Job Description

You will be based at the PICuP Clinic, with the purpose of assisting practitioner psychologists in the delivery of a specialist outpatient cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis (CBTp) service. Some outreach work at other team bases in the Trust will be required including in Southwark, Lewisham, Lambeth and Croydon. There's currently x2 positions one permanent and one fixed term until 31/03/26.



To assist with monitoring all referrals to the PICuP clinic.



To assist in clinically related administrative tasks.



To assist with carrying out the initial assessments for all appropriate referrals to the team using a battery of standardised assessment measures and to score these measures.



To write reports to clients and referrers based on the findings of the assessment.



To repeat the assessments at further time points for people who engage in therapy.



To assist with the collation of monthly therapy activity figures for presentation at senior management finance meetings.



To assist in the preparation of the team's annual business report.



To assist with collection of data, developing/assisting with audit and/or research projects as required, preparing reports for meetings.



To work following clinical guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service and Trust, while closely supervised and regularly seeking help from clinical/professional supervisor or manager.



PICuP is an award winning specialist psychology service, providing cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) and Family Interventions (FI) for individuals with distressing psychotic experiences, as well as additional or secondary mental health difficulties. PICuP is based at the Maudsley Hospital, Camberwell. It is a national service and also takes referrals from around London and the South East, although most of the referrals are from SLaM.



The client group is highly heterogeneous, ranging from those who require help with a single symptom (such as hearing voices or a persecutory delusion), to individuals with long-term involvement with services and complex presentations. The targets of intervention also vary widely, from distressing psychotic experiences to emotional problems within the context of a history of psychosis and/or bipolar disorder, as well as relapse prevention or interpersonal difficulties.



PICuP offers a peer support service to people referred to the team. The service enables people to learn about therapy from those who have already benefited from it and offers support to enable people to attend sessions. PICuP is also involved in training mental health professionals in specialist CBT and FI for psychosis skills. PICuP is entirely psychology-led, headed by Dr Emmanuelle Peters and coordinated by Dr Nadine Keen.



FIXED-TERM POST - PICUP SLOMO2 ASSISTANT PSYCHOLOGIST MAIN DUTIES



You will work on a Welcome funded study, SloMo2, based within PICuP. SloMo is a digitally supported, cognitive-behavioural therapy for psychosis that improves fear of harm from others (or paranoia). SloMo aims to improve access, experience, and outcomes of psychological therapy for psychosis.

To work alongside a lived experience researcher and liaise closely with routine care psychological practitioners to facilitate recruitment, data collection, and for provision of technical support.



To be responsible for working in accordance with the National Institute of Health Research principles of Good Clinical Practice.



PERMANENT POST - PICUP ASSISTANT PSYCHOLOGIST

Key Responsibilities:

Clinical and Client Care



To assist with monitoring all referrals to the clinic, which will involve liaising closely with the PICuP Assistant Psychologists, administrator and coordinator, as well as the local clinical referring teams, GPs, and clients.



To carry out initial assessments, consisting of a battery of standardised measures, for all new accepted referrals under the close supervision of a practitioner psychologist.



To repeat the assessments at further time points (e.g. pre-therapy and end of therapy) for people who engage in therapy, which will require liaising with PICuP therapists.