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Clinical:

 

1.         To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the Community Living Well Psychological Therapies at step 2/3 levels based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.

 

2.         To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or

management of a client’s mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.

 

3.         To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across Community Living Well psychological Therapies employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.

 

4.         To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both

theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.

 

5.         To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.

 

6.         To integrate with the psychological formulation specialist knowledge of complex mental health disorders.

 

7.         To understand the role of physical treatments for complex mental health disorders, and to offer appropriate advice to the patient, carers and clinicians in the light of such understanding.

 

8.         To provide specialist psychological advice guidance and consultation to other

professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.

 

9.         To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of

understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.

 

10.        To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.

 

 

12.        To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the

assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.

 

13.        To provide expertise, advice and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all members of Community Living Well Psychological Therapies.

 

14.        To assist in the coordination and management of departmental Waiting Lists.

 

 

 

Teaching, training, and supervision

 

1.         To receive regular professional supervision.

 

2.         To gain additional highly specialist experience and skills relevant to a Lead Clinician’s role, as agreed with the Service Lead.

 

3.         To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and

supervision.

 

4.         To provide supervision to experienced low and high intensity staff.

 

5.         To provide clinical placements for trainees as appropriate, ensuring that trainees acquire the necessary skills, competencies and experience to contribute effectively to good mental health care and to contribute to the assessment and evaluation of such competencies.

 

6.         To provide professional and clinical supervision of trainee and assistant clinical/counselling psychologists and high and low intensity therapists.

 

7.         To contribute to the pre- and post-qualification teaching clinical staff, as appropriate.

 

8.         To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate.

 

 

Management, recruitment, policy and service development

 

1.         To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of Community Living Well Psychological Therapies operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.

 

2.         To advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.

 

3.         To be involved in the management of the workloads of low and high intensity CBT practitioners, within the framework of the team’s policies and procedures.

 

4.         To be involved, as appropriate, in the shortlisting and interviewing of low and high intensity CBT staff.

 

5.         The post holder will be required to attend and contribute to the regular professional meetings of the service and other Departmental meetings.

 

 

Research and service evaluation

 

1. To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other staff members.

 

2. To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research.

 

3. To undertake project management, including complex audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within the service to help develop service provision.

 

4. The post holder will be expected to work with the clinical lead and other appropriate staff on any such projects the service undertakes.

 

 

IT responsibilities (other than those used for research)

 

1.         The post holder will input and maintain, appropriate computer and manual clinical records and statistical data and provide this to the Service Lead where appropriate.

 

2.         The postholder will engage in relevant computer and IT training as required.

 

3.         The postholder will be responsible for ensuring that those staff they are responsible for/supervise engage in relevant computer and IT training as required and will input and maintain, appropriate computer and manual clinical records and statistical data.

 

 

General

 

1.         To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the postholder’s professional and service manager(s).

 

2.         To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychology and relevant disciplines e.g. CBT, within the service, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of CBT and related disciplines.

 

3.         To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society, BABCP and other relevant bodies, as well as Trust policies and procedures.

 

4.         To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.

 

5.         To ensure that all relevant policies are adhered to.

 

 

7.         To work flexibly and respond to service needs accordingly e.g. with regard to cover Service Level Agreement arrangements