Clinical Lead

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading NHS Talking Therapies service operating across East Sussex as our new Senior Area Clinical Lead (Band 8b) - Permanent

Health in Mind provides a community-based range of evidence based therapeutic and clinical interventions to support adults with mild to moderate anxiety and/or depression. We are a Talking Therapies for Anxiety & Depression (TTAD) service and also have a team of Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners (PCMHPs) who are central to our triage function and provide assessments and interventions. We receive referrals from a number of routes including self-referrals and from GPs.

Health in Mind is a Talking Therapies for Anxiety & Depression Service that offers a full range of compliant therapies and job roles. As a service we support people presenting with mild to moderate anxiety disorders and depression. Please see our website for further information on https://www.healthinmind.org.uk/.

We are recruiting a Senior Area Clinical Lead (Band 8b). This is a permanent, full-time post (37.5 hours per week) though we will consider applications from those that wish to work flexibly and are open to discussions around remote and home working.

Health in Mind covers the whole of East Sussex (with the exception of Brighton and Hove) and the successful applicant will join our team in the East of our areas (Hastings, Bexhill and Rural Rother).

Main duties of the job

As a valued member of the Senior Management Team your responsibilities will include

providing effective leadership, management and supervision to staff which promotes high performance standards both individually and as a team.
providing highly specialist psychological therapy supervision and oversight of assessment, formulation and interventions based on highly specialist experience of both mental health and the provision of psychological therapies, in particular highly specialist knowledge and experience of CBT and other interventions as appropriate.
providing clinical leadership to staff delivering CBT and other interventions.
holding a caseload of clients, particularly those with more complex needs.

We are an 8am -8pm service, so some of our appointments are after 5pm or before 9am in order to meet the needs of our service users.

About us

Spanning the beautiful county of East Sussex, Health in Mind is split into 3 areas:

West: Peacehaven, Newhaven, Lewes and High Weald
Central: Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford
East: Hastings, Bexhill and Rural Rother
From the popular seaside destinations of Bexhill, Hastings and Eastbourne, to the culture-rich historic towns of Lewes and Battle, to the sweeping countryside locations within rural Rother and Wealden, East Sussex has so much to offer.

As a large mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do. We can offer you:

The opportunity to work in an expanding service, which has national recognition.
Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes, run by our internal wellbeing team
Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC

Date posted

26 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£58,972 to £68,525 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-PC-20506

Job locations

Marlborough House

St. Leonards-On-Sea

TN37 6BG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for further details

Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact:

Helen Lofthouse Job Title: Clinical Lead

helen.lofthouse@nhs.net

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for further details

Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact:

Helen Lofthouse Job Title: Clinical Lead

helen.lofthouse@nhs.net

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

Qualification in a core mental health discipline (e.g. Social Work, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Psychology) together with extensive post qualification experience in first discipline.
Postgraduate qualification in CBT / doctorate in Psychology or equivalent
Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychotherapy
Recognised qualification in a core mental health profession e.g. nursing, social work, clinical psychology
Current registration with core professional body
Accreditation with BABCP

EXPERIENCE

Essential

Extensive experience in mental health after completing core professional qualification
Extensive experience as a Senior Adult CBT Psychotherapist in the NHS and in other modalities as appropriate
Experience in working with complex cases
Evidence of implementation of evidence based practice
Working as a member of a multi-disciplinary agency / team
Experience in a leadership/management role

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

Qualification in a core mental health discipline (e.g. Social Work, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Psychology) together with extensive post qualification experience in first discipline.
Postgraduate qualification in CBT / doctorate in Psychology or equivalent
Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychotherapy
Recognised qualification in a core mental health profession e.g. nursing, social work, clinical psychology
Current registration with core professional body
Accreditation with BABCP

EXPERIENCE

Essential

Extensive experience in mental health after completing core professional qualification
Extensive experience as a Senior Adult CBT Psychotherapist in the NHS and in other modalities as appropriate
Experience in working with complex cases
Evidence of implementation of evidence based practice
Working as a member of a multi-disciplinary agency / team
Experience in a leadership/management role

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).