Psychotherapist, Practitioner Psychologist or Psychological Therapist

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in Camden Town seeks a Psychological Therapist to support Workforce Development. The role involves delivering CPD events and acting as an advocate for the P&P workforce. Ideal candidates will hold a doctoral qualification and have experience in supervising staff while promoting an inclusive environment. Excellent opportunities for professional development are provided.

Benefits

Generous pay, pensions and leave

Flexible working options

Career development programs

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology or equivalent.
• Appropriate professional registration with HCPC or equivalent body.
• Evidence of continuing training in specialized psychological practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver support to P&P Workforce including CPD events.
• Contribute to leadership and development of Psychological Professions.
• Supervise Assistant Psychologists and Trainees.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Compassion

Education

Doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology

Tools

Psychological assessment tools

Job description

Overview

An innovative and highly valued trustwide organisational role: this permanent 8a role is open to all qualified Psychological Professions to work in Workforce Development within the Corporate Psychology & Psychotherapy (P&P) team in South London & Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Trust. We seek to appoint a psychological therapist, psychotherapist or practitioner psychologist with an interest in developing and supporting the SLaM P&P workforce to be a safe, effective, inclusive and innovative environment.

You will work with the existing Workforce Lead to deliver a range of supports to the P&P Workforce including CPD events and programmes in collaboration with Learning & Development and P&P colleagues, liaising with professional training programmes (we have close links with the Kings Clinical Psychology Training programme but support several training pathways) and contributing to new role development and the diversification of the profession. The post holder will act as an advocate for staff and an ambassador for the P&P workforce across the trust, supporting them and others to maintain excellent standards of care and evidence-based service delivery. Along with the Workforce Lead, the Trust Director and Deputy Director of P&P and other staff, the postholder will contribute to the leadership and development of the Psychological Professions across the Trust.

We welcome applications from candidates from minoritised ethnic and other groups representing local communities. This person appointed to this post will support the 8b Workforce Lead to deliver P&P Workforce development priorities by effectively supporting and promoting initiatives for the benefit for the workforce in their P&P career. This will include supervision of Assistant Psychologists and Trainees working in the service who will also contribute to this work.

As a member of P&P Workforce Development within the Corporate P&P team the postholder will take up responsibilities as required and they will work actively with other functions and colleagues in the Trust such as the Trust Learning & Development team and P&P colleagues across the full range of clinical services. This post is a full-time post including up to 0.2 wte clinical sessions. Clinical sessions will be arranged on appointment according to the successful applicant's area of expertise and existing service vacancies. Applicants will be able to demonstrate appropriate level clinical experience. We are looking for someone to take initiative, implement projects and use their compassion and good communication skills in working with a range of colleagues. In your existing role you are ideally likely to have experience of contributing to team management/leadership and service development and governance as well as have sound clinical experience and skills. You will be able to deal with multiple competing demands including being able to respond to a range of queries, carry out regular programmes of work as well as focus on in-depth project development.

This post also offers excellent opportunities for continuing professional development. This role will have responsibilities within P&P Workforce Development in the Corporate Psychology & Psychotherapy team as well as in your clinical placement (to be agreed). The Workforce Development responsibilities include:

• to contribute to and where appropriate lead on P&P Workforce initiatives for the Psychology & Psychotherapy workforce across the Trust.
• to collaborate with colleagues across the Trust and external to the Trust to address issues in Workforce Development with a key focus on issues related to SLaM P&P.
• activities requiring support and promoting collaboration and team working.
• activities involving integrating research, guidance, teaching and clinical activity and knowledge so that there is a continual cycle of innovation, review, evaluation and improvement based on best practice standards and creating an environment that fosters innovation and service development.

Excerpts from Person Specification

Essential

• Doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling, forensic, health or educational psychology or equivalent professional qualification in psychological therapy (eg systemic psychotherapy, arts psychotherapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy)
• Appropriate professional and/or statutory registration eg with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, or with an appropriate body eg UKCP/BACP/ACP/BABCP
• Evidence of continuing training in a specialised area of psychological practice relevant to the work of the Trust through formal post-qualification 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

Experience

• Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision.
• Experience of supervising other staff such as assistants and trainees having completed relevant training.
• Post-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities.
• Experience of carrying out post-qualification research, audit or service evaluation projects).
• Experience of providing teaching and training to psychological therapists and/or other professional groups.

Knowledge & Skills

• To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.
• Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care.
• Knowledge of racial and other diversity issues and factors affecting access to mental health care.
• To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources.
• Knowledge of a range of a range of therapeutic ideas/approaches systemic models in assessment and treatment relevant to discipline
• Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of data.

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.

8a

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\'. 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. 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., Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). 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 Person 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 been 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'

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. It\'s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

• Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff restaurants

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