches to a wide range of other staff including staff in the multidisciplinary team and to staff from other parts of the service.
3. To collaborate with colleagues to develop and offer training courses.
4. To agree a plan for personal development with the CPI line manager and participate in an annual review.

Research and Development

1. To participate in Clinical Audit projects in the CPI service.
2. To encourage a culture of evidence based practice in all parts of the Service.
3. To contribute to CPI reporting of activity on a yearly basis.

Most challenging part of this role

• Working with service-users with challenging and risky behaviour who have severe and enduring mental health problems and who can be acutely distressed.
• An emotionally demanding job that requires good personal and professional boundaries, high levels of concentration and confidence in managing the distress of others.
• To be able to respond sensitively and effectively to the competing demands of clinical work, team support and professional responsibilities.
• To engage in intensive therapy with service users who may be risky, difficult to engage or highly distressed.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• oDegree and Masters level qualification in a relevant area
• oQualification as an Adult Psychotherapist at an accredited training institution or equivalent professional qualification.
• oProfessional registration with a recognised professional body e.g. UKCP, BPC, BACP HCPC Registration (or eligibility for registration)

Desirable

• oFurther postgraduate level study on supervision

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• oExperience of working in the NHS and within mental health services
• oExperience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• oEvidence of on-going CPD
• oSignificant experience of brief and long term relational psychotherapy
• oExperience of offering clinical supervision
• oExperience of working with individuals with complex problems
• oExperience of work with individuals where there are safeguarding concerns
• oExperience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism and managing risk in the face of highly emotive and distressing presentations.
• oExperience of working collaboratively across service, agency and team boundaries in order to meet identified needs
• oExperience of offering consultation to and liaising with Recovery teams
• oExperience of delivering training in various settings

Desirable

• oSignificant experience of working in the NHS and within various mental health services
• oExperience of working remotely with patients using telephone and video calls
• oExperience of contributing to service developments
• oExperience of research and audit

Skills and Abilties

Essential

• oAbility to formulate and offer effective treatments and to provide ongoing treatment in complex and frequently changing circumstances
• oAbility to work autonomously

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

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

The Greenway Centre

Doncaster Road

Bristol

BS10 5PY

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)