South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Principal High Intensity CBT Therapist (Access lead)
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Croydon NHS Talking Therapies
Croydon NHS Talking Therapies is an ambitious, high-performing service committed to delivering evidence-based psychological therapies and outstanding patient care. We are seeking an experienced and inspirational Principal CBT Therapist & Access Lead to join our senior leadership team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the service.
This is an exciting opportunity for an accomplished BABCP-accredited CBT Therapist with strong leadership skills and a passion for improving access, reducing inequalities and delivering excellent clinical outcomes. The successful candidate will lead the service's access and assessment pathways, ensuring patients receive timely, equitable and effective care whilst supporting the achievement of NHS Talking Therapies national objectives.
Role Overview
As a Senior Clinical Leader, you will:
- Lead the service's access, assessment and referral pathways, ensuring patients are offered timely and equitable access to care.
- Drive performance against NHS Talking Therapies access, waiting time, recovery and engagement targets.
- Provide expert clinical leadership and consultation for complex and high-risk clinical presentations.
- Maintain a small specialist caseload and deliver highly specialised CBT interventions where appropriate.
- Provide clinical supervision, mentorship and professional leadership to support workforce development and clinical excellence.
- Use service performance data to identify trends, improve patient flow, reduce waiting lists and enhance service outcomes.
- Lead quality improvement, service transformation and innovation projects to enhance patient experience and effectiveness.
- Work collaboratively with primary care, secondary care, community organisations and commissioners to improve access and reduce health inequalities.
- Lead on audits, service evaluation, incident reviews and quality assurance activities.
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About the Service
The post-holder will work within the Croydon NHS Talking Therapies Service. The service consists of approximately 100 WTE clinical and administration staff providing a service across Croydon. The main service bases are at the Bethlem Royal Hospital and Central Croydon. This is a borough of high social and psychological needs with considerable cultural diversity. The service sees clients with a wide range of common mental health problems and varying levels of severity. Many clients present with multiple problems including social, housing and employment issues. The postholder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.
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We operate a stepped care service model offering on-line CBT, guided self-help, groups and workshops as well as individual therapy (CBT and a range of other approaches) and offer treatment to Lambeth residents suffering from long term conditions. We offer clinical services on week days from 8am until 7:30pm. We have close links with our sister IAPT services within SLaM, with the IAPT training courses at the Institute of Psychiatry and University College London (UCL) and CADAT.
Working Hours
The post holder will be required to work at least one late shift from 11:30 - 19:30.
Contact for Further Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Gabriele Dom
- Job title: Joint Service Lead
- Email address: gabriele.dom@slam.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07710065068
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