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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

About

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust’s work is based around 5 core commitments. We are looking for colleagues who share our passion for providing high quality and personalised support to our patients and service users.

Our commitments are:

To be caring, kind and polite
To be prompt and value your time
To take time and listen to you
To be honest and direct with you
To do what I say I'm going to do

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities, and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field. SLaM delivered more than 14000 training experiences in 2014; providing an extensive range of learning opportunities for staff at all levels. In addition, our working relationship with King's Health Partners allows those working at the Trust to get involved in academic research.

Our aim is to be a leader in improving health and wellbeing - locally, nationally and globally.

Contact

Address: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Jeanette Wallace House; 6th Floor; 1 Edridge Road; Croydon; London; CR0 1FE

Find out more

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Ref: 334-CLI-6746126 Vacancy ID: 6746126

Clinical Lead Lewisham NHS Talking Therapies

Accepting applications until: 03-Dec-2024 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 03-Dec-2024 23:59

Location

Gwefan: Lewisham Borough
Tref: Lewisham
Cod post: SE8 9EA
Major / Minor Region: London

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Oriau: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Cyflog: £82,462 - £93,773 per annum Incl. of HCAs
Cyfnod cyflog: Yearly
Gradd: (NHS AfC: Band 8c)

Specialty

Prif leoliad: Mental Health

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

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KR 1 Clinical and Client Care

· To plan, develop and ensure the systematic provision of a highly specialist psychological therapies service in Lewisham Talking therapies including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes

· To select and deliver highly specialist evidence based psychological assessments and treatments from a range of IAPT models (CBT/EMDR/ CfD/IPT/DIT.)

· To provide culturally appropriate and informed interventions

· To provide clinical expertise to the Lewisham Talking therapies service and other relevant stakeholders and teams

· To assess and monitor risk and safeguarding issues and to draw up appropriate management plans

· To understand the culturally rich diversity of the Borough and ensure that service are responsive, appropriate and accessible

KR 2 Responsibilities for team or service clinical functioning

· To lead a performance driven team who can deliver good therapy outcomes for patients and deliver national KPIs; local Borough objectives and Trust strategic objectives.

· To provide responsive leadership to the Lewisham Talking therapies service senior managers and support to the teams at all levels.

· To provide line management for senior staff and to oversee their management of junior team members to ensure that overall performance in in line with expected service goals.

· To take a lead in ensuring the team or service’s ability to deliver accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities. To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.

· To lead service meetings, and ensure good communication up and down through the service

· To lead and provide expert clinical input on service performance management and use of performance data and clinical quality assurance.

· To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.

· To develop and oversee contracts with external providers assuring excellent clinical governance and value for money

· To hold in mind the overall objectives of the organisation and the service in all decision-making.

KR 3 Management, supervision, recruitment

· To report to senior P&P leadership and Borough leadership about the overall performance and functioning of the Lewisham NHS Talking therapies service

· To ensure the provision of professional and clinical supervision for all staff in all disciplines across the service.

· To ensure a system is in place for the professional management and appraisal of all team members/ staff groups within the service.

· To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior clinician according to HCPC and / or registered / accrediting body and Trust guidelines.

· To provide highly specialist clinical consultation and professional and clinical supervision to colleagues and others and to contribute to a psychologically / psychotherapeutically informed framework across the primary care services as appropriate.

· To oversee and contribute to recruitment and selection throughout the service as needed

KR4 policy and service development

· Respond to national best practice guidelines for IAPT services and/ or national guidance and implements in line with local service objectives.

· Through audit, service user feedback and community engagement address service delivery inequalities and support the development of a service that is accessible to all Lewisham residents and has good outcomes across all groups.

· To be responsible for applying clinical governance standards within the Lewisham Talking Therapies service and ensure that these are maintained and improved.

· To oversee and support the appraisal and development of the workforce and the promotion of staff wellbeing initiatives.

KR 5 Teaching and Training

· To deliver teaching and training in relation to service need and specialist skills and interest

· To ensure systems are in place for the significant training requirements for NHS Talking therapies workforce

KR 6 Record-keeping and Information Governance

· To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures.

· To ensure the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry, and oversee the governance of the whole team.

KR 7 Research and development

· To lead on the initiation, undertaking and supervision of complex service evaluation and audit.

· To initiate appropriate research and to ensure systems are in place for research advice and supervision to other staff undertaking research within the service.

· To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles and support staff with the same

KR 8 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development

· To work as an autonomous professional within guidelines provided by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and / or registered / accredited body and the policies and procedures of the service, taking full responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions.

· To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with HCPC and / or professional / accreditation requirements (BABCP/UKCP etc) and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements.

· To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.

· To contribute to the strategic development and implementation of new initiatives e.g. national guidelines including NICE.

· To ensure that all psychology and psychotherapy staff for whom the post-holder has leadership or management responsibility, maintain professional standards and continuing professional development.

KR 9 General

· To work from different sites as required and to travel to home visits, meetings, case co-ordination meetings as appropriate and across the Trust when required.

· To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group, and follow trust policies relating to its management.

· To be available for out of hours work/ events to support the service and Borough activities

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

That all applications for this post will need to be made online
That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Qualifications

Meini prawf hanfodol

• Doctoral level qualification in Clinical/ Counselling psychology. HCPC registration (A)or • CBT therapist having completed an IAPT CBT course. Full BABCP accreditation (A) or • Psychotherapist with UKCP/BACP accreditation (A) with qualification in an IAPT therapy- CfD, IPT, DIT, EMDR
• Leadership training

Meini prawf dymunol

• An additional therapy qualification/ accreditation e.g. EMDR; CBT; IPT; DIT; CfD (A)

Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol

• Significant experience of delivering therapies in an NHS Talking Therapies service. (A/I)
• Experience of supervising psychological therapists at all levels at least to Band 8a within an IAPT service
• Experience of leading and managing a large team – preferably in an NHS Talking therapies service
• Significant experience on delivering service KPIs and adapting service delivery.
• Significant experience in a management role having had responsibility for supervision and line management of staff

Knowledge

Meini prawf hanfodol

• Understanding the use and implementation of evidence based NICE treatments across a wide variety of presentations
• Evidence of continuing training in a specialised area of psychological practice through formal post-doctoral training (diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, OR an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice–based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a postgraduate diploma
• Understanding how to use data to inform provision in a diverse and complex Borough
• Knowledge of issues effecting equality of access to mental health services

Skills & abilities

Meini prawf hanfodol

• Demonstrated ability in leadership and management skills
• Ability to negotiate and bring on board others in complex interpersonal clinical and service situations
• Able to analyse complex issues/ problems, gather information and make decisions with a high level of autonomy in decision making where timely decisions are needed
• Skills in understanding/ designing services to meet the needs in a multi-cultural inner-city area with diverse communities and complex needs
• Able to support individuals and teams through processes of change that may require significant changes in practice