Job summary
West London NHS Trust is looking to employ a Deputy Clinical Lead to join the Ealing IAPT team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to make a genuine impact on the staff, community and service users around them.
The Ealing team is an exceptional IAPT service based close to Ealing Broadway tube station and a smaller base in Southall. The large, friendly and well-resourced team consists of approximately 70 clinicians who provide a service across the borough of Ealing.
This is a crucial time for our team. The service is currently planning for service expansion in 2020/21 and has secured additional accommodation at our Ealing Broadway site. The expansion will include developing new pathways for individuals with co-morbid anxiety/depression and long-term physical health conditions and making strong links with new Clinical Health Psychology teams within the borough. Therefore, applicants who have experience of delivering psychological therapies to those with long-term health conditions are particularly encouraged to apply.
Ealing IAPT is a very successful service but we want to ensure that our effective treatments are accessible to the entire community, including those from BAME groups. We would therefore be delighted to receive applications from clinicians who are interested in service development with the BAME community and supporting the service in increasing diversity more broadly.
Main duties of the job
This key role involves working closely with the IAPT Clinical Lead and the other Deputy Clinical Lead, in order to deliver an excellent and innovative service. The successful applicant will benefit from working in an exciting and supportive team and there is significant scope to lead on areas of service development and flexibility to pursue specific areas of interest. There is protected time for clinical work and relevant clinical CPD. There are strong links with the two other IAPT services within the Trust who are a supportive peer group who work collaboratively to improve service delivery.
We are looking for someone who excels as a clinician and leader and who relishes a challenging and diverse role. Successful candidates will have exceptional interpersonal and clinical skills and will demonstrate a commitment to continued service development and quality improvement. You will have experience in the operational management of an IAPT service, a proven track record of IAPT line management and performance management, a detailed understanding of the IAPT key performance indicators, the ability to deliver a high volume and high quality clinical service, a good understanding of all aspects of clinical governance and a firm commitment to the promotion of staff wellbeing.
Working at West London Mental Health Trust is more than just a job, it is a life changing career.
Working hours are 9-5 Mon - Fri.
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.
Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.
We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.
We'rerated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Together, we're committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details about the role and responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description / person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details about the role and responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description / person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- A recorded/registered doctoral level qualification in clinical (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996)/ or counselling psychology/ a recorded/registered qualification in one of the following - nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or a psychological therapy - plus further post graduate level diploma qualification training in a psychological therapy which may be CBT or another IAPT appropriate evidence based therapy (i.e. IPT) to at least equivalent of a post graduate diploma and/or Qualification from High Intensity IAPT Course (Post Graduate CBT Diploma)
- Accredited as a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist by the British Association of Cognitive & Behavioural Psychotherapies (BABCP) or nearing completion of accreditation process. Where relevant, professional registration with the appropriate Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Evidence of CPD as recommended by HCPC/BPS/relevant professional regulatory body.
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience working as a fully qualified psychological therapy practitioner and demonstrating the competences as required.
- Significant experience of working within primary care psychology and/ or IAPT service.
- Formal training in supervision of qualified psychologists/ psychological therapists and trainees.
- Significant experience of training and supervising qualified and pre-qualification psychologists, and/or high intensity/ CBT therapists.
- Significant experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, inpatient and residential care.
- Significant experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment, both as a clinician, supervisor and team co-ordinator.
- Significant experience of work in a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters
Desirable
- Significant experience of the application of psychology in different cultural context.
- Significant experience of teaching pre-qualification psychological therapists and other NHS staff.
- Significant experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
Knowledge
Essential
- Well-developed knowledge of evidence base for delivering high-intensity and low-intensity interventions.
- Expert knowledge of key NHS policy developments for psychological therapies and services generally and for IAPT high/ low-intensity CBT in particular. Knowledge of legislation in relation to the specialism and mental health generally.
- Working knowledge of the practices and approaches of other key disciplines, professions and agencies involved in the care and management network, including medical, employment, social, educational and criminal justice systems.
Desirable
- Highly-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of at least one other specialised psychological therapies - in addition to CBT.
