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Psychologist/Art/Family/Systemic Therapist/Psychotherapist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 27 Tachwedd 2024 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £61,927 - £68,676 per annum Incl. of HCAs |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 27 Rhagfyr 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | Camberwell, SE5 8AZ |
| Cwmni: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 6693824/334-CLI-6693824 |
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A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for aBand 8aHighly SpecialistClinical or Counselling Psychologist(0.5 WTE)to join the Older Adult Home Treatment teams on a permanent basis. The post-holder will be a professional with experience of working in acute settings, and with an interest in delivering and supporting the delivery of short-form, crisis-focused psychological interventions. They will also be familiar with advocating for psychological perspectives within an MDT setting, and in supporting non-therapies staff to work in a psychologically informed way. The post-holder will have access to regular supervision and a range of opportunities relating to continuing professional development.
The post holder willact as a senior clinician within the Older Adult Home Treatment teams. They willprovide psychological assessment, formulation and brief therapeutic interventions for clients under the care of the Home Treatment Team; offer advice and consultation to multidisciplinary colleagues; play an integral role in ensuring that psychological perspectives are available, visible and influential in the team's work more broadly; train and develop non-psychology staff in psychologically-informed care; and support more junior therapies staff (including trainee psychologists). The post-holder will also have opportunities to contribute to and lead on service development initiativeswithin the HTTs.
We are looking for an enthusiastic psychologist with experienceofand\or interestin,working within mental health services for older people as part of multi-disciplinary teams. We welcome applications from applicants whose experience is with other client groups who have an interest in working with older adults. You will be expected to work autonomously to promote access to psychological interventions and to encourage psychologically informed care coordination. We are looking for someone that can offer a dynamic and creative approach to service delivery.
About us
The Older Adult Home Treatment Team aims to provide an intensive short-term community-based treatment and care package aimed atfacilitatingrecovery at home for people in crisis who would otherwise require inpatient care. We alsofacilitateearly discharge for people receiving inpatient treatment. One HTT works with service users living in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham and has a team base at the Maudsley. A second team works with service users living in Croydon and is co-located on the Chelsham House ward at the Bethlem Hospital.
About the location:
The post is split betweentwoHome Treatment Teams.The LSL HTT coversLambeth, Southwark and Lewisham andisbased at the Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE58AZ. The Croydon HTThas bases at The Bethlem Hospital, Monks Orchard, Kent, BR3 3BX.
Career progression
We are committed to get thevery bestout of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. For this role, we offer career pathways to Consultant Psychologist or Psychotherapist level. In addition, we offer ongoing training and development in management and recruitment as well as a broad range of applied psychological approaches.
Key Responsibilities:
KR 1Clinical and Client Care
• To provide specialist psychological assessments,formulationsand interventions for clients (individuals, couples,familiesand social networks where the identified client has complex mental health needs) according to discipline in the Older Adult Home Treatment Teamincludingpatients presenting with personality disorder, psychosis, complex mood disorderspeople with dementia and theircarers
• To provide culturallyappropriate psychologicalor psychotherapeutic interventions with carers or families of referred clients whenrequired.
• To assess andmonitorrisk and draw upappropriate riskmanagement plans.
• To provide reports, including relevant formulation,opinionand interventions,in order toinform referrers and, whereappropriate, service usersand their families.
• To select and deliver evidence-based specialist therapeutic interventions, drawing from a spectrum of ideas and models,monitoringoutcomeandmodifyingand adapting interventions as necessary, based on thehighly complexfactors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, couple,familyor group.
• To promote psychological support for carers (or families asappropriate)of referred clients.
KR 2Contributing to team or service clinicalfunctioning
• To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically/psychotherapeutically informed framework for the service.
• To contribute to the team or service’s delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.
• To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.
• To adviseother members of the service on specialist psychological/psychotherapeuticcare of clients.
• To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clientsin order todevelop and review care plans.
• To utilise theory, evidence-based literatureand research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
• To liaise with the service/s MDT and other professionals.
KR 3Policy and service development
• To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.
• To contribute to service development through undertaking andparticipatinginappropriate projects.
• To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
KR 4Care or management of resources
• To take care of, and use carefully, the Trust’s equipment and physical resources.
• To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.
