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Cognitive Behavioural Therapist Lead | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Job details
Posting date: 05 July 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £50,952 - £68,525 per annum
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 04 August 2024
Location: Preston, PR5 6GD
Company: Lancashire Care Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6456026/351-CEN1014-AT

Summary

• To work as a member of theTalking TherapiesLeadership Team to deliver a quality and innovative service.
• To provide professional and clinical leadership to the CBT clinicians across the fullTalking Therapiesfootprint.
• To take delegated responsibility as the aligned clinical lead for a designated locality.
• To work closely, utilising a co-production model, with designated Team Leaders to ensure the systematic provision of a high qualityTalking TherapiesService across that Locality and ultimately across the LCFT footprint.
• To ensure that robust clinical supervision arrangements are in place for CBT clinicians across allTalking Therapiesteams.
• To provide a qualified specialist cognitive behavioural assessment and therapy service to adultswith mild to moderate mental health problems, including those individuals with a greater degree of complexity.
• To lead on the delivery ofTalking Therapiesservices including the development of group interventions and other psychological therapies appropriate for CBT therapists and which might be available via various mediums.

You will provide leadership to support the Talking Therapies services to meet the contractual commissioning requirement to provide high quality primary care psychological interventions in accordance with clinical best practice guidelines ensuring compliance with national targets and KPI’s.

The role offers the opportunity to gain considerable experience in service development, managerial, and additional supervisory skills. This leadership team provide clinical and strategic oversight of theTalking Therapiesservices across the ICB footprint and link with Locality Service Managers, Team Leaders, clinicians and administrators.

All applicants must have current BABCP therapist accreditation as an essential requirement.

The post-holder will work alongside the ICB clinical and managerial leadership team, providing expert clinical supervision and support to clinicians within the service, participation in leadership meetings, and in service development.

You will liaise with other LSCFT clinical networks and services, the wider health and wellbeing economy and oversee the development of and recruitment into the CBT workforce. You will be expected to maintain a small clinical caseload. Your base will be negotiable and working from home will be considered. You may be expected to work from an LSCFT base and attend meetings and other trust business occasionally, therefore access to a car and an ability and willingness to travel across the LSCFT footprint is necessary.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.


This advert closes on Monday 15 Jul 2024