- Knowledge of key service development issues including mental health and primary care mental health/ IAPT
- Working knowledge of management and leadership frameworks and practices within the NHS, BPS & HPC.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Highly-developed skills in the effective communication of highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipients in a range of settings within and outside the NHS, including the ability to produce comprehensive and coherent letters, reports and associated documentation.
- Highly-developed communication skills at overcoming barriers to understanding and acceptance.
Desirable
- Skills for facilitating communication in interventions with families and staff teams
Analytical skills
Essential
- Highly-developed skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and to develop formulations upon which to base choice of treatment.
- Post graduate-level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex, multivariate data analysis as practised within the field of clinical psychology.
- Skills for undertaking audit and monitoring of service activity and outcomes.
Management skills
Essential
- Ability to provide a culturally-competent and non stigmatising service including an awareness of the potential impact of discrimination and disadvantage on mental health.
- Ability to manage, supervise and co-ordinate the work of psychological therapists and other staff within their team/service.
- Ability to co-ordinate the recording and reporting of clinical information amongst staff teams, using appropriate information technology.
- Skills in working across multidisciplinary settings.
- Skills in providing advice and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Physical skills
Essential
- Competence in advanced IT packages including keyboard skills.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- A recorded/registered doctoral level qualification in clinical (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996)/ or counselling psychology/ a recorded/registered qualification in one of the following - nursing, social work, occupational therapy, arts therapy or a psychological therapy - plus further post graduate level diploma qualification training in a psychological therapy which may be CBT or another IAPT appropriate evidence based therapy (i.e. IPT) to at least equivalent of a post graduate diploma and/or Qualification from High Intensity IAPT Course (Post Graduate CBT Diploma)
- Accredited as a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist by the British Association of Cognitive & Behavioural Psychotherapies (BABCP) or nearing completion of accreditation process. Where relevant, professional registration with the appropriate Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Evidence of CPD as recommended by HCPC/BPS/relevant professional regulatory body.
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience working as a fully qualified psychological therapy practitioner and demonstrating the competences as required.
- Significant experience of working within primary care psychology and/ or IAPT service.
- Formal training in supervision of qualified psychologists/ psychological therapists and trainees.
- Significant experience of training and supervising qualified and pre-qualification psychologists, and/or high intensity/ CBT therapists.
- Significant experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, inpatient and residential care.
- Significant experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment, both as a clinician, supervisor and team co-ordinator.
- Significant experience of work in a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters
Desirable
- Significant experience of the application of psychology in different cultural context.
- Significant experience of teaching pre-qualification psychological therapists and other NHS staff.
- Significant experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
Knowledge
Essential
- Well-developed knowledge of evidence base for delivering high-intensity and low-intensity interventions.
- Expert knowledge of key NHS policy developments for psychological therapies and services generally and for IAPT high/ low-intensity CBT in particular. Knowledge of legislation in relation to the specialism and mental health generally.
- Working knowledge of the practices and approaches of other key disciplines, professions and agencies involved in the care and management network, including medical, employment, social, educational and criminal justice systems.
Desirable
- Highly-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of at least one other specialised psychological therapies - in addition to CBT.
- Knowledge of key service development issues including mental health and primary care mental health/ IAPT
- Working knowledge of management and leadership frameworks and practices within the NHS, BPS & HPC.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Highly-developed skills in the effective communication of highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to a wide variety of recipients in a range of settings within and outside the NHS, including the ability to produce comprehensive and coherent letters, reports and associated documentation.
- Highly-developed communication skills at overcoming barriers to understanding and acceptance.
Desirable
- Skills for facilitating communication in interventions with families and staff teams
Analytical skills
Essential
- Highly-developed skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and to develop formulations upon which to base choice of treatment.
- Post graduate-level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex, multivariate data analysis as practised within the field of clinical psychology.
- Skills for undertaking audit and monitoring of service activity and outcomes.
Management skills
Essential
- Ability to provide a culturally-competent and non stigmatising service including an awareness of the potential impact of discrimination and disadvantage on mental health.
- Ability to manage, supervise and co-ordinate the work of psychological therapists and other staff within their team/service.
- Ability to co-ordinate the recording and reporting of clinical information amongst staff teams, using appropriate information technology.
- Skills in working across multidisciplinary settings.
- Skills in providing advice and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Physical skills
Essential
- Competence in advanced IT packages including keyboard skills.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
