Band 8a Adult Psychotherapist - Speedwell, Bristol

at  Avon Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Clinical and Professional 1. To offer highly specialist assessments and consultations to patients with complex mental health difficulties2. To provide relational psychotherapy to individual patients and groups (if the post holder has relevant training in group psychotherapy)3. To provide a detailed formulation of the service users difficulties following each assessment / consultation and a written summary of the assessment with suggested recommendations4.
To liaise with Recovery teams, provide consultancy and identify appropriate care pathways for patients with complex needs within secondary services5. To work jointly with multidisciplinary colleagues within secondary services offering consultations, case management and case-based discussion and providing expert advice6. To participate in joint assessments with Recovery staff to support staff in planning care pathways for individuals and to support skill development7. To participate in the locality CPI referral meetings8.
To participate in clinical supervision and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the CPI service9. To provide clinical supervision to psychiatry trainees and contribute in that way to the mandatory training of psychiatry trainees in the Severn Postgraduate Medical Education footprint, therapists working under clinical license, CPI staff and staff working in the Recoveryteam10. To provide management supervision to Band 7 psychotherapists working in CPI, and to other CPI professionals, if needed. People leadership and management 1.1 Provide inclusive, compassionate and effective leadership for your team by setting clear vision and direction.1.2 Develop a culture and environment in which members of staff are encouraged and supported to deliver high- quality services and are supported to innovate and improve services where appropriate.1.3 Encourage your team to feel able to raise concerns openly and safely.1.4 Promote equality of opportunity in service delivery and employment, ensuring that no person receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of gender, marital status, race, religion, creed, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation or disability.1.5 Show appreciation to your team when they do good work and support them when they are struggling.1.6 Consider the individual needs of team members for a healthy work-life balance and think about how their needs can be supported by providing flexible ways of working.1.7 Seek support from the HR Team to tackle any worries regarding matters of discipline, including both conduct and capability concerns, supporting a just and restorative culture.
Take prompt actionregarding serious concerns and ensure clear plans are in place for problems which are less serious in nature but prove difficult to resolve.1.8 Act as a positive role model at all times, encouraging people to feel equal members of the team whilst working within clear frameworks and policies. Performance and information management 1.1 Ensure that you and your team understand all of the agreed key performance indicators for your service, particularly relating to outcomes and essential standards to be met.1.2. Ensure that you and your team understand data quality standards and that all the necessary records for your service are maintained and reported. Service development and planning 1.1 To have a specialist lead role in the development of the provision of relational / psychodynamic psychotherapy within CPI1.2 To work collaboratively with the consultant Medical psychotherapist of the team in managing service demands and capacity1.3.
To advise the CPI Director, and the local Clinical Managers about service priorities and potential developments in the provision of relational / psychodynamic psychotherapy1.4. To participate in CPI service management and consultation meetings, providing local CPI advice1.5. Actively seek opportunities for improvement for the services, which you and your team provide by identifying research evidence and best practice elsewhere, interpreting/translating and facilitatingadaptation for AWP.1.6. Ensure multidisciplinary involvement and the use of quality improvement (QI) techniques in service improvement, by negotiating shared solutions, facilitating the resolution of complex or contentious issues and managing any conflict into constructive outcomes.1.7.
Ensure effective risk identification, analysis, mitigation and management within your services, encouraging all members of your team to be aware of and to manage risks. Governance and policy 1.1 Ensure that you understand all of the key governance requirements, policies and standards for your services and that these are communicated to your team; make sure your team understand theimportance of good governance.1.2 Support the development of policies relevant to your services, including your team in this work

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