Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic Cognitive Behavioural Therapist to join the psychological provision of the Gainsborough Community Mental Health Team (part of the West CCG) in Lincolnshire. The Community Mental Health Team is located within the Adult Community Mental Health Division and our mission is to provide high quality psychological services to adults who live in Lincolnshire.
The successful applicant will be working within the integrated community team, providing services for individuals of working age and beyond, implementing evidence-based psychological interventions for clients with a range of difficulties. The post will involve liaison with other professions within the mental health service, including Clinical Psychologists, Community Psychiatric Nurses, Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapists, Assistant and Trainee Clinical Psychologists, Support Workers and Peer Support Workers, therefore communication and team-working skills are essential. The post holder will be encouraged to contribute to service development. There are good links with the local universities and training courses, and professional development is actively encouraged.
This is an exciting opportunity for you to join an enthusiastic and motivated team, working to improve the lives of people who access secondary mental health care.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the autonomous provision of a psychological provision for clients referred to the Community Mental Health Team in Lincoln, West CCG.
Carries a personal caseload and provides specialist psychological services to clients, and to other agencies and professions. Supervises and supports the clinical work of other professions as required.
Provides a specialist psychological service (assessment, formulation and therapeutic intervention) for adults referred to the Community Mental Heath Team.
Undertakes audit and research activities, takes part in CPD and training, and adheres to professional and Trust guidelines
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're proud of this!
We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.
This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To manage a caseload of patients within the psychological resource of the CMHT; formulating and implementing plans for the psychological treatment and/or management of their mental health, based on psychological theory.
To meet appropriate standards of practice in the quality and timeliness of the service provided. The standards of practice will include meeting the standards defined by the HCPC, British Psychological Society (including the Division of Clinical Psychology where relevant) or the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) and Lincolnshire NHS Partnership Foundation Trust.
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for patients, carers, families and groups. Adjusting and refining psychological formulations and drawing upon a range of theoretical perspectives and different explanatory models.
To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to patients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and to provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management.
To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under the care and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of multi-disciplinary care.
To represent the psychological resource of the CMHT in relationships with other agencies and care providers, and to provide advice and leadership in respect of psychological aspects of client care
To provide educational inputs to other professionals and to the staff of other agencies as required in the interests of adults with mental health difficulties
To utilise theory, literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
To undertake appropriate research and/or evaluation, and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research where appropriate.
To engage in ongoing personal professional development
To abide by the relevant organisations codes of conduct (BPS, HCPC, BABCP, LPFT and Department of Health) and to follow guidance issued by these organisations where applicable.
To keep all clinical/non-clinical records up-to-date
To collect data on referrals, case-loads and activities and submit these as required by the psychological resource of the CMHT and the Trust
To ensure the development, maintenance and dissemination of the highest professional standards and practice, through the active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes.
To ensure the development and articulation of best practice in psychology within the service area and contribute across the service by exercising the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical psychology and related disciplines.
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the Health Care Professions Council, the British Psychological Society and Trust policies and procedures.
To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
To be noted:
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the post-holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the manager.
This job description will be reviewed regularly in the light of changing service requirements and any such changes will be discussed with the post holder.
The post holder is expected to comply with all relevant Trust policies, procedures and guidelines, including those relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Confidentiality of Information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To manage a caseload of patients within the psychological resource of the CMHT; formulating and implementing plans for the psychological treatment and/or management of their mental health, based on psychological theory.
To meet appropriate standards of practice in the quality and timeliness of the service provided. The standards of practice will include meeting the standards defined by the HCPC, British Psychological Society (including the Division of Clinical Psychology where relevant) or the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) and Lincolnshire NHS Partnership Foundation Trust.
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for patients, carers, families and groups. Adjusting and refining psychological formulations and drawing upon a range of theoretical perspectives and different explanatory models.
To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to patients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and to provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management.
To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under the care and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of multi-disciplinary care.
To represent the psychological resource of the CMHT in relationships with other agencies and care providers, and to provide advice and leadership in respect of psychological aspects of client care
To provide educational inputs to other professionals and to the staff of other agencies as required in the interests of adults with mental health difficulties
To utilise theory, literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
To undertake appropriate research and/or evaluation, and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research where appropriate.
To engage in ongoing personal professional development
To abide by the relevant organisations codes of conduct (BPS, HCPC, BABCP, LPFT and Department of Health) and to follow guidance issued by these organisations where applicable.
To keep all clinical/non-clinical records up-to-date
To collect data on referrals, case-loads and activities and submit these as required by the psychological resource of the CMHT and the Trust
To ensure the development, maintenance and dissemination of the highest professional standards and practice, through the active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes.
To ensure the development and articulation of best practice in psychology within the service area and contribute across the service by exercising the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical psychology and related disciplines.
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the Health Care Professions Council, the British Psychological Society and Trust policies and procedures.
To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
To be noted:
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the post-holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the manager.
This job description will be reviewed regularly in the light of changing service requirements and any such changes will be discussed with the post holder.
The post holder is expected to comply with all relevant Trust policies, procedures and guidelines, including those relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Confidentiality of Information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate diploma in CBP and Accreditation (or working towards accreditation) with the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
- Professional qualification as Clinical Psychologist, Nurse, Social Worker Occupational Therapist or psychological therapies therapist
Desirable
- Further training in at least one (other) psychological therapy
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course, presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including working with experiences of trauma and abuse.
- Experience in maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, as a professional care co-ordinator and within the context of multidisciplinary teams
Desirable
- Experience of working in other related fields, CMHT, CAMHS, Neuropsychology, learning disability
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate diploma in CBP and Accreditation (or working towards accreditation) with the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
- Professional qualification as Clinical Psychologist, Nurse, Social Worker Occupational Therapist or psychological therapies therapist
Desirable
- Further training in at least one (other) psychological therapy
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course, presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including working with experiences of trauma and abuse.
- Experience in maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, as a professional care co-ordinator and within the context of multidisciplinary teams
Desirable
- Experience of working in other related fields, CMHT, CAMHS, Neuropsychology, learning disability
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).
