Senior CBT Therapist or Senior Psychotherapist

Senior CBT Therapist or Senior Psychotherapist NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area: Psychotherapy

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week

Job ref: 334-CLI-

Site: Maudsley Hospital

Town: London

Salary: £61,927 - £68,676 per annum incl. of HCAs pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 06/05/:59

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to providing high quality and specialist care to our service users and are recognised for the care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission rates our services as 'good'.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021, together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.

As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

To provide a highly specialist psychology service for adults with eating disorders including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.

To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.

To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in eating disorders.

Main duties of the job

• To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.
• To work as an autonomous professional within BPS, HCPC and other relevant guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
• To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.

Person specification Qualifications

• Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration as a clinical or counselling psychologist; or equivalent qualification and accreditation as a CBT therapist; or equivalent qualification and accreditation as a psychotherapist.
• Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, or with the BABCP as a CBT Therapist, or with UKCP or BACP as an accredited psychotherapist; and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the accrediting body.
• Additional training in a specialised area of psychological practice through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, OR an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma.
• Completed training course in clinical supervision.

Experience

• Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training.
• Post-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities.
• Experience of carrying out post-doctoral research, audit or service evaluation projects.
• Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in eating disorders.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions for adults with eating disorders.
• Advanced knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics.
• Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis.
• Knowledge of specialist teaching and training content in relation to eating disorders.

Skills

• To deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences.
• To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.
• Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.
• Skills in undertaking physical health monitoring.

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics.

Please note:

• All applications for this post will need to be made online.
• Read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria.
• The closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible.