Practitioner Psychologist, Psychotherapist & Psychological Therapist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 09 Hydref 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £72,921 - £83,362 per annum incl. of inner HCAs pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 08 Tachwedd 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Camberwell, SE5 7UD |
| Cwmni: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7447800/334-CLI-7447800 |
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A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
1 year fixed term contract or 1 year secondment band 8b 0.4wte Practitioner Psychologist, Psychotherapist or Psychological Therapist. This is a maternity cover post to provide clinical leadership for psychological therapies for the STEP (Southwark Team for Early Psychosis). We are looking for a hard working and enthusiastic member of staff with a strong track record of delivering psychological therapies within a stepped care model. The successful candidate will have a good understanding of early intervention for psychosis and have the required leadership qualities to ensure the provision of high quality psychological therapies.
The main duty of this post is to oversee the psychological therapy offer within the STEP team which is delivered on a stepped care basis. The role involves clinical management and supervision, direct clinical work (CBTp, EMDR and/or family interventions), consultation and service development responsibilities. The post holder will work closely with the STEP team leader and will be supported by the professional lead for the psychosis pathway.
We are looking for people with a track record of delivering interventions that improve accessibility for groups under-represented in psychological therapy services.
Southwark is a diverse borough and the postholder will work to engage with the local community and take their needs into consideration to provide an accessible service.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
· To develop, co-ordinate and ensure the systematic provision of a psychological therapy service for the STEP team and personally provide highly specialist clinical input.
· 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 in the STEP team.
· To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of other psychological practitioners.
· To promote service evaluation, audit, research and policy development.
· To work as an autonomous professional within registration body guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
· To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
· To support the coordination of staff support within their area, working closely with Corporate Psychology and Psychotherapy to support colleagues and ensure all staff in SLaM have access to evidence based support. To participate, as a recipient, in staff support work when appropriate.
This advert closes on Thursday 23 Oct 2025
1 year fixed term contract or 1 year secondment band 8b 0.4wte Practitioner Psychologist, Psychotherapist or Psychological Therapist. This is a maternity cover post to provide clinical leadership for psychological therapies for the STEP (Southwark Team for Early Psychosis). We are looking for a hard working and enthusiastic member of staff with a strong track record of delivering psychological therapies within a stepped care model. The successful candidate will have a good understanding of early intervention for psychosis and have the required leadership qualities to ensure the provision of high quality psychological therapies.
The main duty of this post is to oversee the psychological therapy offer within the STEP team which is delivered on a stepped care basis. The role involves clinical management and supervision, direct clinical work (CBTp, EMDR and/or family interventions), consultation and service development responsibilities. The post holder will work closely with the STEP team leader and will be supported by the professional lead for the psychosis pathway.
We are looking for people with a track record of delivering interventions that improve accessibility for groups under-represented in psychological therapy services.
Southwark is a diverse borough and the postholder will work to engage with the local community and take their needs into consideration to provide an accessible service.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
· To develop, co-ordinate and ensure the systematic provision of a psychological therapy service for the STEP team and personally provide highly specialist clinical input.
· 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 in the STEP team.
· To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of other psychological practitioners.
· To promote service evaluation, audit, research and policy development.
· To work as an autonomous professional within registration body guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
· To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
· To support the coordination of staff support within their area, working closely with Corporate Psychology and Psychotherapy to support colleagues and ensure all staff in SLaM have access to evidence based support. To participate, as a recipient, in staff support work when appropriate.
This advert closes on Thursday 23 Oct 2025