Job summary
We are looking for a Lead for the Psychodynamic Team within the Specialist Psychotherapies Service in City & Hackney. Part of the wider Psychological Service within Hackney, this team provides assessment, consultation and interventions to the service users of our borough and also works in the newly transformed Integrated Care System in East London.
If you are looking for a leadership role in a thriving and diverse part of London, we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
This role provides leadership to therapists within the Psychodynamic team of the Specialist Psychotherapies Service in City & Hackney. It is also a key contributor to the Integrated Care System (ICS) in City & Hackney which has introduced a realignment of purpose to work in more integrated ways with other health and social care agencies and professionals, and whilst continuing to offer the specialist modality-specific treatments that it has developed expertise for, to extend that expertise in innovative ways beyond the clinic and into the broader health, social care and wellbeing framework being developed within the Primary Care Networks (Neighbourhoods).
This leadership role assists the Lead for Adult Secondary Care Psychological Services and the SPS Operational Lead to ensure clinical expertise and governance is monitored and maintained across the borough of City & Hackney. The post-holder will be responsible for leading on the co-ordination and development of the specialist modality-specific treatments offered by SPS psychodynamic approaches.
The post-holder will ensure that appropriate specialist clinical supervision structures are maintained to support the delivery of specialist psychological therapy treatments to the complex population served.
About us
East London Foundation Trust
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
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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
- Post Graduate Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology or equivalent accredited by the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Have an NHS Core Profession (Nurse, Allied Health Profession, Medical Doctor, Social Worker) or demonstrable equivalent knowledge, skills and attitudes.
- Qualified psychotherapist, including post qualification experience as a psychotherapist, preferably in the NHS or similar public health provider
- Have completed an equivalent training abroad as recognised by NARIC and written and oral English sufficient for their work
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Desirable
- Have completed a minimum of one year of recognised full-time (or equivalent part-time) psychological therapy or counselling training leading to a qualification, certification or accreditation recognised by a relevant professional or regulatory body plus relevant specialist short courses.
Experience
Essential
- Providing specialist psychological assessment, including cognitive assessment, and treatment of service users utilising at least two main models and other modalities as appropriate across the full range of care settings and clinical severity, and life span.
- Able to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Extensive experience in supervising qualified psychological therapists and psychological therapists in training working with service users with complex mental health needs
- Research and audit experience, including the use of QI or other improvement methodology in clinical settings
- The application of psychologically informed interventions in different cultural contexts including working with interpreters.
- Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- The theory and practice of psychological assessment and a range of psychological therapies modalities in relation to treatment of a range of mental health disorders
- Clinical risk assessment and management procedures.
- The value of People participation in the delivery and development of services
- Integrated Care and Community/ Population Health
- Working in a systemic and individual way
- Working with wider community groups and services
- Team based Case Formulation
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Post Graduate Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology or equivalent accredited by the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Have an NHS Core Profession (Nurse, Allied Health Profession, Medical Doctor, Social Worker) or demonstrable equivalent knowledge, skills and attitudes.
- Qualified psychotherapist, including post qualification experience as a psychotherapist, preferably in the NHS or similar public health provider
- Have completed an equivalent training abroad as recognised by NARIC and written and oral English sufficient for their work
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Desirable
- Have completed a minimum of one year of recognised full-time (or equivalent part-time) psychological therapy or counselling training leading to a qualification, certification or accreditation recognised by a relevant professional or regulatory body plus relevant specialist short courses.
Experience
Essential
- Providing specialist psychological assessment, including cognitive assessment, and treatment of service users utilising at least two main models and other modalities as appropriate across the full range of care settings and clinical severity, and life span.
- Able to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Extensive experience in supervising qualified psychological therapists and psychological therapists in training working with service users with complex mental health needs
- Research and audit experience, including the use of QI or other improvement methodology in clinical settings
- The application of psychologically informed interventions in different cultural contexts including working with interpreters.
- Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- The theory and practice of psychological assessment and a range of psychological therapies modalities in relation to treatment of a range of mental health disorders
- Clinical risk assessment and management procedures.
- The value of People participation in the delivery and development of services
- Integrated Care and Community/ Population Health
- Working in a systemic and individual way
- Working with wider community groups and services
- Team based Case Formulation
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).
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
City & Hackney Specialist Psychotherapy Service East London NHS Foundation Trust Donald Winnicott Centre|
Coate Street
London
E2 9AG
Employer's website
https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
