Practitioner Psychologist, Psychotherapist & Psychological Therapist
| Posting date: | 07 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £70,387.00 to £80,465.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £70387.00 - £80465.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 July 2025 |
| Location: | Lambeth, SE1 8EL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9334-25-0639 |
Summary
Job Purpose: To act, alongside colleagues, as Lead Psychological Therapist for one of the place-based Living Well Centres and the Tier 1 protocolised interventions service, supporting the multidisciplinary team and psychological therapies pathway in the care of complex presentations To provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and interventions for people with complex mental health presentations. The role will also involve the provision of advice, education and support to service users and their carers or family members as indicated. You will also act as the psychological therapies lead to ensure effective care between the team and the pathway, leading Tier 1 provision. 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 clinician in relevant therapies and the Tier 1 context. To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for managing care in these components of the pathway, and across relevant care teams/systems. To undertake service evaluation, audit, research and policy development. To work as an autonomous professional within BPS/HCPC/ APC/BPC/UKCP/BACP guidelines and codes of conduct. Guided by principles and policies or procedures of SLaM and the borough, and taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters. To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved. The post holder will need to provide visible and effective clinical leadership to the clinical teams they supervise and be skilled in working collaboratively with others. Operational aspects to the role include: Ensuring implementation and reporting of performance and quality; Management and mitigation of risk; Managing the clinical environment and holding responsibility for the Health and Safety of staff and service users/visitors to the service