 
        To provide Clinical leadership of the Psychotherapy Service. To triage, assess and prioritise referrals to the service, referrals through discussions with the referrers, with close communication with the Medical Secretary. To provide expert advice and consultation for other teams referring to service or seeking a second opinion and provide clinical guidance on care planning. To provide a clinical space for Psychiatric and MDT colleagues to discuss complex cases, including personality disorder, Complex PTSD, and patients with multiple psychiatric co-morbidities:-, to facilitate developing a psychotherapeutic formulation, and aide their care planning, management and treatment. To lead on liaison and collaborative multi-disciplinary and partnership working with other services/agencies within and outside the trust for patients under the care of the service or as part of the referral process. To undertake psychotherapy assessments for patients referred to the service. To carry a psychotherapy clinical caseload of complex patients, in individual and group psychotherapy as required. To provide the psychotherapy training and supervision for all junior doctors in the West area of the trust.