Consultant Psychologist - Maternity Cover

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	27 Ebrill 2026
Cyflog:	£88,250.00 i £100,355.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£88250.00 - £100355.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	11 Mai 2026
Lleoliad:	London, SW11 1SW
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Cytundeb
Cyfeirnod swydd:	C9334-26-0380

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Key Responsibilities: KR 1 Clinical and Client Care To plan, organise and ensure the delivery of psychological/substance use services in the Consortium. To plan and organise the integrated delivery of the service with other agencies and service providers and ensure co-ordination of the offer with other services within the treatment systems (Richmond & Wandsworth). To ensure robust governance arrangements are in place to reflect this integrated offer. To provide specialist psychological therapy assessments, formulations and interventions focused on supporting the recovery of clients with substance use disorders. To provide culturally appropriate psychological therapy interventions/substance use offers with carers or families of referred clients when required. To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans To ensure that all services provided are acceptable and accessible to the diverse communities which make up the patient population across both Boroughs. To foster the development of psychologically informed work across the Consortium recovery services and wider interagency treatment system. KR 2 Responsibilities for team or service clinical functioning To work with the leads/managers of SLaM, South-West London & St Georges Services (SWLSTG), and other relevant key partner agencies (including for examples Police, Probation, Social Services, IAPT etc) to plan and deliver joint services that are integrated around the needs of service users in treatment with the Consortium. To co-ordinate (and chair) team and service meetings for the service to ensure effective functioning and review when appropriate. To ensure the effective working of the team or service and a psychologically informed framework for the service. To take a lead in ensuring the team or services ability to deliver 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/good substance use practice with 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 and group work and work with other team members. To hold clinical oversight and over-arching responsibility for quality assurance and governance leadership of the Consortium group programme and psychosocial interventions. KR 3 Policy and service development To interpret relevant policies and guidance for application in the service and be responsible for policy development and implementation To initiate, implement and ensure appropriate service developments to improve the quality and delivery of services in the service and in partner services. To ensure the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities. To participate in, or lead when appropriate, Trust and Directorate (SLaM Addictions CAG), South London Partnership strategic development and implementation of new initiatives (e.g. national guidelines), through membership of committees and/or working parties. To be responsible for applying clinical governance standards within the service and ensure that these are maintained and improved. To take a lead role in ensuring that services to clients are of a high quality and are managed efficiently, according to the overall requirements of the Trust, NHS and government guidance and standards. KR 4 Care or management of resources To be responsible for the management of team resources. To ensure that the service has sufficient materials and equipment. To be authorised signatory for testing materials for the service. 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 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 deputise when appropriate for the Professional Head of Psychology and Psychotherapy for Addictions. To provide leadership to psychological practitioners and other professionals in the service. To ensure appropriate systems are in place for the clinical and professional supervision of psychological practitioners and other staff in the service. To lead recruitment of psychological therapies staff across the Consortium services. To lead appraisals of, and personal development plans for psychological practitioners and other staff (in conjunction with their professional supervisors) in the service. To be responsible for the management of the staff in the service, including allocation and review of work, supervision and any performance reviews. To provide professional, clinical and management supervision to less senior psychological practitioners, assistants and trainees and the psychological work of other professions as appropriate and having completed the relevant training. KR 6 Teaching and Training To organise access to, and provide specialist clinical placements for trainees and applied psychological practitioners and other staff as directed by the SLP To be responsible for planning, organising, and the delivery of teaching and training of pre and post- qualification psychological practitioners and specialist training to other professions. To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within the service 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.