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Job Descrption

We are looking for a clinician trained in CBT and EMDR to join our vibrant and enthusiastic step 3 team. Sutton Uplift is the South West London & St. George's Mental Health NHS (SWLSTG) Trust's innovative primary care mental health service for the residents of Sutton. Sutton Uplift incorporates a Talking Therapies service, a Wellbeing Service with Employment Specialists and Wellbeing Practitioners, and a Primary Care Recovery Team (PCRT). Sutton Uplift is professionally managed by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and operationally managed by a Service Manager.

The high performing IAPT team provide evidence-based psychological treatments (CBT, IPT, DIT, BCT, EMDR) to people with common mental health problems including depression, anxiety disorders, PTSD and eating disorders within a stepped-care model. The clinical team includes qualified IAPT High Intensity CBT Therapists, Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, who provide evidence-based... psychological interventions in line with NICE guidance.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled Clinical / Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist to join our committed and friendly team of clinicians. You will be providing Step 3 diagnostic assessments and evidence-based CBT treatment on an individual and group basis to clients aged 18 and over presenting with depression, anxiety disorders, PTSD and eating disorders.

You will also be involved in the clinical supervision of Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, Low Intensity Trainees and High Intensity Trainees, for which training will be provided.

There will be opportunities to develop areas of interest such as working with long term health conditions, working with clients with learning disabilities, working with perinatal clients, by contributing to project groups or taking a Champion role. The four IAPT services in SWLSTG Trust work closely together to develop care pathways and share expertise.

High quality supervision and CPD are a priority for the team. You will receive regular weekly individual clinical supervision from one of our bands 8a or 8b Clinical/Counselling Psychologists or CBT Therapists working within the service.

You will also have the opportunity to attend a monthly clinical training session facilitated by lead clinicians from across the SWLSTG Trust and to attend quarterly CBT training workshops led by highly respected clinicians in their field, for example, we have previously welcomed Andrew Beck, Anke Ehlers and Martina Mueller.

About us

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will work clinically within primary care settings and be required to work flexible hours in line with the improving access agenda. The service operates from 9am to 8pm Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm on Friday, and 9 to 1pm on Saturdays. You will be required to work at least one evening per week.

Your working pattern can be negotiated and many of our clinicians prefer to work condensed hours to allow for a better work/life balance. In light of the Covid pandemic, the service is currently offering the opportunity to work remotely, with an expectation that everyone is in the office for two days per week to meet the demand for face to face appointments. It is likely that agile working will continue to be part of the job role moving forward.

Supporting clinicians We are also mindful that working in a fast-paced service with people experiencing psychological distress can be challenging as well as immensely rewarding and we take a compassionate leadership approach to ensure that these challenges are acknowledged, and staff are supported through wellbeing focused line management supervision.

Supporting clinicians We are also mindful that working in a fast-paced service with people experiencing psychological distress can be challenging as well as immensely rewarding and we take a compassionate leadership approach to ensure that these challenges are acknowledged, and staff are supported through wellbeing focused line management supervision.

You will be supported to undertake and obtain accreditation in further modalities, e.g., EMDR, IPT, BCT, and the majority of IAPT clinicians in the Trust have received funding to train in a number of further modalities of interest to them.

Person Specification

TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS

Essential
• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and (for Clinical Psychologists) neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology or alternative training outside of the UK that is recognised by the Health & Care Professions Council leading to registration in the UK as a Clinical or Counselling psychologist or Post-graduate level training in CBT from an Accredited course recognized by NHS Talking Therapies and accredited as a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist by the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) or eligibility for accreditation and working towards completing accreditation within one year

Desirable
• Completion of EMDR training parts 1 - 3
• Training in the supervision of Step 2 clinicians (GMHWs and PWPs)
• Training in working with clients experiencing long term conditions

Experience

Essential
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients within an NHS Talking Therapies service
• Experience of working with a variety of client groups and presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience in establishing DSM-V diagnoses and in clinical formulation
• Experience of assessment and treatment of people with common mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity, using evidence based psychological therapies, particularly CBT
• Experience with routine outcome data collection and monitoring

Desirable
• Post-qualification experience of working in primary care settings
• Experience of meeting agreed/specified service targets in an NHS setting
• Experience in running Step 3 therapy groups
• Experience of working within a multicultural framework
• Experience of specialist psychological therapy assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings relevant to an NHS Talking Therapies service, including outpatient, community, and primary care settings
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Essential
• Experience at working with one or more NHS Talking Therapies recognised psychological therapies at a specialist level
• Psychological assessment skills and skills in DSM-V- based diagnostic assessment
• Advanced practitioner skills in cogntive behavioural therapy (CBT)
• High -level knowledge of the theory and practice of one or more NHS Talking Therapies recognised psychological therapies.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment and intervention which require sustained and intense concentration
• Knowledge of effective care pathway navigation across primary and secondary care psychological therapies services
• Skills in the assessment and evaluation of clinical risk
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non -professional groups
• Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC and/or BABCP.

Desirable
• Knowledge of the academic literature concerning common mental disorders and their treatment within an IAPT service
• Skills in providing teaching and consultation to other professional and non-
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of adapting specific NHS Talking Therapies-recognised psychological therapies for anxiety and/or depression in the context of co-morbidity and complexity (e.g. personality disorder, additional disabilities etc)
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
• Knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical field of psychological therapies

Employer details

Employer name

South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

Jubilee Health Centre East

6 Stanley Park Road

Wallington

SM6 0EX

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