Lead Clinical Psychologist or Psychological Therapist

at  Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

We are pleased to offer an exciting and unique opportunity to join a new psychological therapy team at the forefront of innovative community mental health practice.
The Core Community Mental Health Model will be an integrated mental health offer with colleagues from Primary Care, Secondary Care, Local Authority and Voluntary Sector working alongside one another to deliver a holistic and person-centred approach to mental health difficulties under the national Community Mental Health Transformation programme and the local Healthy Minds programme.
The Lead Clinical Psychologist/Psychological Therapist will provide individual and/or group therapy but will also act as an integral team member, working with colleagues across other sectors to ensure increased and equitable access to psychological approaches for our diverse communities across the Bradford Districts and Craven.
Clinical work will involve working with a range of presenting problems but typically with individuals whose experience of trauma is causing distress and impacting on quality of life.
Qualification in one of the therapies recommended under the national Psychological Therapies for Severe Mental Health Problems programme - including CBT, EMDR, DBT, MBT and CAT - would be advantageous but not essential. Those with an interest in Community Psychology would particularly be suited to this post.
Manage a designated caseload of patients with responsibility for their assessment (including clinical risk), implementation and evaluation of therapy.
Supervise and support psychological therapists and other health care professionals.
Support the delivery of psychological skills based interventions to service users in the team.
Proactively contribute to the achievement of positive clinical outcomes. This will include conducting evaluations using clinical outcome measures and satisfaction surveys.
Communicate effectively with patients, relatives/carers and colleagues from diverse backgrounds in a manner that is sensitive, open, welcoming and person-centered
Act as a mentor to students, support newly qualified staff and be responsible for implementing the appraisal process.
Use IT systems effectively
Maintain accurate, up to date clinical records in accordance with Trust policy.
To complete Routine Outcome Monitoring as required by service area in a timely and meaningful fashion.
Provide clinical leadership to the psychological therapists.
Support the Team Manager with operational duties; including appraisal, caseload management and providing cover in the absence of the Team Manager.
Delegate tasks to staff within their competency and ensure that the delegation/escalation process forms part of the culture of the service.

EVERYTHING WE DO IS UNDERPINNED BY OUR CORE VALUES: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.
Right to Work in the UK
Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.
Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trust’s eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period.
As a condition of continuous employment, it essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes. Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment. We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptl

Please refer the Job description for details