Job summary
This post can be stand-alone at 0.4 WTE (2 days) or there may be other trust posts that could be combined with this role, subject to usual recruitment processes.
Are you an experienced CBT for psychosis therapist, supervisor, and trainer, interested in how technology can improve access, experience, and outcomes? This is an exciting opportunity to be a Clinical Implementation Lead for a new Wellcome funded study.
SlowMo is a class I UKCA marked digitally supported therapy for psychosis. It works by targeting fast-thinking habits associated with paranoia and supports people to slow down their thinking to find ways of feeling safer. In our large, multi-centre RCT, SlowMo was efficacious, highly engaging and deliverable, with improvements in paranoia, worry, self-concept, quality of life and wellbeing.
SlowMo2 will investigate if these benefits translate to real world settings, in an observational study of implementation, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness. This unique post will support implementation of SlowMo2 in SPFT, alongside a friendly, supportive interdisciplinary team.
Proposed date of interview is 23rd January.
Main duties of the job
You will:
- Train an initial cohort of trust therapists in SlowMo, supported by the project leads, in a train the trainer model.
- Provide consultation and supervision of therapists delivering SlowMo, including Clinical Psychologists and newer roles (e.g. APs, CAPs, MHWPs).
- Promote therapist adoption of SlowMo in routine care with the aim to deliver 50 therapy cases by December 2025.
- Liaise with project leads, software developers and local IT to help maintain the performance and safety of the SlowMo software, in line with the UKCA mark.
- Supervise site Assistant Psychologists to support data collection to high standards, in line with study protocols, in liaison with the Study Coordinator.
- Oversee reporting and transfer of research data to project leads, in line with research governance.
- Liaise with R&D regarding ethical amendments and recruitment.
- Collaborate with project and site implementation leads to develop an automated training package and implementation logic model, as study outputs.
About us
Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
Living and Working in West Sussex:
- Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns
- Embrace the South Coast with a great range of historic and contemporary seaside towns
- According to the Met Office West Sussex is the sunniest county in the UK, making exploring the vast countryside all the more enjoyable
- We also have great schools locally.
We'd love you to join our Trust, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Key survey results include:
- 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
- 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the accompanying Job Description (JD) and SloMo Information leaflet for more details about his job role and the project.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the accompanying Job Description (JD) and SloMo Information leaflet for more details about his job role and the project.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- An approved post graduate / Masters level qualification (or equivalent) in a recognised psychological therapy
- Professionally registered as a psychological therapist with relevant registration body
- Evidence of relevant continuing professional development as required by the registration body
- Evidence of post-qualification training in clinical supervision
Desirable
- Post-qualification training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training, supervision and/or other fields of psychological therapy.
Knowledge / Experience
Essential
- An established track record in providing CBT for psychosis therapies according to specific models
- An established track record in providing supervision for band 7 and 8a therapists in CBT for psychosis utilising specific models
- Significant assessed experience of working as a qualified psychological therapist.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment,
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group.
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
- Experience of offering clinical and professional supervision.
Desirable
- Personal experience of physical and/or mental health problems or caring for someone with mental health or physical health problems
Skills
Essential
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Skills in clinical project management and resource allocation.
- Experience of managing conflicting demands and deadlines
- Ability to manage complex and demanding situations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- An approved post graduate / Masters level qualification (or equivalent) in a recognised psychological therapy
- Professionally registered as a psychological therapist with relevant registration body
- Evidence of relevant continuing professional development as required by the registration body
- Evidence of post-qualification training in clinical supervision
Desirable
- Post-qualification training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training, supervision and/or other fields of psychological therapy.
Knowledge / Experience
Essential
- An established track record in providing CBT for psychosis therapies according to specific models
- An established track record in providing supervision for band 7 and 8a therapists in CBT for psychosis utilising specific models
- Significant assessed experience of working as a qualified psychological therapist.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment,
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group.
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
- Experience of offering clinical and professional supervision.
Desirable
- Personal experience of physical and/or mental health problems or caring for someone with mental health or physical health problems
Skills
Essential
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Skills in clinical project management and resource allocation.
- Experience of managing conflicting demands and deadlines
- Ability to manage complex and demanding situations.
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).
