Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1.      CLINICAL

1. To offer telephone triage assessments on the suitability of new referrals, informed by knowledge of the mental health difficulty and risk factors.

2. To adhere to the service’s protocols, referring clients on to the relevant health and social care service or back to the referrer as appropriate or stepping-up the persons treatment to high intensity psychological therapy or specialist services within the borough.

3. To provide assessment and provision of high quality Low-Intensity interventions, e.g. psycho-educational groups and workshops, Guided Self Help, computerised CBT, pharmacological psychoeducation, drawing from CBT theories and techniques. This work may be face to face, via telephone/web and/or in group format.

4. Conduct accurate and timely assessment of risk to self and others, including child safeguarding and vulnerable adult issues. Prepare risk management plans and initiate appropriate action where indicated.

5. Provide a service that is comprehensive and accessible to a broad range of patients who have common mental health difficulties and who are over 16 years of age, that is equitable and non-discriminatory in terms of age, gender, ethnicity and disability.

2.      TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION

1. Undertake appropriate clinical, managerial and professional supervision on a regular basis in accordance with the relevant professional guidelines and Trust policies.

2. Attend and fulfil the requirements of the IAPT approved supervision training.

3. Provide case management and clinical supervision to Low intensity trainees in the IAPT team.

4. Responsible for overseeing UCL assignments for trainees, which includes giving feedback on assessment and treatment sessions as well as signing off Clinical Practice Outcomes.

5. Identify training needs across the triage team and improve the systems in place along side the Access leads.

6. Deliver triage training to all new members of staff.

7. Attend locally organised and national training appropriate to the work role.

8. Delivering monthly group supervision to the clinical support workers and assistant psychologists.

9. Plan and facilitate triage facilitator meetings.

3.      PROFESSIONAL

1. Take personal (unprompted) responsibility for achieving agreed clinical activity relating to the number of therapy contact hours per week, assessment, discharge and recovery targets.

2. Proactively take responsibility for attending clinical case management supervision, line management supervision and clinical skills groups.

3. Participate in the appraisal process on a minimum of an annual basis. Participate in the setting and review of objectives for the post and respond to agreed objectives.

4. Participate in activities of continuing professional development (CPD) on an annual basis.

6. Promote and contribute to the development and maintenance of a healthy therapeutic culture within the Lambeth IAPT amongst colleagues and Service Users.

7.To complete all requirements relating to data collection and record keeping in line with SLaM and Lambeth IAPT policies, in a thorough and timely fashion. Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to Trust guidelines, and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence).

4.      MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT:

1.   Make projections for our monthly/quarterly triage capacity and planning.
2. Ensure that clinically supervised staff maintain appropriate clinical records in keeping with SlaM and Lambeth IAPT policies.
3. Ensure clinically supervised staff maintain outcome data as per service operational policy.

4. Participate in audits of clinical activity and evaluative research as required. Attend senior management meetings if and when necessary.