This is an exciting opportunity for a full-time IAPT Clinical Lead to work within the IAPT part of our service.
The post holder will have responsibility to ensure a high quality, comprehensive psychological service across all clinical areas within Mind in Bexley working with senior managerial, professional colleagues and commissioners to develop a long-term strategic plan for systematic service improvement and development.
The post-holder will provide clinical leadership and will be responsible for the clinical governance of the IAPT service. This will require the successful candidate to work very closely with our IAPT Service Lead, together providing integrated leadership to the IAPT service. You will need to work effectively as a clinical leader within a primary care multidisciplinary setting. You will need to hold self and colleagues to account to ensure the IAPT service delivers safe, effective and timely clinical care in line with the IAPT manual, while also meeting its agreed performance targets.
We are looking for an experienced clinician who has had substantial experience of working and providing leadership within IAPT services. You will need to be qualified either as a Counselling or Clinical Psychologist or as a CBT Therapist, and to hold current accreditation with BABCP, and ensures that IAPT services operate in accordance to NICE guidelines.
You will provide expert clinical and professional leadership, within the IAPT to all psychological therapists within the organisation including supervision as required.
You are required to work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the organisation. In addition, to utilize research skills for audit, policy and service development and to propose and implement policy/clinical changes within the area served by the team/service.