Step 3 Clinical Lead

A secondment opportunity has arisen to cover the Step 3 Clinical Lead role at Lambeth NHS Talking Therapies for a fixed-term period of 12 months., The primary purpose of this role is to contribute to the continued development and provision of a very high quality therapy service to meet the needs of people with common mental health problems in Lambeth. The Step 3 Clinical Lead will be an experienced psychological therapist with extensive experience working within a NHS Talking Therapies service (formerly knows as IAPT), and will be part of the management team and work closely with the service lead and deputy service lead, playing a key role in supporting, inspiring and guiding the clinical work of their team, with a focus on continuing service improvement,

• To manage their service department, ensuring its efficient day-to-day running, anticipating and planning for future demands, and monitoring and managing its effective performance
• Develop the strategy to enable the Step 3 team to meet the nationally set targets around reliable recovery and reliable improvement
• Plan and manage treatment capacity to ensure that the nationally set targets around completed treatments and waiting times are met
• To line manage the Step 3 team, supporting their well-being and development and managing their performance
• Lead on recruitment for qualified and trainee HIs
• Lead with the help of the 8a Step 3 Team Lead the monthly step 3 meetings and HI supervisors meetings
• To work collaboratively with the service lead to plan the future development of the service, and to lead specific service developments and new initiatives
• To work with service users, referrers and other providers to improve existing services to clients and to develop new care pathways and services
• To support the service lead in maintaining a strong, committed and motivated team
• To work autonomously as a Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.
• To provide high quality specialist CBT supervision
  
  The post-holder will work within the Lambeth NHS Talking Therapies Service. The service consists of approximately 120 WTE clinical and administration staff providing a service across Lambeth. The main service bases are Dalbury House in Brixton, Stockwell Gardens, Palace Rd Streatham. This is a borough of high social and psychological needs with considerable cultural diversity. The service sees clients with a wide range of common mental health problems and varying levels of severity. Many clients present with multiple problems including social, housing and employment issues. The postholder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.
  
  We operate a stepped care service model offering on-line CBT, guided self-help, groups and workshops as well as individual therapy (CBT and a range of other approaches) and offer treatment to Lambeth residents suffering from long term conditions. We offer clinical services on week days from 8am until 8pm. We have close links with our sister IAPT services within SLaM, with the IAPT training courses at the Institute of Psychiatry and University College London (UCL) and CADAT.