• To ensure the cleanliness and safe functioning and use of equipment that will be used by clients or other persons.
• Tomonitorand advise clients on the safe use of materials and processes.
• To ensure adequate confidential and safe storage for artefacts produced during the therapy process in line with professional guidelines.
• Tobe responsible forobtaining,storingandmaintainingall materials and equipment for the provision of therapy in work setting within budgetary constraints.
• To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.
KR 5Management and supervision
• Tobe responsible forthe allocation and/or clinical supervision of the work ofmore junior psychologists with support from a more senior psychologist.
• To supervise trainee applied psychologists within own area of specialism.
• To contribute to the appraisal of more junior psychologists, asappropriate.
• To contribute to the recruitment of more junior psychologists, asappropriate.
• To provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi-disciplinary staff asappropriate.
KR 6Teaching and Training
• To undertake occasional teaching and training ofpreand post- qualification psychologists and specialised training to other professions asappropriate.
• To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within theOlder AdultHome Treatment Teamsbymaintainingan active awareness of current developmentsin the areaand by implementing knowledge gained in practice.
• Todisseminateresearch and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.
KR 7Record-keeping and Information Governance
• To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures.
• Tomaintainthe highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.
KR 8Research and development
• Toinitiate, undertake,supportand supervise regular complex service evaluation and audits.
• Toinitiateand carry outappropriateresearch
• To provideexpertisein a specialist research area which will contribute toOlder Adult Home Treatment Teams.
• Toinitiateand implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment andassistother staff in the implementation of same.
KR 9Maintaining professional standards and continuing professionaldevelopment
• To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist according to HCPC and Trust guidelines.
• To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and the HCPC ‘Standards for Continuing Professional Development’.
• Tomaintainan up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.
• Tocomply withthe HCPC ‘Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics’ and ‘Standards of Proficiency’,and ensure professional development in line with these.
• To adhere to the BPS’s Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
KR10General
• To travel to home visits, community placements, psychology meetings asappropriateand across the Trust whenrequired.
• To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the clientgroup, andfollow trust policies relating to its management.
• To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations and to support others involved in suchsituationsthrough Trust-wide approaches including Critical Incident Staff Support and Reflect-Support-Resolve.
This advert closes on Sunday 8 Dec 2024
An exciting opportunity has arisen for aBand 8aHighly SpecialistClinical or Counselling Psychologist(0.5 WTE)to join the Older Adult Home Treatment teams on a permanent basis. The post-holder will be a professional with experience of working in acute settings, and with an interest in delivering and supporting the delivery of short-form, crisis-focused psychological interventions. They will also be familiar with advocating for psychological perspectives within an MDT setting, and in supporting non-therapies staff to work in a psychologically informed way. The post-holder will have access to regular supervision and a range of opportunities relating to continuing professional development.
The post holder willact as a senior clinician within the Older Adult Home Treatment teams. They willprovide psychological assessment, formulation and brief therapeutic interventions for clients under the care of the Home Treatment Team; offer advice and consultation to multidisciplinary colleagues; play an integral role in ensuring that psychological perspectives are available, visible and influential in the team's work more broadly; train and develop non-psychology staff in psychologically-informed care; and support more junior therapies staff (including trainee psychologists). The post-holder will also have opportunities to contribute to and lead on service development initiativeswithin the HTTs.
We are looking for an enthusiastic psychologist with experienceofand\or interestin,working within mental health services for older people as part of multi-disciplinary teams. We welcome applications from applicants whose experience is with other client groups who have an interest in working with older adults. You will be expected to work autonomously to promote access to psychological interventions and to encourage psychologically informed care coordination. We are looking for someone that can offer a dynamic and creative approach to service delivery.
About us
The Older Adult Home Treatment Team aims to provide an intensive short-term community-based treatment and care package aimed atfacilitatingrecovery at home for people in crisis who would otherwise require inpatient care. We alsofacilitateearly discharge for people receiving inpatient treatment. One HTT works with service users living in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham and has a team base at the Maudsley. A second team works with service users living in Croydon and is co-located on the Chelsham House ward at the Bethlem Hospital.
