Job summary
We are looking to recruit a confident and experienced Consultant Psychological Professional/Specialist Lead in Systemic and Group Therapies who is passionate about working systemically with staff and service users across East London. You will be responsible for proposing and implementing consultancy and reflective practice within teams across the Trust to support team functioning and indirect approaches with staff.
This exciting role sits within a Specialist Training Hub of lead psychological professionals alongside the Director of Psychological Professions in the Trust. It will also have a clinical element based in the Specialist Psychotherapy Service in City & Hackney where the post holder can develop a role taking into account their area of expertise. This will be discussed with you at interview and on appointment to be in line with your experience and service needs. It will be based on your prior experience and expertise in psychodynamic/systemic and other psychotherapeutic work.
Please contact:
Dr Marion Bates, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Lead for Psychology and Psychotherapy in City & Hackney marion.bates3@nhs.net
or Dr Ravi Rana, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Director of Therapies, ELFT ravinder.rana@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
The main functions of this role are:
1. To lead on development and support for group and systemic therapies across East London, including Reflective Practice for, and consultation to, staff teams;
2. To have a lead role in accordance with clinical specialism in the Leadership of Psychological and Psychotherapeutic Services in City and Hackney.
The role offers an exciting opportunity to lead on change in East London and to contribute to an innovative programme of expansion to improve equity and access to psychological interventions for all our population.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oProfessional Masters or above qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy Or oPost Graduate Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology or equivalent accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Desirable
- oSupervisory qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy
- oSupervisory qualification in Group Therapy
- oRelevant further specialist training in psychodynamic therapy.
- oReflective practice in organisations qualification.
- oProfessional Masters or above qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy Or oPost Graduate Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology or equivalent accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS). oSupervisory qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy oSupervisory qualification in Group Therapy oRelevant further specialist training in psychodynamic therapy. oReflective practice in organisations qualification. oManagement/leadership and/or consulting training
Experience of
Essential
- oWork as qualified Psychological Therapist including substantial post-qualification experience within Adult Mental Health.
- oExperience of the application of therapy in different cultural contexts and passion to improve inclusivity and diversity.
- oDeveloping and delivering therapeutic interventions in various formats including individual, family and group.
- oWorking with a wide variety of service user groups across the whole life course and presenting problems which reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- oSupervising qualified psychological professionals and other staff working in mental health settings.
- oProviding specialist group supervision
- oProviding reflective practice and consulting to facilitate staff support and team functioning.
- oMultidisciplinary team working.
- oExperience of leadership and/or management.
- oExperience of training and teaching.
Desirable
- oExperience of work in a multi-cultural setting including work with interpreters.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oHighly 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.
- oAbility to interpret, report and respond to performance and outcome data at all levels of the Trust.
- oHighly developed communication skills aimed at overcoming barriers to understanding and acceptance.
- oAbility to contribute substantively to the work of Directorate and Trust level senior management teams and to engage effectively with commissioners.
Desirable
- oKnowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies in complex developmental trauma, and stigmatized individuals attracting diagnoses of eg complex needs, personality disorder, psychosis, dual diagnosis. Persons with additional disabilities
- oKnowledge of legislation in relation to the specialism and mental health generally.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oProfessional Masters or above qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy Or oPost Graduate Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology or equivalent accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Desirable
- oSupervisory qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy
- oSupervisory qualification in Group Therapy
- oRelevant further specialist training in psychodynamic therapy.
- oReflective practice in organisations qualification.
- oProfessional Masters or above qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy Or oPost Graduate Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology or equivalent accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS). oSupervisory qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy oSupervisory qualification in Group Therapy oRelevant further specialist training in psychodynamic therapy. oReflective practice in organisations qualification. oManagement/leadership and/or consulting training
Experience of
Essential
- oWork as qualified Psychological Therapist including substantial post-qualification experience within Adult Mental Health.
- oExperience of the application of therapy in different cultural contexts and passion to improve inclusivity and diversity.
- oDeveloping and delivering therapeutic interventions in various formats including individual, family and group.
- oWorking with a wide variety of service user groups across the whole life course and presenting problems which reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- oSupervising qualified psychological professionals and other staff working in mental health settings.
- oProviding specialist group supervision
- oProviding reflective practice and consulting to facilitate staff support and team functioning.
- oMultidisciplinary team working.
- oExperience of leadership and/or management.
- oExperience of training and teaching.
Desirable
- oExperience of work in a multi-cultural setting including work with interpreters.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oHighly 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.
- oAbility to interpret, report and respond to performance and outcome data at all levels of the Trust.
- oHighly developed communication skills aimed at overcoming barriers to understanding and acceptance.
- oAbility to contribute substantively to the work of Directorate and Trust level senior management teams and to engage effectively with commissioners.
Desirable
- oKnowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies in complex developmental trauma, and stigmatized individuals attracting diagnoses of eg complex needs, personality disorder, psychosis, dual diagnosis. Persons with additional disabilities
- oKnowledge of legislation in relation to the specialism and mental health generally.
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).
