Overview
Job title: Step 4 High Intensity Therapist - Hybrid (example placeholder from listing). This position is based at The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool, UK. The listing includes information on service scope, organisation, and context for NMOSD care and counselling/psychotherapy services. This description retains the content provided, focusing on responsibilities, qualifications, and context as described in the original posting.
Responsibilities
* To provide a qualified time-limited counselling service to patients referred to the NMOSD team in NMOSD clinics.
* To formulate and implement coherent treatment and/or management plans for patients presenting psychological difficulties based on an appropriate conceptual framework and employ therapeutic interventions most appropriate to the individual case.
* To provide signposting information and advice to patients regarding accessing psychological support and community engagement with NHS, statutory and Third Sector organisations as appropriate.
* When necessary, arrange onward referral of patients to other NHS and non-NHS teams and organisations.
* To offer advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to the NMOSD team and wider professional groups including GPs, primary and community teams.
* To liaise with other NHS and community services as appropriate.
* To monitor and audit evidence-based practice.
* To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of patients.
* To work within professional guidelines and the WCFT framework of policies and procedures.
Teaching, Training and Supervision
* To receive regular clinical professional supervision.
* To gain additional highly specialist experience and skills relevant to clinical counselling/psychotherapy.
* To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working within the NMOSD team.
Management, Recruitment, Policy and Service Development
* To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring, service evaluation and audit.
Research and Service Evaluation
* To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and with other team members.
* To undertake project management, including audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within the service to help develop service provision.
IT Responsibilities
* To maintain professional and personal records on computer, as appropriate.
* To enter data onto local Trust IT systems and databases, as appropriate.
* To utilise IT methodologies, such as e-mail and the internet, to access clinical and professional information and to communicate with colleagues.
General
* To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice.
* To maintain high standards of clinical record keeping, including electronic data entry and reporting, and to adhere to professional codes of practice and Trust policies.
* To stay up to date with legislation and local/national policies relevant to the client group and mental health.
Additional Notes
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities. The post holder may undertake other duties within the grade of the job, in discussion with the manager. The job description will be reviewed regularly in light of service changes. The post holder is expected to comply with Trust policies, including Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Confidentiality of Information, and clinical governance including research governance.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Essential: Qualified Counsellor / Psychotherapist, current registrant on a PSA-accredited register (BACP, BPC, UKCP, NCS, COSCA, UKAHPP) OR Qualified Counselling Psychologist, current HCPC registrant, with CBT experience OR substantial post-qualification experience of generic counselling.
* Continued professional development including knowledge of other clinical modalities and theoretical models.
* Desirable: Specialist training relevant to long-term/neurological conditions.
Knowledge & Experience
* Essential: Experience of working therapeutically with populations with long-term health conditions; experience delivering evidence-based psychological interventions; ability to manage a caseload; strong written communication; ongoing professional development.
* Desirable: Experience with complex physical health conditions; multidisciplinary team work; teaching and liaison with other professionals; experience with audit.
Skills & Attributes
* Essential: Excellent verbal and written communication; IT proficiency; ability to communicate sensitive clinical information effectively.
* Desirable: Knowledge of CBT applications for difficult-to-treat groups.
Other
* Essential: Understanding of anxiety and depression in rare neurological disorders; ability to work in a team; ability to work under pressure; commitment to evidence-based therapies; willingness to engage in supervision and personal development; alignment with Trust values.
* Desirable: Knowledge of medications used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems.
Additional Compliance and Sponsorship
* Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check: Post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and DBS disclosure.
* Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers requiring skilled worker sponsorship are welcome.
* UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer details
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Lower Lane, Liverpool, L9 7LJ. Website: https://www.thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk/
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