Job summary
- Main area
- Wellbeing Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 294-COMM-6244420-JB
- Employer
- South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Johns Health Centre
- Town
- Twickenham
- Salary
- £56,388 - £62,785 per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/05/2024
Employer heading
Senior CBT Clinician and Supervisor
NHS AfC: Band 8a
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.
We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".
When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
Richmond Talking Therapies is looking to recruit a permanent part-time (22.5hours) Band 8A Senior CBT Clinician and Supervisor to join the team.
The Talking Therapies programme continues to drive forward the expansion of its delivery of psychological interventions. This is an exciting opportunity to be a member of the senior management team, offering line management and clinical CBT supervision to Band 7 and Band 6 HI clinicians as well as carrying a small case load and participating in Clinician of the Day rota.
NHS Richmond Talking Therapies is a forward thinking and innovative Primary Care Mental Health Service providing psychological therapies across the borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, with the service located in Twickenham. Given the success of digital working for patients and staff we will continue to offer both digital and face-to-face appointments.
The service combines the psychological treatment program of Talking Therapies and psychiatric Primary Care Liaison, which allows a seamless combination of interventions and provides a rich learning environment for staff.
Potential candidates will hold full accreditation with the BABCP.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Senior CBT Supervisor will include:
- Provide clinical CBT supervision and Line Management to HI therapists and trainees. The post holder will also be responsible for assisting in the recruitment and placement of HI therapists.
- Lead on the management of clinical modalities, in particular the PTSD stream within the IAPT program
- Offering expertise in CBT treatment and supervision, ensuring the effective delivery of evidence based assessment and treatment packages
- Arrange training for the RWS team
Working for our organisation
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 of benefits 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Provide expert knowledge on CBT assessment and treatment for individuals and Groups and take responsibility for proactively disseminating this expertise within the service.
- Ensuring the systematic provision of high quality CBT to individuals and groups within a wide range of settings (including GP surgeries, community settings and therapy centres).
- Provide clinical co-working with other health professionals.
- The provision of generic mental health assessments to identify all groups of adult mental disorders.
- The provision of specialist assessments for suitability for CBT
- Act independently and autonomously on behalf of the service to deal with complex urgent cases, including patients presenting with high levels of emotional distress and imminent risk to self and others.
- Where CBT is not an indicated treatment, liaise as appropriate with other professional groups to effectively communicate your assessment and facilitate transfer of care to an appropriate professional.
- Conducting risk assessments, preparing risk management plans and initiating appropriate action where indicated (including requests for mental health act assessments).
- Record, collate and communicate outcome data of your clinical activity and all those you supervise to both the Service Manager and Lead Clinician.
- Co-ordinating, participating in, and contribute to CBT supervision with professional colleagues.
- Promote and contribute to the development and maintenance of a healthy therapeutic culture within the Richmond Wellbeing Service amongst colleagues and Service Users.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working with a wide range of common mental health problems
- Experience of working with patients from mild to complex conditions
- Experience as a CBT supervisor
- Experience in line management of clinical staff (need not be therapists)
- Experience providing group treatments/therapeutic seminars
- Experience leading and managing a project.
Desirable criteria
- Experience working within an IAPT service
- Experience working within one other therapeutic modality
- Qualification in EMDR
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Core professional training in a mental health field (e.g. psychology, nursing, social work, OT etc)
- Recognised and accredited CBT training with full BABCP accreditation
- Recognised formal training in clinical supervision.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of generic mental health care.
- In depth knowledge of CBT theory and practice including specialist expertise in one area of CBT
- Good working knowledge of other therapy treatment interventions such as psychodynamic.
Desirable criteria
- Good knowledge of other treatment modalities.
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
- Ability to work autonomously and to manage conflicting demands between Service Users, the health care system and broader contexts.
- To be able to nurture clinical skills and good practice in less experienced colleagues.
- Ability to undertake appropriate risk assessment and formulate risk management plans and implement these plans.
- The ability and skills to engage and foster good professional relationships with all health professionals in promoting the good integration of this service.
- Ability to assess one owns strengths and weakness and take appropriate action (training and updates)
Desirable criteria
- Willingness, skills and abilities to contribute to and to participate in the service development process
- Skilled in the delivery of one other modality
- Skills to undertake appropriate clinical audits
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
- Helen Sparrow
- Job title
- CBT Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07875 650497
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