Job Description

We are pleased to be recruiting to this 0.6 wte 8b post to work within our multi-modality therapy team in secondary care for adults with moderate-severe mood, anxiety and personality disorders. The post holder will be an expert clinician for service users with PTSD and complex PTSD offering trauma-focussed CBT and EMDR, as well as supervising and line managing junior psychologists, offering consultation and link-working with colleagues.



The successful applicant will demonstrate experience and expertise in working with PTSD and cPTSD with adults in secondary care with moderate-severe presentations, using trauma-focussed CBT and EMDR. The role requires experience and skills in supervising and line managing more junior psychologists. The post holder will have experience in leading and implementing service audits and development projects, teaching and consultation.



The post holder will work alongside other Clinical/Counselling Psychologists delivering assessment and therapy, with some of the staff also employed in specialist trauma posts. They will also work alongside psychotherapists offering Cognitive Analytic Therapy and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy as part of this well-established multi-modality team. There are line management and supervisory responsibilities, as well as link-working with CMHTs to provide consultation, teaching, co-working. The team is based in central Croydon (Jeanette Wallace House) and face-to-face sessions are provided at this base and at other Croydon sites. Wednesdays are an essential team day.

Development opportunities:

The Trust provides access to a wide range of CPD opportunities and all staff are encouraged to undertake development opportunities and activities relevant to their post. As a multi-modality team there are opportunities for learning and development alongside other modalities.



To develop, co-ordinate and ensure the systematic provision of a psychological therapy service to adults in secondary care with moderate to severe mood, anxiety and personality disorders and personally provide highly specialist clinical input, particularly for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment. To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder . To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of other psychological practitioners . To promote service evaluation, audit, research and policy development. To work as an autonomous professional within registration body guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters. To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved. * To support the coordination of staff support within their area, working closely with Corporate Psychology and Psychotherapy to support colleagues and ensure all staff in SLaM have access to evidence-based support. To participate, as a recipient, in staff support work when appropriate.