KEY RELATIONSHIPS *Service Manager *Clinical Lead for Clinical Psychology *CMHT's, and specialist team managers *Primary Care colleagues KEY RESPONSIBILITIES A: Clinical responsibilities *Responsible for providing highly specialised psychological assessment and treatment for adult and older adult patients living in the community *To liaise with appropriate professionals and to contribute to multi-disciplinary case discussions/planning meetings. *To work collaboratively and flexibly with the multi professional teams within primary care networks to co-ordinate a coherent bio/psycho/social approach towards patients presenting with psychological distress *To liaise with appropriate professionals and to contribute to multi-disciplinary case discussions/planning meetings. *Responsible for updating electronic patient record systems and other IT functions *To be responsible for own work and interventions with even the most complex presentations and for interpretation of agreed guidelines and policies as an autonomous practitioner, and to seek consultation appropriately from clinical supervisor and colleagues. B: Service development responsibilities *To actively contribute to the development and implementation of therapeutic interventions for patients with mental ill health. *To provide psychological knowledge and skills to members of the multi disciplinary teams to facilitate team and service development. *To contribute to the strategic planning of the community mental health service transformation. *To work in auditing and evaluating specific areas of work including standard outcome measures. *To contribute to the development of service evaluation. C: Clinical supervision, Teaching and Training *To lead and professionally supervise less experienced psychology/therapy staff and trainees. *To contribute to organising and undertaking teaching and training in relevant psychological skills. *To support placements for trainee staff in line with professional practice. *To develop a personal professional development plan with the appropriate operational manager and professional lead; to be updated annually, and to participate in the annual review process. *To support colleagues across primary and secondary care mental health services as appropriate D: Professional *To fully observe the HCPC (2008) Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethic, BPS (1996) Code of Conduct and DCP (1995) Professional Practice Guidelines. *To maintain and further develop high standards of psychology practice through co-operative work with members of the oragnisational and clinical leadership, through audit and supervision and other governance activities. *To be aware of and adhere to Trust policies and procedures. E: Clinical Governance *To promote the use of evidence based interventions with regard to urgent care services as recommended by NICE guidance. *To participate in and promote clinical governance across urgent care services. *To liaise with other disciplines and agencies, as appropriate, to ensure best practice is shared. F: Research and Development: *To support and facilitate R&D activities. *To initiate and undertake research in topic areas relevant to the work of the service as agreed and appropriate.