ConsultantPsychiatry

Consultant Family and Systemic Psychotherapist

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Reading

Salary

£81,774 – £93,879

Posted

5 days ago

About the role

Are you a forward-looking Family & Systemic Psychotherapist with outstanding clinical knowledge, extensive post qualification experience, and a track record of successful clinical and professional leadership and strategic working? Do you have a passion for high quality NHS provision and are you energetic and ready for your next career move? Then this exciting Consultant Family & Systemic Therapist post (three days a week/0.6wte) may be for you. We are looking for the right person to provide clinical, professional and strategic leadership for family therapy and systemic provision across Berkshire. You will work clinically in your area of specialism (a background in NHS mental health services, and experience of working with children and young people is essential) and provide clinical supervision, consultation and training as required across services. There is some flexibility for hybrid working, but you will be required to be in the office and travel to sites across Berkshire most days. We are committed to high quality care, and you will be committed to leading and developing both services and staff, implementing governance frameworks, and collaborating across services, roles, and systems to benefit service users and staff.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape and lead systemic and family therapy provision across the Trust, working collaboratively with colleagues and external agencies to enhance psychological care and service delivery. You will maintain a specialist clinical role, preferably within CAMHS, although other specialisms may be considered. You may also work across services where your expertise is required. Drawing on your specialist knowledge and experience, you will provide leadership, supervision, consultation, training and clinical governance across mental health, learning disability and physical health services for people of all ages. You will oversee systemic and family therapy provision, ensuring qualified and trainee family therapists receive high-quality supervision, professional leadership and clinical support to deliver effective assessments and interventions. Working with Consultant Psychologists and Heads of Service, you will influence strategic service and workforce development, supporting accessible, high-quality psychological care pathways across the Trust. You will need excellent interpersonal, collaborative and strategic skills to work effectively across services and professional groups. You will join an established psychological leadership team, with opportunities to develop your leadership and change management skills while improving patient and staff wellbeing.

Person specification

Essential

Bachelor's degree graded at 2:2 or above OR Graduate qualification in relevant mental health or social care related discipline or equivalent,e.g.Registered Mental Health Nurse (NMC), Occupational Therapist registered with HCPC, or Social Worker registered with Social Work England
Post graduatequalification(MSc or equivalent) in Family and Systemic Psychotherapythat is accreditedbythe Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice (AFT)
Psychotherapist Registration with UK Council for Psychotherapy(UKCP) within the College of Family, Couple and Systemic Psychotherapy (CFCSP).
Post-graduate qualification (or equivalent) in systemic supervision
Registration with the UKCP as an Approved Supervisor, reflecting compliance with the Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice (AFT) supervisory standards
Post qualification specialist training to an accreditable level in at least two areas of psychological practice directly related to the clinical requirements of this post
Accreditations to reflect post qualification training
Evidence of extensive post-qualification training, experience and expert knowledge in psychological models and therapeutic approaches with an evidence base in specialism, appropriate to discipline
Professional leadership qualification or equivalent level of substantial experience
Qualification and/or proven ability in providing effective education, consultation and coaching to develop and support others.
Extensive experience working as a qualified (Principal) family and systemic psychotherapist, including demonstrable post qualification experience at a highly specialist level in the related specialisms.
Substantial experience of working in evidence-based ways with service users (and their carers and families) presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the range of care settings, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and threatening behaviour.
Extensive experience of managing highly complex situations concerning safeguarding, risk management, clinical governance, complaints and investigations.
Demonstrable experience of applying professional expertise when leading multidisciplinary teams / in multi-agency environments in a relevant clinical setting.
Extensive experience of leading services and teams with complex caseloads requiring the application of evidence-based psychological methods, assessments, formulation, and interventions.
Extensive experience of teaching and professional/clinical supervision as well as experience of developing training and supervisory models
Evidence of successfully holding responsibility for, delivering and being accountable for services that meet local and national targets
Able to manage a demanding and complex caseload while supporting junior colleagues.
High level and well-developed ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within the Trust and across the system.
Extensive experience of successfully managing complex and challenging discussions with system partners, including where there may be disagreement about responsibility for care
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Teaching and group facilitation skills.
Exceptional and highly effective interpersonal communication skills with the ability to support, engage and lead patients, clinicians and other stakeholder groups in change, development and improvement.
Advanced IT skills and the ability to navigate various systems and software packages (such as RiO outlook, databases, MS office and the internet)
Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
Demonstrates the ability to respond to people's needs sensitively particularly regarding all aspects of diversity
Able to work flexibly as required (including on call where relevant) and to travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements and duties of the position.