Job Description

Croydon NHS Talking Therapies is looking to recruit a Senior Clinical Team Lead for a fixed term 12 month contract maternity cover.



You will work closely with the rest of the management team to promote and support the delivery of the service.



We are a friendly, supportive and innovative team of individuals. We are committed to supporting the development of our staff who come and work for us by providing high quality supervision and opportunities for development.



To manage the performance department, ensuring its efficient day-to-day running, anticipating and planning for future demands, and monitoring and managing its effective performance To line manage their team, supporting their well-being and development and managing their performance To work collaboratively with the service leads to plan the future development of the service, and to lead specific service developments and new initiatives To work with service users, referrers and other providers to improve existing services to clients and to develop new care pathways and services To support the service leads in maintaining a strong, committed and motivated team To work autonomously as a Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures. To provide high quality specialist CBT supervision

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

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.



Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.



Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes



Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars



Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites



NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

Access to SLaM counselling services



Wellbeing events



Long service awards



Cycle to work scheme



Season ticket loan



Staff restaurants

Key Responsibilities:

1 PLANNING, MANAGING AND EVALUATING THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES WITHIN CROYDON TALKING THERAPIES



Assessing the service need for a service area, and current and future capacity requirements

Leading on performance, ensuring the service meets expected outcomes/kpis

Monitoring and evaluating service activity and outcomes

Ensuring the effective use of resources through the design and refinement of efficient systems and processes of service delivery and the ongoing adoption of new ways of delivering care

Designing and implementing new care pathways in collaboration with referrers and other services

Developing and updating policies and procedures for the delivery of high quality clinical services

Commissioning and monitoring external provision of services as agreed



2 TEAM MANAGEMENT



To agree job plans, performance targets and development goals with your team through the appraisal process, and monitor and support staff in their achievement

To foster a supportive and performance focussed team ethos through your interaction and communication with the team, your own behaviour, team meetings and supervision

To take responsibility for the wellbeing of your team, setting up formal and informal systems to identify issues and addressing them

To induct new team members, agreeing job plans, and ensuring that they are trained and supported to do their jobs, and meeting them regularly to support their development and performance

To ensure a programme of clinical training and development is in place for your team and regularly reviewed and refreshed

Ensure good two-way communication between your staff and the service management

To lead team meetings



3 SERVICE LEADERSHIP



To share responsibility for the direction and development of the service, taking an active role in the weekly service management meeting, leading team and whole team meetings

To provide regular reports on the activity and performance of your service area, and any issues that need attention

To identify aspects of the service which could be improved and initiate and implement service development projects.

To be proactive in challenging discrimination and to support the development of culturally competent services.

To keep abreast of local and national developments in mental health services and to lead proactive responses in CTT

To take the lead in agreed areas of development and service delivery

To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and developing services.

To listen and respond to, and appropriately manage patient complaints

To participate in clinical governance initiatives as agreed by the directorate clinical governance committee.

Contribute to the development of a culture within the team that values the use of outcome measures and service user involvement as ways of improving clinical practice



4 CLINICAL



To provide expertise in a highly specialist clinical area which will contribute to the treatment of clients presenting with anxiety disorders or depression within an IAPT framework.

To deliver NICE recommended, formulation driven psychological interventions for depression and anxiety disorders, adapting interventions for the specific needs and clinical setting. Assess and integrate issues surrounding social support, voluntary work and employment into therapy.

To provide highly specialist assessment and clinical formulation to clients with complex mental health needs, including personality disorders, addiction and trauma.

To provide psychological reports, including relevant formulation, opinion and interventions, in order to inform referrers and, where appropriate, service users.

To select and deliver highly specialist evidence based psychological treatments, monitoring outcomes and modifying and adapting interventions, drawing on a range of theoretical models.

To collect and enter clinical outcome data on a sessional basis; select and interpret outcome measures to inform treatment planning

To work as an autonomous professional within BPS/BABCP/HCPC guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, taking full responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions.

To travel to community settings as appropriate and across the Trust when required.

To contribute to the effective working of the team and to a psychologically informed framework for the service area, taking on specific roles or duties as agreed.

To communicate skilfully and sensitively highly complex and sensitive information with clients, carers, colleagues and other professionals taking account of sensory and cultural barriers to communication.

To keep clear, accurate and up to date records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols.

To confidently assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans

To confidently advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients.

To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations such as distressed clients or abusive behaviour and to support others involved in such situations.

To provide information and signposting for patients who do not meet the service's eligibility criteria.

To refer people with more severe common mental health problems to the secondary care psychological therapies service

Work closely with other members of the IAPT team to ensure that patients referred on to the IAPT service have a clear referral pathway.

Maintain a clinical caseload in line with activity targets agreed with line manager

TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION:

To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist/psychotherpist according to BABCP/BPS/HCPC and Trust guidelines.



To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within Croydon IAPT by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology, CBT, IAPT and by implementing knowledge gained in practice.



To provide professional managerial, and clinical supervision to HI CBT therapists, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, trainees, assistant psychologist and other junior staff members for all aspects of their work. This must include live supervision of therapist's work.



To deliver and promote outcome-focussed supervision, directly to supervised staff, and through participation in the LI and HI supervisors groups



To provide service level risk management, taking part in the on-call risk rota, and developing and recording risk management plans



To provide specialist training to other professions as appropriate.



To plan and undertake teaching and training of pre and post- qualification psychologists and specialised training to other professions as appropriate.

To provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi-disciplinary staff as appropriate.

RESEARCH and SERVICE DEVELOPMENT:

Assist in the development and maintenance of a strong research culture that values the use of outcome measures as a way of improving clinical practice.



Encourage the critical evaluation of practice, and undertake research



Use theory and literature to support evidence-based practice in clinical work, supervision, teaching and consultations



Communicate and disseminate research and service evaluation information so that clinical practice is appropriately informed



To contribute to the development of services through initiating, undertaking and supervising service evaluation and audit.



To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.