Job summary
- Main area
- Applied Psychology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 334-CLI-7285669
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Lind Clinic
- Town
- Deptford
- Salary
- £44,806 - £53,134 per annum incl. HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Associate in Psychology
NHS AfC: Band 6
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.
Job overview
We are offering a permanent contract for a full-time Band 6 Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAPs), to join the Lewisham Integrated Therapies Team (LIT) and to be based within a Primary Care Mental Health Team (PCMHT).
The CAP will work alongside P&P colleagues in the PCMHT in managing interventions and resources using a variety of interventions and ways of contact including phone, in person and online work. There will be the opportunity to provide group work as well as individual work.
The post is in a friendly team comprising various P&P roles including CBT therapists, CAPs, clinical/counselling psychologists/family and psychotherapists, and this team is within a wider service that works closely with a multidisciplinary Primary Care Mental Health Team that includes MDT staff and liaison with local communities, Community and Voluntary and Social Enterprises. The post will involve exposure to a range of therapeutic thinking in a wider P&P service that includes the modalities of CAT, Psychodynamic, Family & Couple Therapy, CBT, EMDR, Schema Therapy, Transference focused Therapy.
Supervision to the post holder will be provided by P&P staff.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work mainly within a Primary Care Mental Health Team, to provide psychologically-informed interventions including in person, online where indicated, and phone contact.
The post holder will work with people who use our services to develop a shared understanding of the complex issues they are facing, how they cope and the impact this has on their mental, physical health and well-being and those around them. Under supervision they will explore social, psychological, therapies and other potential options which may improve health outcomes and help them achieve agreed goals. The post involves group work as well as individual work. Working to incorporate local community resources with clients is part of the role. They will attend and contribute to data collection and audits as required.
Service users seen by the post holder will include those who have experienced high levels of distress and complex mental health difficulties. Service users may present with a high level of risk to both themselves and sometimes to other people. Assessments and brief interventions will be offered in person in the first instance.
We sincerely welcome applications from people who have previous experience of using Mental Health services, and/or individuals who are/have been a carer for someone. We are also very interested in receiving application from people who have strong local connections to the Lewisham borough
Working for our organisation
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. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
For a full list of our benefits please visit: https://www.slam.nhs.uk/media/421262/Working%20at%20SLaM.pdf
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Patient Care
- To communication constructively with a range of healthcare
professionals in a variety of services including nurses, allied health professionals (AHPs), medical colleagues as part of a multidisciplinary team, and Community and Voluntary and Social Enterprises and referrers - Work directly with the Psychology & Psychotherapy team, while reporting to a
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/CBT Therapist regarding psychological assessment, formulation and intervention
Clinical
- All clinical duties will be carried out under the supervision and direction of a qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/CBT Therapist. The post-holder has a responsibility to perform all tasks within the spirit and the policies of the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Under such direction and with these conditions the duties will be:
Please refer to the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • An approved qualification in psychology conferring eligibility for graduate basis for registration with the British Psychological Society, (Class 2.2 or higher)
- • Completed BPS [British Psychological Society] accredited CAP apprenticeship training programme including EPA to IFA standards
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Understand how to analyse and appraise key theoretical concepts of psychological models of treatment both at individual and group level recognised in evidence-based national guidelines
- • Communicate effectively, share information and check understanding using clear language and appropriate, written materials, making reasonable adjustments where appropriate in order to optimise people’s understanding
- • Apply and review risk assessments and formulations when working with complex patients within scope of practice
- • Able assess limits of professional boundaries and capacity and understand when to seek appropriate supervision/advice on practice and whom to refer to so as to ensure best care
Desirable criteria
- • Lived experience of using services, and/or being a carer for someone
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- • To be able to assess and formulate someone’s experiences drawing on a range of psychological models and theory
- • Awareness of diversity of cultural norms across the borough, and being able to respond to this appropriately
- • Understand the principles of clinical supervision using them to provide a safe and supportive environment to reflect, review and discuss personal and professional responses to work
Desirable criteria
- • Experienced in using a range of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies relevant to situation and service context that draw on specialist psychological tools to collect data to evaluate own practice as well as to enhance service delivery
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rhiannon Owen
- Job title
- Joint Clinical Lead, Lewisham Integrated Therapies
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 228 1350
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