Senior High-Intensity Therapist & Duty Lead (Hybrid)

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Ilford; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High Cost Area Supplement 15%

Fringe 5% supplement (selected areas)

Job summary

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Senior High Intensity Therapist to provide clinical leadership for the newly developed duty referrals team within Talking Therapies. You will supervise a small team of 3 staff, oversee risk assessment and eligibility decisions, and guide timely onward referrals to secondary care services.

The post is hybrid, combining remote work with mandatory training and meetings across Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest, with main

Qualifications

• Post-graduate training to BABCP Level 2 accreditation.
• Formal supervision/eligibility for BABCP supervisor's course.
• Proficient understanding of diagnostic criteria and evidence-based decision making.
• A minimum of three years’ experience working within Talking Therapies services.
• Experience of training staff and clinical supervision.
• Excellent communication, leadership, interpersonal skills and ability to hold boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Lead on the daily delivery of a centralised duty referrals team, assess for risk and eligibility.
• Continue with the ongoing development of the duty referrals team and its processes.
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision and support to qualified Senior Mental Health Nurses, and trainees, PWPs / High-Intensity Therapists.
• Deliver specialist psychological assessments, and an ability to formulate risk and eligibility with limited information.
• Attend talking Therapies senior meetings, assist on consultation, training, audit, evaluation and service improvement initiatives.
• Manage and support staff performance, workloads and service delivery in line with Trust priorities.

Skills

BABCP level 2 accreditation

Clinical leadership

Risk assessment

Team supervision

Education

BABCP accreditation level 2

Job description

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Senior High Intensity Therapist to provide clinical leadership for the newly developed duty referrals team within Talking Therapies. You will supervise a small team of 3 staff, oversee risk assessment and eligibility decisions, and guide timely onward referrals to secondary care services.

The post is hybrid, combining remote work with mandatory training and meetings across Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest, with main