8B Principal Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, Psychotherapist

o To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care.

To maintain high standards of care in all areas of practice in accordance with the HCPC Code of Conduct, professional guidelines and Trust Policies and Procedures.

To act within the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (2005).

To be aware of and implement Safeguarding Adult and Child Protection Policies, Procedures and legislation.

To be responsible for the professional leadership and continued development of a team and/or service area.

To lead on the supervision, Individual Performance Review/Appraisal and line management of staff, as required.

To ensure that the healthcare needs of people using services are communicated to and work in partnership with service commissioners and other healthcare providers for the best outcomes.

To positively contribute to Trust and divisional developments in relation to psychological practice.

Contribute to staff recruitment.

To ensure that the needs of people with protected characteristics are addressed within local services and future developments.

To demonstrate highly specialist expertise and specialist psychological skills such as specialist psychological assessments, formulation, therapeutic interventions and consultation to support people with complex needs

Additional Responsibilities PICT

To deliver a co-produced service and work alongside colleagues with lived experience of difficulties associated with a diagnosis of personality disorder.

To provide highly expert consultation in the area of personality disorder.

Co-deliver specialist personality disorder training alongside a trainer with lived experience across SABP and to external organisations.

Develop new training content in line with the national evidence base.

To line manage and supervise one of the PICT trainers with lived experience.

Support psychologically informed systems in the area of personality disorder.

Support recruitment and development of lived experience staff.

To cover supervision and line management of lived experience practitioners.

To support the 8C Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the delivery of the PICT service

To provide leadership in the integration of PICT into the 13 Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams across SABP.

Additional Responsibilities SUN

To co-lead weekly model-adherent clinical supervision to clinicians and facilitators with lived experience, facilitating the SUN Groups.

Support the service manager and Consultant Clinical Psychologist, service lead with clinical governance and risk management in line with the SUN model and therapeutic community principles.

Adhere to and maintain Enabling Environments standards and accreditation.

To engage in partnership and strategic relations with our partnership organisation Mary Frances Trust, as part of the SUN senior management team.

To contribute to providing senior cover for SUN for urgent clinical or operational issues that may arise during the day.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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