Practitioner Psychologist, Psychotherapist & Psychological Therapist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 09 Rhagfyr 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | £72,921.00 i £83,362.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £72921.00 - £83362.00 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 23 Rhagfyr 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | London, SE5 8AZ |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | C9334-25-1285 |
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Key Responsibilities: Clinical and Client Care To develop, co-ordinate and ensure the systematic provision of a highly specialist MDT service. To provide and lead a highly specialist psychological and behavioural support service to the Intensive Support Team in the Mental Health in Learning Disability Service. To provide highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for adults with learning disabilities at levels expected of a psychological practitioner who has achieved the equivalent of a PG Diploma-worth of post-qualification specialist development. To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required. To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans. To provide culturally appropriate psychological or psychotherapeutic interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required. 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, families and networks of referred clients. To act as carer co-ordinator taking responsibility for overseeing multi agency care plans. Responsibilities for team or service clinical functioning To co-ordinate (and chair) meetings for IST to ensure effective functioning and review, when appropriate. To take a lead in ensuring a psychologically and psychotherapeutically informed framework for the IST To take a lead in developing 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 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. To liaise with the service/s MDT and other professionals. Policy and service development To implement policies and procedures in own area of work. To identify any aspects of IST which could be improved and propose changes to practices or procedures that affect IST and may also affect other services. To initiate and implement service development projects, as agreed with clinical/professional lead To participate in the ongoing implementation of new initiatives (e.g. national guidelines) across IST, MHLD and relevant services. To lead the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities. 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. To ensure the cleanliness and safe functioning and use of equipment that will be used by clients or other persons. To monitor and 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. To be responsible for obtaining, storing and maintaining all necessary materials and equipment for the provision of therapy in work setting within budgetary constraints. To hold a delegated budget for / take responsibility for purchasing supplies or equipment (if required). Management and supervision To provide clinical leadership to more junior psychological practitioners and other professionals, as appropriate. To be responsible for the allocation and/or clinical supervision of the work of more junior psychological practitioners. To supervise trainees within own area of specialism having completed the relevant training. To contribute to the appraisal of more junior psychological therapists as appropriate. To contribute to the recruitment of more junior psychological practitioners as appropriate. To provide professional and clinical supervision to more junior psychological practitioners, trainees and honoraries for all aspects of their work. To provide management supervision to less senior psychological practitioners. To provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi-disciplinary staff as appropriate. 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 the service by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology and by implementing knowledge gained in practice. To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles. 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 ensure the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry, in those parts of the service for which the post-holder has leadership responsibility.