Complex Emotional Lead; Clinical​/Counselling Psychologist

A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative and highly motivated psychologist to lead the Complex Emotional Needs (CEN) pathway in Westminster Adult Community Services. Joining our Adult Psychological Therapies services in Westminster will provide you with the opportunity to develop your leadership skills, overseeing the provision and development of psychological therapy and psychosocial interventions for service users with Complex Emotional Needs as part of the integrated multi-disciplinary community services.

The post holder will be responsible for oversight, management and running of the CEN provision in the Borough to ensure the delivery of high quality integrated, recovery-focused and evidence-based interventions to individuals who present with Complex Emotional Needs and personality related difficulties. They will work alongside other clinical leads across the Borough to ensure a coherent and joined up service provision to those with complex mental health conditions.

We especially welcome applications from candidates with the valuable experience of the diverse social and cultural communities the Trust serves as we are seeking to ensure our psychology staffing has greater diversity and better represents local communities. The successful candidate will be supported to develop their career and flourish as a valued member of the psychology staff group. There are also a number of support systems within the Trust including staff peer networks.

CNWL NHS Trust is committed to staff personal development, with a trust wide culture change and leadership programme that has staff wellbeing at its core.

• To ensure the systematic provision of a high quality specialist psychological services to clients within the complex emotional needs pathway.
• To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by psychologists, psychotherapists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
• To take responsibility for the day-to-day operational and clinical practice of psychologists and psychological therapists working within the CEN pathway and to act as a point of liaison between the CEN pathway and other local services.
• In conjunction with the Lead Psychologist, to take a lead role in the co-ordination and delivery of psychological services across the CEN pathway to ensure the provision of a consistent and well-integrated psychological service model across the borough.
• To manage referrals into and out of the CEN pathway in a co-ordinated and effective way and to assist with the equitable allocation of cases for assessment and treatment.
• To assist with the co-ordination and provision of training placements for trainee psychologists, honorary psychotherapists and other staff as agreed with the Lead Psychologist.
• To liaise with the relevant training institutions and agencies, including Clinical Psychology Training Schemes and other training courses.
• The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring that systems are in place for the effective professional supervision and clinical governance of the psychological therapists and therapy clinicians within the pathway, for which the post holder has designated professional responsibility, including clear systems for professional supervision, appraisal, performance management and the identification of CPD needs across the team.
• The post-holder will be expected to provide necessary service activity reports in a timely and organised fashion and ensure that the psychologists and psychotherapists within the service areas are using the appropriate information recording systems in accordance with Trust and other relevant professional policies.
• To ensure compliance with Trust policies and procedures in a variety of areas and where required to assist in the reporting of key performance indicators to relevant commissioners and monitoring bodies e.g., CQC, GP Commissioning Bodies etc.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic clinical governance of psychological practice within the psychological therapies service.
• A key requirement of the job is to carry out necessary audit, policy and service development and research activities within the service to ensure the delivery of a high quality service with a sound basis in in best clinical practice.
• To assist the Lead Psychologist with the full range of planning and implementation of policy and service development changes within the area served by the services.
• Where required, to act as a deputy for the Psychological therapies service in Westminster including attendance at key meetings and policy forums. The post-holder may also be asked to represent the psychological therapies service in Trust-wide forums and meetings.

• An opportunity to work for one of the top 10 NHS employers
• Flexible working
• Variety of work
• Access to a variety of CPD opportunities
• We encourage…