Psychotherapist, Practitioner Psychologist & Psychological Therapist
| Posting date: | 21 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £61,631.00 to £68,623.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £61631.00 - £68623.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 September 2025 |
| Location: | Croydon, CR8 2FD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9334-25-0828 |
Summary
Key Responsibilities: KR 1 Clinical and Client Care To provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for service users with dementia and behaviours that challenge (Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia). To provide culturally appropriate psychological or psychotherapeutic interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required. To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans. To provide reports, including relevant formulation, opinion and interventions, in order to inform referrers and, where appropriate, service users and their families. To select and deliver evidence-based specialist therapeutic interventions, drawing from a spectrum of ideas and models, monitoring outcome and modifying and adapting interventions as necessary, based on the highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, couple, family or group. To promote psychological support for carers (or families as appropriate) of referred clients. KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning 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 services 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 advise other members of the service on specialist psychological/psychotherapeutic care of clients. To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans. To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members. KR 3 Policy 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 and participating in appropriate projects. To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities. KR 4 Care or management of resources To take care of, and use carefully, the Trusts equipment and physical resources. To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed. KR 5 Management and supervision To be responsible for the allocation and/or clinical supervision of the work of more junior psychological practitioners with support from a more senior practitioner. To supervise trainee psychological practitioners within own area of specialism having completed the relevant Supervision Training. To contribute to the appraisal of more junior psychological practitioners as appropriate. To contribute to the recruitment of more junior psychological practitioners as appropriate. To provide supervision for the psychological and/or psychotherapeutic work of other multi-disciplinary staff as appropriate. KR 6 Teaching and Training To undertake occasional teaching and training of pre and post- qualification psychological practitioners, and specialised training to other professions as appropriate. To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within older adults mental health services by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychological therapy and by implementing knowledge gained in practice. To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles. KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures. To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry. KR 8 Research and development To initiate/undertake, support and supervise regular complex service evaluation and audits. To initiate or support and collaborate in research focussing on behaviours that challenge in dementia. To provide expertise in a specialist research area which will contribute to older adults mental health. To initiate and implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment and assist other staff in the implementation of same. KR 9 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychological therapist according to professional body and Trust guidelines. To maintain own Continuing Professional Development in line with Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and professional Standards for Continuing Professional Development. To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies. To comply with professional body Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics/Standards of Proficiency. KR10 General To travel to appointments and serve meetings as appropriate and across the Trust when required. To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group, and follow trust policies relating to its management. To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations (such as challenging behaviour, abuse etc) and to support others involved in such situations through Trust-wide approaches including Critical Incident Staff Support and Reflect-Support-Resolve. To work flexibly which may include offering some regular commitment to late clinics or Saturday working, within the overall Job Plan.