Highly Specialised Therapist, Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychologist

Job summary Welcome!
The Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT) services are busy caring teams consisting of Administration staff, PWPs, CBT Practitioners, and Counsellors.
We serve the people of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin which has exciting, diverse and growing modern towns, surrounded by the stunning Shropshire countryside.
Our NHS Talking Therapies teams are great places to work.
We are surrounded by supportive leaders and managers.
Staff are encouraged to contribute to the service vision and set the culture.
Don't take our word for it, new starters have all said what a great place this is to work and develop.
"I have worked for the NHS for 30 years and had been looking for a new NHS 'home' as well a fresh challenge.
At Midlands Partnership, I have found this.
The Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin care group is one of the friendliest and supportive places I have worked in the last 20 years.
I am astounded by the can do attitude and the open door culture.
I am enjoying getting up for work every day, as everyone wants the best outcome for patients" Clinical Lead, STW IAPT Services Are you ready for a new challenge?
We would like you to join us, to become part of our supportive and innovative IAPT Services.
If this is the challenge for you and you meet the qualities and qualifications required, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job The patient experience is at the centre of everything we do and this post represents our next phase of our service strategy - the development of an integrated long term conditions (LTC) pathway.
The Talking Therapy services will offer the local population a LTC service, focussing on the highly prevalent LTCs, which are Cancer, COPD, Asthma and Diabetes.
The prevalence of these LTCs are slightly higher than the England baseline and therefore a priority for the service and the local Integrated Care System.
The local services are already primed to start this work, and require a highly motivated, clinically credible senior clinician to lead this area of service delivery.
There are already developed partnerships in areas and the post holder will need to link into the local ICS "Joint Forward Plan".
A proportion of the workforce have been trained through the Health Education England long term conditions top up training and you will work with managers to develop a workforce strategy to release these skills, in line with service growth.
As a senior clinician, you will join our senior leadership team and provide clinical leadership focussing on quality and clinical development to deliver a LTC strategy, a clinical pathway and then act as a senior clinician whose portfolio will also include leadership within this area.
You will join 3 other 8a senior clinical posts who have portfolios in CBT, PWP and relational therapy.
About us By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by; Supporting your career development and progressionExcellent NHS Pension schemeGenerous maternity, paternity and adoption leaveOptions for flexible workingUp to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leaveExtensive Health and Wellbeing support and resourcesIf you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patientsLease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rateSalary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business ratesSalary sacrifice bikes up to £2kFree car parking at all trust sitesFree flu vaccinations every yearCitizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met) And more.
We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications Job description Job responsibilities Working under the direction of the clinical lead: 1.
Provide clinical leadership for Long Term Conditions, providing associated consultation, training and clinical supervision to other team members.
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Provide evidence based psychological therapy within your specified modality to a more complex clinical population, that cannot be met in a standard TTAD (IAPT) pathway, but still meet the top end criteria for NHS Talking Therapies.
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Lead on developing integrated clinical pathways, to ensure place-based therapy delivery 4.
To provide clinical leadership to the service and operate within the senior leadership team 5.
Ensure services meet the national competency frameworks, ensuring workforce compliance with NICE approved therapies and relevant psychological therapy / supervision competency frameworks ( Roth & Pilling).
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With the clinical lead, provide a quality feedback framework, by inputting to incident report reviews, critical incidents and serious incident reports, providing feedback and supporting staff, whilst assisting in identifying themes for improvements.
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Contribute to the implementation of specialist area pathways and provide ongoing monitoring.
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Engage in research activity within the services, providing a point of contact and a conduit to research colleagues.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
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To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the team/service.
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To provide supportive clinical leadership to engage and support the workforce in providing effective therapies that engage with individual formulations and treatment goals.
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Providing a specific area of expertise to case discussions and promoting psychological thinking within multiagency meetings and conversations.
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Lead on Making every contact count, to aid the promotion of healthy lifestyles and reducing health inequalities for clients who use the service.
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Deputise for the clinical lead, when required and on a rotational basis.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for more details Person Specification Quals and Training Essential Accredited by the BABCP in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy OR BABCP Registered as a wellbeing practitioner OR accredited by BACP, UKCP or NCS Minimum of a QAA level 7 qualification (Master's level) in the area of health psychology topic area / long term conditions or equivalent portfolio ( MSc, PgDip ) Doctoral level training in a HCPC approved practitioner psychology training and HCPC registration as a relevantly qualified practitioner psychologist (health psychologist, clinical or counselling psychologist).
Desirable Doctoral level training in a HCPC approved practitioner psychology training and HCPC registration as a relevantly qualified practitioner psychologist (health psychologist, clinical or counselling psychologist).
EMDR accredited therapist at Consultant level or working towards Consultant EMDR Completion of TTAD (IAPT) / TTAD supervisor training or an accredited clinical supervisor in chosen field.
PhD or publication history in the field of psychological therapy and long-term conditions.
Experience Essential Experience of working within a TTAD (TTAD (IAPT) service and skilled in collaborative assessment, formulation and working alongside colleagues from a range of disciplines.
Track record and experience of implementing evidence-based therapies and supervision, which are consistent with TTAD (IAPT) service delivery and the Roth & Pilling competency framework.
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity.
Ability to apply assessment methods and interventions, whilst problem solving difficult clinical dynamics.
Experience of working in an TTAD (IAPT) therapy role, for a period to time, to gain a track record and experience of applying specialised therapeutic interventions (incl LTC informed).
Desirable Experience of leading on long term conditions pathways within TTAD (IAPT) services Experience of leading / developing specialised TTAD (IAPT) pathways.
Experience of leading a project involving psychological professionals.
Personal Attributes Essential Effective self/time management.
Flexible approach to meeting the needs of the service Demonstrate a commitment to personal development Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of clinical/managerial supervision