Senior High Intensity Therapist leading on Health Inequalities

Job title:

Senior High Intensity Therapist leading on Health Inequalities

Company

NHS

Job description

Are you an existing or aspiring Senior HIT/Counselling Therapist, looking to broaden your Leadership & Management experience, within a Talking Therapies service? Surrey Talking Therapies (provided by SABP, one of 5 x providers in the County) are looking to strengthen our Senior Management Team.You will join a large (100+) team of trainee & qualified & Clinical/Counselling, Psychology/Psychotherapy Therapist, serving a diverse population of 1.2m, taking a management lead role on quality/service development initiatives focusing on improving Access to psychological therapies, by reducing health inequalities and unnecessary waiting times, improve our Reliable Improvement/Recovery rates (to ensure the best possible outcomes) as well as the overall patient experience.Candidates should have a highly-developed knowledge of NHS Talking Therapies provision, considerable experience working as a therapist in such service, and a sound understanding of national/local demands and targets. Clinical Supervision is provided by our Consultant/Deputy Clinical Lead and Line Management Supervision from our Business Manager/Operational Lead, based at one of our 4 x locality offices and offered flexible working arrangements.Main duties of the jobTo provide a qualified specialist psychological therapy service for anxiety and depression to clients from the NHS Talking Therapies service, in an expert area of practice. This involves providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy, within one or more psychological therapy models specified by the NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression Manual.Acts as a clinical lead within an area of expertise, providing expert advice to psychological therapists and other professionals.To provide advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to colleagues and to other, non-professional carers. It will involve supervision of other colleagues including trainee High Intensity Therapists and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, as well as trainees from other professional groups as appropriate.To provide risk duty cover to include, screening, urgent risk advice, discussion with referrers about suitability, completing reports following serious incidents, reviewing DCIQ and reviewing notes following an access to records requestThe post holder works autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.About usSurrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.We look forward to receiving your application!Date posted20 February 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 8aSalary£53,755 to £60,504 a year Incl 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rataContractPermanentWorking patternFull-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hoursReference number325-6876245-TTJob locationsSurrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust HQ / Community18 Mole Business Park Randalls RoadLeatherheadKT22 7ADJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job. Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential

• Recognised/accredited postgraduate level training in a psychological therapy

Desirable

• Additional pre- and/or post-qualification training

ExperienceEssential

• 2yrs post-qualification experience of specialist psychological therapy assessment and treatment of clients, across a range of care settings relevant to an NHS Talking Therapies service, including outpatient, community, and primary care settings

Desirable

• Experience of effective postgraduate teaching/training and clinical supervision and providing expert clinical leadership and management within a specialist area of practice

KnowledgeEssential

• Advanced specialist knowledge in the theory and practice of adapting specific NHS Talking Therapies, recognised psychological therapies for anxiety and/or depression in the context of co-morbidity and complexity

Desirable

• Knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical field of psychological therapies

SkillsEssential

• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, and where relevant their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS

Desirable

• Lead quality, service improvement & redesign of psychological therapy provision, and in interpretation, development and implementation of policy across a service.

Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential

• Recognised/accredited postgraduate level training in a psychological therapy

Desirable

• Additional pre- and/or post-qualification training

ExperienceEssential

• 2yrs post-qualification experience of specialist psychological therapy assessment and treatment of clients, across a range of care settings relevant to an NHS Talking Therapies service, including outpatient, community, and primary care settings

Desirable

• Experience of effective postgraduate teaching/training and clinical supervision and providing expert clinical leadership and management within a specialist area of practice

KnowledgeEssential

• Advanced specialist knowledge in the theory and practice of adapting specific NHS Talking Therapies, recognised psychological therapies for anxiety and/or depression in the context of co-morbidity and complexity

Desirable

• Knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical field of psychological therapies

SkillsEssential

• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, and where relevant their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS

Desirable

• Lead quality, service improvement & redesign of psychological therapy provision, and in interpretation, development and implementation of policy across a service.

Expected salary

£53755 – 60504 per year

Location

Leatherhead, Surrey

Job date

Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:26:20 GMT

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