Job Description

Band 8a Senior Psychological Therapist (Clinical Psychologist) with 0.5 WTE as a Clinical Tutor on the UCL Doctorate in Clinical Psychology



Islington Talking Therapies and UCL are offering the opportunity to do a split post 0.5 WTE in Islington Talking Therapies and 0.5 WTE with UCL as a Clinical Tutor on the UCL Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.



We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist to join our lively, dedicated and supportive Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression team Islington. Applicants should have significant experience of working psychologically with people with common mental health problems in primary care settings. Some previous management and leadership experience is desirable.



The post holder will join a well-established management team and will be coordinating and leading on an area of the service providing supervision and line management, as well as leading on aspects of service development. Within Islington Talking Therapies we offer a range of step 3 interventions including CBT, EMDR, IPT, DIT, BCT and Counselling. You will also offer supervision to junior colleagues, as well as providing advice, consultation and training to other clinical colleagues.



The successful applicant will also work part-time (0.5 WTE) with UCL as a Clinical Tutor on the UCL Doctorate in Clinical Psychology as part of their experienced team, many of whom are leaders in their academic and clinical fields. The UCL Doctorate in Clinical Psychology is the largest professional training course providing a first-rate training in clinical psychology for high-calibre students. The course's overarching aim is to train independently minded, scientifically-oriented and compassionate clinicians who are committed to anti-discriminatory practice and capable of taking a leadership role in health services at home or abroad. The successful applicant's duties may include but are not limited to: teaching; monitoring of placements and trainee progress; trainee selection; trainee and professional development; placement administration and development; research supervision.



Islington Talking Therapies are mindful that working in a fast-paced service with people experiencing psychological distress can be challenging as well as immensely rewarding and we take a compassionate leadership approach to ensure that these challenges are acknowledged and that staff are supported through wellbeing focused line management, supervision, peer support, team working and a range of wellbeing initiatives.



North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.



2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all



3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.



4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.



In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.



We have a full time permanent position available in Islington. Please be advised that there may be other fixed term or permanent posts available with our wider teams.



The post holder will also be required to work until 8pm one evening per week.



The post holder will be required to work until 8pm one evening per week.



This post is subject to criminal records disclosure. Please note that the post requires travel across the Borough.



For further details



Dr. Andre Lynam-Smith, Clinical Lead, a.lynam-smith@nhs.net



If you have any queries regarding the UCL aspect of the role then please contact Dr Jason Crabtree, Clinical Director for Practitioner Psychology Training, UCL Doctorate in Clinical Psychology ( j.crabtree@ucl.ac.uk )



Please only apply if you meet all the essential criteria on the person specification. We reserve the right to close the advert early if sufficient applications are received before this date, so please apply promptly.