Clinical Research Therapist (Lecturer)

Job responsibilities

Main duties and accountabilities:

1) To provide psychological therapy to adults with Depression and / or related conditions, including delivery of ADepT. This is likely to involve:

a) Arranging initial and ongoing appointments with clients.

b) Conducting initial assessment or telephone screening sessions where appropriate.

c) Delivering these therapies according to the relevant protocol(s).

d) Keeping appropriate records of the work conducted.

e) Liaising with referrers and other health care professions and external agencies as necessary for effective patient care.

2) To be familiar with, and work within, professional standards and guidelines, relevant legal frameworks and the operational protocols of the AccEPT clinic, including policies on information governance and safeguarding of vulnerable individuals.

3) To engage in reflective practice, including attendance of regular clinical supervision; to engage in professional development and necessary training.

4) To contribute, where appropriate, to the evaluation and development of protocols for the delivery of therapy and the training of clinicians and students. For example:-

- Use appropriate teaching, learning support and assessment methods, where appropriate contribute to the supervision of student projects and placements;

- Select appropriate assessment instruments and criteria, assess the work and progress of students / clinicians by reference to the criteria and provide constructive feedback to students;

- Ensure that module design and delivery comply with the quality standards and regulations of the university and Faculty

5) Identify areas where current provision is in need of revision or improvement and contribute to the planning, design and development of objectives and material.

6) Where agreed with the clinic lead or his / her delegate, to contribute to the dissemination of clinical knowledge on behalf of the AccEPT service, and to liaise with external stakeholders regarding the work of the service (including supervision and training of other therapists).

7) To participate in, and take forward, service audit and evaluation procedures.

8) To represent the AccEPT Service in relevant professional organisations (e.g.BABCP) to ensure that the AccEPT Service maintains awareness and links with a broad range of services and issues.

9) To be a good team player, who supports and contributes to the morale and development of the team.

10) To undertake appropriate training and supervision in order to maintain professional registration and/or accreditation as required by the University

Liaison and Networking

Participate in and develop external networks, for example to secure student placements, facilitate outreach work, generate income, obtain consultancy projects, or build relationships for future activities.

Managing people

1. Mentor colleagues with less experience and advise on professional development

2. Co-ordinate the work of others to ensure clinical care is delivered to the standards required.

Initiative, problem-solving and decision-making

1. Identify the need for refining therapy protocols with colleagues and make proposals on how this should be achieved.

2. Develop ideas for generating income and promoting the area.

3. Sole responsibility for the design and delivery of work

4. Contribute to quality control processes.

5. Tackle issues affecting the quality of delivery within scope of own level of responsibility, referring more serious matters to others, as appropriate.

Planning and managing resources

1. Co-ordinate with others (such as support staff or academic colleagues) to ensure clinical care is delivered to a high standard.

2. Be responsible for administrative duties in areas such as liaising with patients and their care teams, maintaining patient records and booking therapy rooms.

The post is conditional upon the post-holder obtaining a suitable outcome from an enhanced DBS check with adult barred list, conducted by the University of Exeter, prior to commencing employment. The post holder will be subject to regular repeat DBS checks whilst in post, in line with University of Exeter and NHS guidelines.

The post holder is expected to work primarily onsite (Streatham campus of the University of Exeter); some degree of remote working may be possible subject to line manager agreement.

Applicants seeking to work part time / on a job share basis are welcome.

This job description summarises the main duties and accountabilities of the post and is not comprehensive: the post-holder may be required to undertake other duties of similar level and responsibility, following discussion with the line manager. Please visit the Human Resources website to view the Lecturer (Education and Scholarship) role profiles at http://www.exeter.ac.uk/staff/employment/academicroles/youteach/roleprofiles/

Skills and Understanding

Essential

• Excellent clinical and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to liaise with colleagues, members of the public, external professionals and students.
• Understand equal opportunity issues as they may impact on areas of clinic functioning.
• Competent in use of Microsoft Office packages, including Word and Microsoft outlook.
• Excellent administrative and organizational skills.
• Personal awareness of legislation and professional guidelines pertaining to clinical work in this context.
• Strong and effective communication and negotiation skills.
• Understanding of medical/psychological reports and information.
• Ability to set and keep appropriate boundaries;
• capacity to negotiate and manage ethical dilemmas
• Ability to maintain up-to-date and accurate records.
• Possess an in-depth understanding of own specialism to enable the development of new knowledge and understanding within the field.

Desirable

• Evidence of excellent teaching identified by peer review and have made an impact at discipline programme level beyond their own teaching.
• Confidence with using research / medical terminology.

General and Special Knowledge

Essential

• Specialist, in-depth knowledge of at least one of CBT or Behavioural Activation.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the process by which psychological therapies are developed.
• Knowledge of the principles governing the conduct of clinical research in the UK.
• Knowledge of tertiary education in the U.K.

Qualifications

Essential

• Demonstrably meets accreditation criteria for Practitioner level accreditation with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).
• Accreditation or registration with a relevant recognised national body (e.g. HCPC, GMC, BABCP).
• Possesses a depth or breadth of specialist knowledge of the core knowledge relating to academic area in order to teach and support learning on academic area modules

Desirable

• Associate Fellow of the HEA
• Undergraduate or post-graduate degree in Psychology or related subject.
• Normally, a minimum of three years post qualification experience would be expected.

Behavioural Characteristics

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to use own judgment to make decisions.
• Competence and confidence to work independently and to be a good team player.
• Able to work constructively as part of a team.
• Punctual and reliable.
• Able to communicate complex and conceptual ideas to a range of groups.
• Able to participate in and develop external networks.
• An understanding of the importance of equality and diversity within an organisation and a commitment to helping create an inclusive culture.
• Openness to learning new therapeutic skills and approaches

Desirable

• Willing to work flexibly as negotiated with the clinic lead or delegate, to accommodate variations in clinical workload.
• Willing to work in satellite locations to deliver therapy across the AccEPT catchment area
• Able to identify potential sources of funding.

Experience

Essential

• Delivery of CBT or Behavioural Therapy with adults experiencing depression.
• Familiarity and experience of Augmented Depression Therapy (ADepT) and/or other recovery and wellbeing oriented approaches to depression.

Desirable

• Delivery of CBT or Behavioural Therapy with bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders and/or complex trauma (including DBT and mindfulness approaches)
• Experience of learning and delivering novel psychological therapies within a research setting.
• Experience of delivering other novel interventions being researched currently in AccEPT.
• Experience of postgraduate teaching and supervision.
• Familiarity with the NHS Talking Therapies context

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).