Deputy Clinical Lead (Maternity Cover)

• Ensuring the systematic provision of high quality CBT/Relational therapy to individuals and groups within a wide range of settings
• The provision of specialist assessments for suitability for Talking Therapies.
• Act independently and autonomously on behalf of the service to deal with complex urgent cases.
• Liaise where appropriate with other professional groups to effectively communicate assessments and facilitate transfer of care.
• Elicit, record, collate and communicate outcome data of your clinical activity and all those you supervise to both the Operational Manager and Clinical Lead.
• Promote and contribute to the development and maintenance of a healthy therapeutic culture
• Develop and engage in your own CPD, including active engagement in and use of clinical supervision.
• Provide high quality, specialist supervision to a range of practitioners including trainee, newly qualified and qualified.
• Develop and maintain good professional relationships with mental health workers in primary and secondary care.
• Lead in an area of specialist clinical work: provide expert knowledge in this area and take responsibility for proactively disseminating this expertise within the service.
• Deputise as required for the Clinical Lead at meetings internal and external to the Trust.
• Be aware of and comply with the policies, procedures and standards of service in the Bedfordshire Talking Therapies Service
• To fulfil the requisite code of conduct and follow ethical guidelines in your professional work.
• Any other duties necessary to the smooth running of the service and falling within the duties of a Deputy Lead.

• Provide high quality line management to colleagues across the service.
• Actively contribute to and support the integration of clinical governance in the Bedfordshire Talking Therapies service.
• Ensure personal development plans/appraisals are up to date and acted on within the service.
• Support the team leaders to complete performance reviews with therapists.
• Be an active member of the senior management team including attending and contributing to weekly senior team meetings.
• Co-ordinate and liaise between different staff groups
• Deal with conflict within the team, external agencies and issues surrounding conflict of interest.
• Apply trust policies on sickness, absence and capability including preparation for formal hearings where appropriate.
• Where required, carry out investigations, deal with grievances and conduct disciplinary procedures, according to the Trust policies.
• Support all recruitment in the service.
• Use data provided by the IT system to monitor key performance indicators. (These will include hours of contact, DNA rates, supervision levels and clinical outcome).

Essential

• Accredited Counselling/Clinical Psychologist or Recognised and accredited CBT/Relational trained therapist.
• Recognised formal training in clinical supervision

Essential

• A minimum of two years of being a Team Leader/Lead Clinician of a team in a healthcare setting
• Experience working with a wide range of psychological problems over a moderate period of time.
• Experience working with Service Users who have anxiety / depression.
• Experience of working with patients from mild to complex conditions
• Experience as a supervisor
• Experience in line management of clinical staff including managing HR issues.(need not be therapists)

Essential

• Willingness, skills and abilities to contribute to and to participate in the service development process
• Knowledge of generic mental health care
• Knowledge pertinent to effective risk assessment and management
• Knowledge of how to performance manage staff.
• In depth knowledge and specialist expertise in one area of psychological therapy