South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
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Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
Band 7 preceptorship progressing to 8a after 24 months and completion of the supervision course
Full Time 37.5 hours M-F
This is an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to develop their career. This role will eventually include providing supervision to band 7 qualified clinicians and students, taking a lead role in service developments. The successful candidate will also take a lead in the day-to-day running of Merton SPA including supporting with case discussions for more junior colleagues. The role will also involve triaging and provision of quality assessments within Merton SPA, liaison with partner agencies, and playing an active part in the wider multidisciplinary team.
Supervision will be provided by the experienced 8a and 8b Professional Lead.
The role is part of an exciting new project to develop new support streams within Merton SPA. These include self-referrals for 16 and 17 years old, short-term treatment sessions and enhanced consultation to schools through attendance at TAC/TAF meetings. We have recently received additional funding for this role. The role will involve supporting the 8b in providing leadership to Merton SPA. This includes providing supervision to band 7 qualified clinicians and students, and taking a lead role in implementing these new support streams. The successful candidate will also take a lead in the day-to-day running of Merton SPA including supporting with case discussions for more junior colleagues. The role will also involve triaging and assessments within Merton SPA.
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Supervision will be provided by the 8b Professional Lead already in post.
Responsibilities:
- To work as a core member of Merton SPA, providing direct therapeutic work in accordance with an agreed job plan.
- To model high standards of clinical practice in terms of safety, effectiveness and user experience.
- To coordinate clinical activity in order to enhance the overall coherence of the clinical offer.
- To meet with leads of other agencies and teams of relevant services e.g. health visitors, perinatal services, in order to coordinate the work of the Merton SPA Team with these services.
- To advise managers and Professional Leads about clinical issues relating to work with preschool children, and in relation to training needs for the team.
About Us:
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
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We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
Location:
This post will be based at Birches House Mitchem
Additional Information:
Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
Contact Information:
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Henrietta Dewsnap
- Job title: Service Manager
- Email address: henrietta.dewsnap@swlstg.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 02082548060
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