Access Clinical Lead

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Main area: Cognitive Behavioural Therapist Grade NHS AfC: Band 8b Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (one shifted day 12-8) Job ref: 334-CLI-7082222

Site: Lambeth NHS Talking Therapies Town: London Salary: £70,387 - £80,465 per annum inclusive of Inner HCAS Salary period: Yearly Closing: 16/04/2025 23:59

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links, and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth, and Richmond.

We are committed to providing high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for the care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes, and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen, and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.

As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

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 Access Clinical Lead will be an experienced psychological therapist with extensive experience working within an NHS Talking Therapies service and will be part of the management team and work closely with the service lead and deputy service lead. They will play a key role in supporting, inspiring, and guiding the clinical work of their team, with a focus on continuing service improvement.

Main duties of the job

• With support from the Triage manager and the Access Team Lead to manage the day-to-day running of registration, screening, and triage.
• Plan and manage triage capacity to meet completed treatment targets.
• Lead on the recruitment for CSWs and APs to ensure the Access team is fully staffed throughout the year.
• Line manage the team of CSWs and APs, supporting their well-being and development and managing their performance.
• Lead monthly Access team meetings.
• Monitor referral numbers and take steps to increase referrals when needed in order to meet access targets.

Working for our organisation

The post-holder will work within the Lambeth 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, Brixton Rd, and Streatham High Rd. 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 from different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• With support from the Triage manager and the Access Team Lead to manage the day-to-day running of registration, screening, and triage.
• Develop Access policies and procedures to meet changing needs.
• Plan and manage triage capacity to meet completed treatment targets.
• Line manage the team of CSWs and APs, supporting their well-being and development and managing their performance.
• Lead monthly Access team meetings.
• Work closely with the Business Manager and the admin team to ensure the effective team working of the access team.
• Lead on the recruitment for CSWs and APs to ensure the Access team is fully staffed throughout the year.
• Monitor referral numbers and take steps to increase referrals when needed in order to meet access targets.
• Liaise with key stakeholders (e.g. GP leads, Council representatives, voluntary sector) to promote the service.
• Lead the community engagement initiatives in the service.
• 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 continue to undertake advanced and highly specialist continuing professional development in cognitive behavioural psychotherapy.
• To provide high quality specialist CBT supervision.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Qualified therapist in CBT from an IAPT-approved High Intensity training at post-graduate diploma level or equivalent. (A)
• Practitioner accreditation status with BABCP.

Experience

• Experience of providing specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in an IAPT service.

Experience

• Experience of clinically supervising psychological therapists including qualified HIs.

Experience

• Significant experience in staff management including line management, performance management, and appraisal.

Experience

• Experience of managing the day-to-day running and performance of a significant service or function.

Experience

• Experience of developing partnerships and clinical pathways with external services and agencies.

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect, and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice.
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment.
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers, and our staff should be treated with compassion, respect, and dignity.

Please note:

• That all applications for this post will need to be made online.
• That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria.
• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should a sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible.
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not been successful.
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees.
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process.
• That we are a smoke-free Trust.

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion; Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.