About the location:
The post is split betweentwoHome Treatment Teams.The LSL HTT coversLambeth, Southwark and Lewisham andisbased at the Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE58AZ. The Croydon HTThas bases at The Bethlem Hospital, Monks Orchard, Kent, BR3 3BX.
Career progression
We are committed to get thevery bestout of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. For this role, we offer career pathways to Consultant Psychologist or Psychotherapist level. In addition, we offer ongoing training and development in management and recruitment as well as a broad range of applied psychological approaches.
Key Responsibilities:
KR 1Clinical and Client Care
• To provide specialist psychological assessments,formulationsand interventions for clients (individuals, couples,familiesand social networks where the identified client has complex mental health needs) according to discipline in the Older Adult Home Treatment Teamincludingpatients presenting with personality disorder, psychosis, complex mood disorderspeople with dementia and theircarers
• To provide culturallyappropriate psychologicalor psychotherapeutic interventions with carers or families of referred clients whenrequired.
• To assess andmonitorrisk and draw upappropriate riskmanagement plans.
• To provide reports, including relevant formulation,opinionand interventions,in order toinform referrers and, whereappropriate, service usersand their families.
• To select and deliver evidence-based specialist therapeutic interventions, drawing from a spectrum of ideas and models,monitoringoutcomeandmodifyingand adapting interventions as necessary, based on thehighly complexfactors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, couple,familyor group.
• To promote psychological support for carers (or families asappropriate)of referred clients.
KR 2Contributing to team or service clinicalfunctioning
• To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically/psychotherapeutically informed framework for the service.
• To contribute to the team or service’s delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.
• To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.
• To adviseother members of the service on specialist psychological/psychotherapeuticcare of clients.
• To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clientsin order todevelop and review care plans.
• To utilise theory, evidence-based literatureand research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
• To liaise with the service/s MDT and other professionals.
KR 3Policy and service development
• To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.
• To contribute to service development through undertaking andparticipatinginappropriate projects.
• To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
KR 4Care or management of resources
• To take care of, and use carefully, the Trust’s equipment and physical resources.
• To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.
• To ensure the cleanliness and safe functioning and use of equipment that will be used by clients or other persons.
• Tomonitorand advise clients on the safe use of materials and processes.
• To ensure adequate confidential and safe storage for artefacts produced during the therapy process in line with professional guidelines.
• Tobe responsible forobtaining,storingandmaintainingall materials and equipment for the provision of therapy in work setting within budgetary constraints.
• To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.
KR 5Management and supervision
• Tobe responsible forthe allocation and/or clinical supervision of the work ofmore junior psychologists with support from a more senior psychologist.
• To supervise trainee applied psychologists within own area of specialism.
• To contribute to the appraisal of more junior psychologists, asappropriate.
• To contribute to the recruitment of more junior psychologists, asappropriate.
• To provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi-disciplinary staff asappropriate.
KR 6Teaching and Training
• To undertake occasional teaching and training ofpreand post- qualification psychologists and specialised training to other professions asappropriate.
• To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within theOlder AdultHome Treatment Teamsbymaintainingan active awareness of current developmentsin the areaand by implementing knowledge gained in practice.
• Todisseminateresearch and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.
KR 7Record-keeping and Information Governance
• To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures.
• Tomaintainthe highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.
KR 8Research and development
• Toinitiate, undertake,supportand supervise regular complex service evaluation and audits.
• Toinitiateand carry outappropriateresearch
• To provideexpertisein a specialist research area which will contribute toOlder Adult Home Treatment Teams.
• Toinitiateand implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment andassistother staff in the implementation of same.
KR 9Maintaining professional standards and continuing professionaldevelopment
• To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist according to HCPC and Trust guidelines.
• To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and the HCPC ‘Standards for Continuing Professional Development’.
• Tomaintainan up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.
• Tocomply withthe HCPC ‘Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics’ and ‘Standards of Proficiency’,and ensure professional development in line with these.
• To adhere to the BPS’s Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
KR10General
• To travel to home visits, community placements, psychology meetings asappropriateand across the Trust whenrequired.
• To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the clientgroup, andfollow trust policies relating to its management.
• To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations and to support others involved in suchsituationsthrough Trust-wide approaches including Critical Incident Staff Support and Reflect-Support-Resolve.
This advert closes on Sunday 8 Dec 2024