South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Psychotherapist, Practitioner Psychologist & Psychological Therapist
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About the Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Psychologist or Psychological Therapist who has a genuine passion for working with people with 'severe and enduring' mental health presentations.
This post will be working within two of our community neighbourhood teams. The role is specifically focused on providing specialist psychological therapies, as part of a trust-wide initiative to reduce waiting times for evidence-based therapies.
Responsibilities
- Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and interventions for clients who have experiences of complex mental health difficulties.
- Offer individual therapy including CBT, as well as other therapeutic approaches as appropriate (including CAT, DIT, ACT, CFT, Systemic, EMDR).
- Assess and formulate clients presenting with complex difficulties, such as trauma, psychosis, emotional dysregulation, interpersonal difficulties, and neurodiversity.
- Join and contribute to team meetings, case discussions, and complex case forums.
- Regularly liaise with colleagues and MDT staff.
- Work alongside passionate and supportive psychologists and psychological therapists, including Clinical Psychologists/Psychotherapists, Family Interventions Therapists, and Assistant and Trainee Psychologists.
- Be part of multidisciplinary teams, including Psychiatrists, Vocational, and Care Coordinators, and have an active role within the team.
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Duties
- Provide specialist psychological interventions for complex mental health problems - including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation, and monitoring of outcomes.
- Contribute to enabling other staff, service users, and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
- Provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate.
- Promote service evaluation, audit, and research.
- Work as an autonomous professional within registration body guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.
- Be active in the provision of staff support within their area, including but not limited to Critical Incident Staff Support and Reflect-Support-Resolve. Participate, as a recipient, in staff support work when appropriate.
About Us
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol.
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- We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre.
- SLaM employs around 5000 staff & serve a local population of 1.1 million people. With 230 services, we also provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year & treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley, and Greenwich.
By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history & international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development & learning opportunities & have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field. SLaM delivered more than 14,000 training experiences in 2014; providing an extensive range of learning opportunities for staff at all levels. Our working relationship with King's Health Partners allows those working at the Trust to get involved in academic research.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr James Duffy
- Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address: James.Duffy@slam.nhs.uk
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