# Deputy Clinical Lead for Newham Talking Therapies > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-clinical-lead-for-newham-talking-therapies/06da69cc-8bd9-4172-b514-9a58ab2ec464 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-clinical-lead-for-newham-talking-therapies/06da69cc-8bd9-4172-b514-9a58ab2ec464.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Adult Mental Health Services - Tower Hamlets Directorate - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Lead (legacy management group) - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £72,719 - £83,505 Salary period yearly - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time, Job share, 30 hours per week (This post is offered as permanent (4 days/0.80 WTE), with the expectation that all clinical staff work one late evening per week (12pm until 8pm).) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-18T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T12:49:52.411Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Stratford/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Allied_Health_Professionals/Allied_Health_Professionals-v8305284 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8305284?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Newham Talking Therapies (NTT), Centre for Clinical Excellence is looking to recruit a part-time (4 days/0.80 WTE) Deputy Clinical lead to join a busy and high performing and creative team. We are part of East London NHS Foundation Trust which has been rated “Outstanding” for the second year by Care Quality Commission (CQC) and are committed to ensuring a healthy work life balance and a positive working environment. NTT is an exceptional talking therapies service with excellent development opportunities. We are committed to the progression of our team members and our posts are formulated to allow for development of clinical expertise in chosen clinical areas. As well as offering a range of therapies, the service also runs as a training centre, therefore offering opportunities for supervision and training. ### Main duties of the job The post-holder will be one of the three Deputy Clinical Leads. All Deputies share the majority of core service, strategic and staff management tasks but each will lead on different clinical and service areas. This post will provide clinical, strategic and performance leadership for all High Intensity modalities, i.e. CBT, relational therapies and Long-term Health Conditions. The post-holder will also perform responsibilities delegated by the Clinical Lead as appropriate for this level of seniority. Under the directions of the Clinical Lead, the post holder will work closely and jointly with the counterpart Deputy Clinical Leads to maintain and further develop the full integration of the service (i.e. staff and performance management, interventions across steps, modalities and clinical specialist areas). Through direct management of Managers (8As), the Deputy Clinical Leads will ensure the services vision, NTT business model, clinical quality, productivity and KPIs are consistently and systematically delivered. Due to rapid and constant changes in IAPT services targets and landscape, the two Deputies are required to work jointly to manage throughput, capacity and a quick turnaround of sound strategies to ensure the delivery of the services KPIs. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Due to the size of the service, the Deputies are expected to manage an equal share of Managers (8As) well as pan-service leadership and development tasks. As guided by the services strategies, the Deputy Leads will collaborate with one another to develop and deliver seamless interventions across steps, modes (individual, groups, classes, etc.), and specialist clinical areas. It is crucial that the post-holder possesses adaptive clinical, managerial and strategic abilities to support the Clinical Lead and their strategies for the day-to-day running of the service and future expansion/ service development as guided by wider Health strategies and demands. Please kindly refer to the attached JD/PS for information or If you have any further questions, please contact Daniela Antonie, Clinical Lead on 0208 175 1770 for an informal discussion. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience (usually 3years + will be considered) of working in IAPT service as a senior clinician and manager, including performance and case management. - Experience in primary care, liaising with GPs and community providers - Experience of service development and of embedding new organisational models, services and pathways. - Experience in referral processes that support the assessment of clients and patients, and, to plan and coordinate the capacity provided by psychological therapists and clinicians for assessment across therapy modalities. - Work as an experienced psychologist/psychotherapist with advanced skills in at least one psychological therapy modality. - Experience of managing and supervising workforce from different backgrounds. - Excellence and experience in the continuous improvement of high intensity interventions and coordinating the services of a range of practitioners and providers, with experience of delivering this within primary care and an IAPT compliant service . - Experience of providing an autonomous clinical service to a diverse population. ### Knowledge & Skills **Essential** - Communication & Relationship skills: Excellent reporting and presentation skills. Able to provide & receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information in a highly emotive and sometimes hostile atmosphere, in a range of relationships and settings. - Able to use highly specialist skills of empathy to overcome barriers to understanding and acceptance - Able to build good working relationships with other professionals. - Able to liaise effectively at all levels of an organisation - Clinical, Analytical & Judgement skills: Specific experience in working with health-related psychological issues, e.g. long-standing and chronic conditions - Able to draw upon a broad theoretical knowledge base in the analysis of highly complex facts or situations to arrive at appropriate formulations. - Able to compare and select from a range of treatment options, based on formulation. - Able to provide both brief and longer-term therapeutic interventions. ### Training/Qualifications **Essential** - Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS and registered with HPC. OR Psychological Therapist with a core mental health training e.g. nursing, social work - Above plus : Post-graduate qualification in a HI therapeutic modality. - Qualified to at least practitioner level in EMDR and willingness to undertake training/supervision up to consultant level - Supervisor training to undertake clinical supervision of trainees and qualified staff in a model relevant to Talking Therapies. ## Documents - [elft at a glance (pdf, 151.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1110) - [elft strategy 2026 (pdf, 421.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3090) - [elft staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 920.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1111) - [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844) - [band 8b- deputy clinical lead- jd/ps (pdf, 768.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10625121) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.