Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
The principal purpose of the job is to improve the
psychological health & wellbeing of people within an identified Devon locality.
The post
holder will be responsible for leading and managing a multi-agency TALKWORKS
team, as part of the NHS-Talking Therapies services, in a designated area in Devon Partnership Trust (DPT).
The post
holder will work as a member of the Trust-wide leadership and management team
for TALKWORKS to develop and implement operational policies and procedures and
ensure the development and delivery of a safe, high-quality service to meet
national guidelines, regional targets and local commissioning requirements.
In
leading and managing the team, the post holder will work with the Local
Professional Manager, Network staff, GPs and primary care staff, commissioners,
business support staff and partner agencies such as employment services, under
the coordination of the Trust-wide multi-agency NHS-Talking Therapies partnership group.
The post
holder will also provide CBT, and other therapies as approved in NICE
guidelines as required, within the High Intensity component of the service.
This will be
achieved in this post by:
1. Leading and managing the local
implementation of the TALKWORKS team in line with the national guidance and
local requirements.
2. Performing an ambassadorial function
for the TALKWORKS among DPT, primary care, partner agencies and others to
support the implementation of the programme.
3. Establishing, developing and
maintaining excellent working relationships with local NHS-Talking Therapies training providers,
local commissioners and partner agencies (e.g. PCT, employment services)
4. Ensuring that recruitment; top up
training and supervision training for qualified staff; and the service
component of training for trainee staff follows national guidelines
5. Ensuring that clinical governance
arrangements are in place to cover all of the clinical activity, procedures are
in place for operation of the service, and protocols and arrangements are in
place so that people can be stepped up and down to and from the service as
required.
6. Ensuring that the service meets all
local, Regional and national targets, and ensuring the proper use by the team
of the patient record and data management system (IAPTus) to support this.
7.
Providing CBT and other NICE-compliant
therapies as a key component of the service
8.
Ensuring
the maintenance of standards of practice according DPT and any regulating,
professional and accrediting bodies (eg HPC, BPS, UKCP, BABCP)
9.
Ensure
that client confidentiality is protected at all times.
10. Be aware of, and keep up to date with
advances in the sphere of CBT
Duties and
Responsibilities
Communication and Working Relationships
- Clients,
family and carers:
To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner with clients who may
have specific difficulties in understand and/or communicating and who may be
hostile, antagonistic or emotionally distressed. Educate and involve family
members and others in treatment as necessary, conveying CBT formulations with
sensitivity in easily understood language.
- Multidisciplinary team colleagues: To work closely with, and provide
clinical leadership to colleagues in the NHS-Talking Therapies service.
- Health & social care staff: To communicate with a wide range of
health & social care staff in hospital and in community settings in a
highly skilled and sensitive manner, complex and sensitive information
concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under
the services care. To provide support & guidance in the application of
psychological principles and techniques, and to foster reflective practice.
- Senior managers & professional staff: To maintain and build good working
relationships with senior professional staff and managers and to foster a
positive approach to the NHS-Talking Therapies to enable effective negotiation.
- Responsibility for Judgement and Analysis
- Responsible for the clinical delivery and leadership
of the TALKWORKS in a local area of DPT
- Formulate,
implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.
- To participate in, and support
Trust-wide TALKWORKS policy and service developments, and responsible for
clinical policy development and implementation within a local area, having an
impact within DPT, primary care and partner agencies.
- To ensure all clinical care and treatment is carried out
under appropriate supervision and leadership.
Planning and Organisation
- The TALKWORKS:
To plan and coordinate the clinical development of the TALKWORKS in a
local area of DPT, within overall service plans, working with network leaders,
primary care and partner agencies. To prioritise own workload, balancing the
demands of patient care, support and guidance of carers and professionals,
and service research and development activities.
- The multidisciplinary service: Provide an advisory service on
planning matters related to the practice and delivery of Cognitive
Behavioural Therapy to individuals/groups/committees across the Mental Health
Trust, Primary Care Trust and other voluntary agencies, as required.
Responsibility for Patient/Client
Care, Treatment and Therapy
- Responsible for the clinical delivery
and leadership of the TALKWORKS in a local area of DPT
- Accept referrals via agreed protocols
within the service
- Assess clients for suitability for
CBT.
- Make decisions on suitability of new
referrals, adhering to the departments referral protocols, and refer
unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent
as necessary.
- Formulate, implement and evaluate
therapy programmes for clients.
- Adhere to an agreed activity contract
relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions
carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment
delivery remains accessible and convenient.
- Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating
to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.
- Work closely with other members of
the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place
to maintain a stepped care approach.
- Assess
and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy
process
Policy, Service, Research, Innovation and
Improvement
- The post holder is responsible for their own professional
actions, acting within Trust policies and procedures and Professional
Practice Guidelines, working within clearly defined occupational procedures.
- Policy & service: To participate in, and support
Trust-wide TALKWORKS policy and service developments, and responsible for
clinical policy development and implementation within a local area, having an
impact within DPT, primary care and partner agencies.
- R& D: Establish and maintain a local internal clinical audit
programme, develop a research element for the service and organise personal
or service-led R & D activities as required.
Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and
Other Resources
- Responsible for the budget and resources for the TALKWORKS
under the direction of the Professional Manager.
Responsibility for
Supervision, Leadership and Management
- Management: Responsible for leading and managing the TALKWORKS as a key component of
integrated mental health and wellbeing services.
- Leadership & supervision: To lead and ensure the supervision
of all TALKWORKS staff in the team.
Information Resources and Administrative Duties
- To lead the local implementation of the commissioned NHS-Talking Therapies information
system (IAPTus), and to coordinate the training in its use for all TALKWORKS
staff. To lead staff in integrating the use of the information system into
their therapy practice and so complete all the information requirements as
agreed by local protocols.
- To maintain accurate records and complete all requirements
relating to data collection and reporting within the service.
- To be responsible for using an email account to generate,
monitor, and respond to the e-mail traffic by which the Trust conducts much
of its internal communication.
Responsibility for Research and Development
- R
& D: To
undertake service-relevant research and development activity agreed within
the service, and to organise personal or service led R & D activities as
required.
- To
implement NICE approved therapy provision within teams as required
Freedom to Act
- Ability to work independently within defined
occupational procedures and use initiative within a service
- To participate in, and support
Trust-wide TALKWORKS policy and service developments, and responsible for
clinical policy development and implementation within a local area, having an
impact within DPT, primary care and partner agencies.
- To ensure all clinical care and treatment is carried out
under appropriate supervision and leadership.
- To plan and coordinate the clinical
development of the TALKWORKS in a local area of DPT, within overall service
plans, working with network leaders, primary care and partner agencies. To
prioritise own workload, balancing the demands of patient care, support and
guidance of carers and professionals, and service research and development
activities.
Any Other Specific Tasks Required
- To ensure all clinical care and treatment is carried out
under appropriate supervision and leadership.
- To continuously update the skills and techniques relevant
to the clinical work.
Review of this Job Description
This job description is intended as an outline indicator
of general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of changing
service needs. This job description is to be reviewed in conjunction with the
post holder on an annual basis.
