Job description

Job responsibilities

Due to the size of the service, the Deputies are expected to manage an equal share of Managers (8As) well as pan-service leadership and development tasks. As guided by the services strategies, the Deputy Leads will collaborate with one another to develop and deliver seamless interventions across steps, modes (individual, groups, classes, etc.), and specialist clinical areas.

It is crucial that the post-holder possesses adaptive clinical, managerial and strategic abilities to support the Clinical Lead and their strategies for the day-to-day running of the service and future expansion/ service development as guided by wider Health strategies and demands.

Please kindly refer to the attached JD/PS for information or If you have any further questions, please contact Daniela Antonie, Clinical Lead on 0208 175 1770 for an informal discussion.

Person Specification

Training/Qualifications

Essential

• Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS and registered with HPC. OR Psychological Therapist with a core mental health training e.g. nursing, social work
• Above plus : Post-graduate qualification in a HI therapeutic modality.
• Qualified to at least practitioner level in EMDR and willingness to undertake training/supervision up to consultant level
• Supervisor training to undertake clinical supervision of trainees and qualified staff in a model relevant to Talking Therapies.

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience (usually 3years + will be considered) of working in IAPT service as a senior clinician and manager, including performance and case management.
• Experience in primary care, liaising with GPs and community providers
• Experience of service development and of embedding new organisational models, services and pathways.
• Experience in referral processes that support the assessment of clients and patients, and, to plan and coordinate the capacity provided by psychological therapists and clinicians for assessment across therapy modalities.
• Work as an experienced psychologist/psychotherapist with advanced skills in at least one psychological therapy modality.
• Experience of managing and supervising workforce from different backgrounds.
• Excellence and experience in the continuous improvement of high intensity interventions and coordinating the services of a range of practitioners and providers, with experience of delivering this within primary care and an IAPT compliant service .
• Experience of providing an autonomous clinical service to a diverse population.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Communication & Relationship skills: Excellent reporting and presentation skills. Able to provide & receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information in a highly emotive and sometimes hostile atmosphere, in a range of relationships and settings.
• Able to use highly specialist skills of empathy to overcome barriers to understanding and acceptance
• Able to build good working relationships with other professionals.
• Able to liaise effectively at all levels of an organisation
• Clinical, Analytical & Judgement skills: Specific experience in working with health-related psychological issues, e.g. long-standing and chronic conditions
• Able to draw upon a broad theoretical knowledge base in the analysis of highly complex facts or situations to arrive at appropriate formulations.
• Able to compare and select from a range of treatment options, based on formulation.
• Able to provide both brief and longer-term therapeutic interventions.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Newham Talking Therapies

1st Floor, Vicarage Lane Health Centre, 10 Vicarage Lane

Stratford

E15 4ES

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)