Employer: Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Lincoln and Skegness Talking Therapies
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/02/2025 23:59
Interpersonal Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation NHS Trust (LPFT) delivers an NHS Talking Therapies service. An opportunity has arisen for a qualified Interpersonal Therapist Band 6 to join the Lincolnshire Talking Therapies service based in Lincoln & Skegness. The Service provides evidence-based interventions within a stepped care model, treating people with mild to moderate common mental health problems.
In return we can offer you:
* A well-established, friendly and supportive therapy team.
* Personal and Professional Development opportunities.
* Regular management and clinical supervision.
* Early access to our staff wellbeing service and psychology therapies.
* Excellent working environment.
For further information regarding this post please contact Meika Woods, Team Manager for Lincoln Talking Therapies, on email Meika.woods1@nhs.net or Lauren Andrews Lead counsellor/IPT on Lauren.andrews16@nhs.net.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, be able to work within a team environment and be thoroughly conversant with the use of clinical systems.
The Band 6 Interpersonal Therapist will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing Interpersonal Therapy. The post holder will be expected to hold a clinical caseload and will be provided with clinical supervision.
To acquire the post you will need to have completed the accredited IPT course, be accredited with a professional body and be willing to take further training.
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
2. Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.
3. Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week.
4. Attend meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.
5. Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.
6. Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols.
7. Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place.
8. Undertake psychological assessments of patients referred to the service.
9. Attend CPD and mandatory training provided by the Trust.
10. Provide supervision for other IPT staff as required.
11. Attend clinical supervision.
12. Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating, professional and accrediting bodies.
13. Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.
14. Be aware of, and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of IPT.
15. Ensure clear professional objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with senior therapists.
16. Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.
17. Attend relevant conferences/workshops in line with identified professional objectives.
18. Contribute to the development of best practice within the service.
19. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures.
20. All employees have a duty and responsibility for their own health and safety and the health of safety of others.
21. All employees have a responsibility and a legal obligation to ensure that information processed for both patients and staff is kept accurate, confidential, secure and in line with the Data Protection Act (1998).
Person specification
Qualifications
* Mental health qualification (Registered Nurse, SW, OT, Counsellor, PWP).
* Completion of accredited IPT course.
* Training in supervision.
Experience
* Experience of working in Primary Care services.
* Evidence of experience of working with common mental health problems.
* Worked in a service where agreed targets are in place.
* Research experience.
Skills
* Advanced interpersonal skills.
* Good written and communication skills.
* Excellent organisational skills.
* Ability to use own initiative and work autonomously.
* Ability to undertake psychological assessments of service users.
* Ability to make decisions on suitability of new referrals adhering to referral protocols.
* To formulate service user problems and implement therapeutic IPT interventions.
* Demonstrate working knowledge and understanding of all relevant policies.
This Job Description does not provide an exhaustive list of duties and may be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder in light of service development.
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