Specialist Psychodynamic Psychotherapist/ Psychologist

Specialist Psychodynamic Psychotherapist/ Psychologist South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

To provide a specialist psychodynamic psychotherapy service to Southwark Primary Mental Health Care Team including specialist assessment and psychotherapy, 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 consultation as and if requested, to other professionals.

To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.

To work as an autonomous professional within BPC/ UKCP/ BACP/ BPS/ HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.

Main duties of the job

KR 1 Clinical and Client Care

To provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for clients in Southwark PCMHT including those with moderate to severe depression, anxiety, trauma and personality disorders. To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans. To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned.

To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.

KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning

To contribute to the effective working of Southwark PCMHT facilitating a psychologically informed framework within the service.

KR 5 Record-keeping and Information Governance

To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping according to professional and Trust guidelines.

KR 6 Research and development

To undertake service evaluation, audits or research if required.

KR 7 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development

To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist according to regulatory and Trust guidelines.

To ensure own CPD in line with regulatory body guidelines and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements.

To adhere to the Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.

About us

About South London and Maudsley:

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.

We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights.

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe.

Job responsibilities

Please note:

That all applications for this post will need to be made online.

That you 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.

That, if you are a qualified psychologist or art therapist, we still require you to in addition be qualified as an adult psychodynamic psychotherapist and registered as such.

That 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.

That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system.

That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not been successful.

That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees.

That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process.

That we are a smoke-free Trust.

Qualifications

Qualification in Psychoanalytic or Psychodynamic Psychotherapy that has been accepted by the BPC/ BACP/ UKCP for purposes of professional registration.

Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and with BPC/ BACP/ UKCP or equivalent as an Adult Psychotherapist.

Training in applied psychodynamic models such as Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy, Mentalisation Based Therapy or Transference Focused Psychotherapy.

Experience

Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in adult mental health settings.

Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities.

• Pre or post qualification experience of working in a community mental health service, secondary care mental health setting or related area.

Pre or post qualification experience working with personality difficulties or personality disorder, trauma, and social marginalisation.

Experience of working in an organisation.

• Lived experience of mental health challenges.
• Experience of developing and carrying out research projects.

Knowledge / Skills

Essential Requirements Skills

To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources.

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 data.

Theoretical knowledge of adult mental health and the evidence base for the relevant treatment.

Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, information governance, child and adult protection, and equalities legislation.

Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care for people with different vulnerabilities and experiences of marginalisation.

Essential Requirements Abilities

Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.

Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance and risk management as appropriate.

Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour, including in the clinical situation.

Interest in developing skills in providing evidence-based therapies for treatment resistant depression or personality disorder.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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