Practitioner Psychologist or Psychotherapist | South and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 7 or 8a Practitioner Psychologist or Psychotherapist (depending on experience) to work for our community services, offering a psychological therapy service to patients within the psychosis pathway. The postholder will be based in the STEP (Southwark Team for Early Psychosis) team for 3 days and in the Dulwich CMHT team for 2 days. This can be for a fixed‑term contract or secondment for 9 months.

We are looking for a motivated clinician who is passionate about working with people with a diagnosis of psychosis and their families and networks. The successful applicant will have good engagement skills, think creatively, work flexibly and have a range of skills in working collaboratively alongside others. Southwark is a racially and ethnically diverse borough and we are looking for a clinician who can work with cultural humility and will actively support our anti‑racism agenda.

The successful candidate will contribute to the work of both the STEP team and the Dulwich CMHT providing direct and indirect psychological therapeutic interventions for patients, groups and families. Direct, evidence‑based interventions include CBT for psychosis, trauma‑focused CBT, EMDR, CBT‑based family interventions, Open Dialogue, Systemic Family Therapy and Arts Therapies. We are also piloting culturally sensitive interventions that are based on afro‑centric approaches.

The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of therapies depending on their area of expertise.

Within Southwark we offer psychological therapies on a stepped‑care basis, therefore group working and supporting the delivery of low‑intensity interventions are also part of the role.

Supervision and management responsibilities will depend on the skills and experience of the successful candidate.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well‑established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to providing a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for the care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five‑year strategy,
Aiming High;
Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them an asset to the Trust.

• (Psychologist) Doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling psychology or equivalent and Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist or
• (Nurse Advanced) Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by postgraduate diploma specialist training, experience, short courses plus further specialist training to master’s equivalent level or
• (Social Worker Specialist) Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma in social care, supplemented by further specialist knowledge, for example in needs of a specific client group, experience to Masters equivalent level or
• (Occupational Therapist Advanced) Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by further training, short specialist courses, to master’s equivalent level.
• In addition to the relevant qualification above:
  Registration by the relevant practitioner registering body, e.g. NMC, HCPC, BACP.

• Experience of receiving clinical supervision across a range of client needs.
• Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature including psychosis.
• Experience that supports working with, and…