Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychotherapist

Job overview

Applications are invited for a part-time 0.1 wte (3.75hrs) Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychotherapist (Band 8b or Equivalent) at the South London and Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Foundation Trust. The post is an exciting opportunity to be part of the award-winning Psychological Interventions Clinic for outpatients with Psychosis (PICuP) based at the Maudsley Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The candidate will be expected to do the following:

• Facilitate specialist CBT for Psychosis (CBTp) and Trauma-focused CBTp (TF-CBTp) supervision groups nationally (for NHS and academic courses) and potentially internationally (via MS Teams).
• Listen to and rate supervisees session recordings according to standard CBT ratings scales (e.g. CTRS, C-PAS).
• Contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.

There may also be opportunities to be involved with the following:

• Supporting dissemination of evidence-based psychological therapies including providing specialist training in an area of expertise related to psychological interventions in psychosis (especially trauma) and related emotional problems in SLaM, other NHS trusts, and nationally/internationally.
• Delivering individual cognitive behavioural therapy (and family intervention) to clients with ongoing distressing symptoms of psychosis, bipolar disorder and/or secondary emotional difficulties (especially trauma), and their carers. This will include specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• To facilitate specialist CBT for psychosis or TF-CBTp supervision groups both for the NHS and academic courses nationally and/or internationally.
• To provide specialist training in an area of expertise related to psychological interventions in psychosis (especially trauma) and related emotional problems in SLaM, other NHS trusts, and nationally.
• To be familiar with the academic literature and the evidence base in recent developments in psychological interventions in psychosis, and use this literature in the teaching of their specialist area of expertise.
• To provide psychological expertise in psychosis and bipolar disorder and trauma, which will contribute to the service provided by the PICuP clinic.
• To work as an independent and autonomous professional within HCPC and BPS guidelines, and the policies and procedures of the service, taking full responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions.
• To contribute to the effective working of the PICuP team and clinical services involved and to a psychologically informed framework for the service area.
• To provide highly specialist psychological consultation and professional and clinical supervision to colleagues and others in PICuP and to contribute to a psychologically informed framework within the service.
• To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and developing services and training.
• To provide expertise in a highly specialist research area which will contribute to psychological interventions in psychosis.
• To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.
• To contribute to the strategic development and implementation of new initiatives e.g. national guidelines including NICE.
• To comply with the HCPC ‘Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics’ and ensure professional development in line with the HPC ‘Standards for Continuing Professional Development’ and ‘Standards of Proficiency’. To adhere to the BPS Psychology’s Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures

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.