Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist - Leeds, United Kingdom - Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Leeds, United Kingdom

3 days ago

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We have an unusual and exciting opportunity for an experienced and innovative Senior Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist to provide psychological therapy to patients admitted to the National Inpatient Centre for Psychological Medicine, and the associated Leeds Liaison Psychiatry Outpatient Service.

The postholder will also work within the Leeds Liaison Psychiatry Outpatient Service. This is well established and one of the largest liaison psychiatry services in the UK. The service works with patients who present with complex persistent physical symptoms and long-term conditions.

This service is closely linked with NICPM, and this allows the postholder to continue psychological therapy with some people after they have been discharged from the ward, when indicated.

The National Inpatient Centre for Psychological Medicine (NICPM) provides a service mainly for people with complex persistent physical symptoms (PPS) from across the UK.

Patients have planned admissions of several months, and the focus is upon biopsychosocial treatment by a specialist multidisciplinary team. Our outcomes and patient feedback show that the treatment can make very significant differences to our patients' lives.

As an integral part of this team, the postholder will provide specialist cognitive behavioural therapy to our patients in a ward setting.

Trauma-focussed therapy is an essential intervention on the unit and the multidisciplinary team actively supports this work with people with complex trauma.

There are opportunities to work in innovative ways, and to gain experience in more complex and unusual presentations.

Alongside the consultant psychiatrist, the psychotherapists guide and supervise the rest of the team in psychological interventions, so ensuring progress is continued throughout the week.

The Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist will work as an autonomous clinician providing specialist cognitive behavioural assessments, formulation and treatment to service users experiencing concurrent physical and psychological problems within a wardbased setting, and an outpatient service
They will provide traumafocussed therapies (traumafocussed CBT or EMDR) when clinically indicated

We are a high quality, high performing NHS foundation trust. We are the main provider of specialist mental health and learning disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York as well as some highly specialised services across the country.

We employ around 3,000 staff and every year we have contact with over 25,000 service users. Our vision is to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice.

Our ambition is to support our service users and carers, our staff and the communities we serve to live healthy and fulfilling lives.

We need people like you to help us achieve our goals; to live our lives free from stigma and discrimination; and to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and mental ill health.

We perform well against local and national targets and in our most recent CQC inspection, 85% of our services were rated good or outstanding.

As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research, and development.

The post holder will provide supervision, consultation, and advice to staff within the ward and wider Leeds Liaison Psychiatry service. There will also be scope to assist in the delivery of specialist training to other professional groups
To provide specialist cognitive behavioural assessments, formulation and treatment to service users experiencing concurrent physical and psychological problems within a wardbased setting, and an outpatient service
To work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team (MDT) consisting of Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Professionals, to provide joint treatment for patients in a specialist inpatient and outpatient setting.
To lead the psychological aspects of the formulation and treatment of patients within NICPM and the outpatient service, (alongside the Clinical Lead/s), and contribute to the overall biopsychosocial formulation.
To liaise with the heads of psychological services around the UK, to establish inpatients' previous therapy and to organise continuation of psychological therapy after discharge from NICPM.
The post holder will be a member of the Liaison Psychiatry CBT team and is required to work closely with CBT colleagues in providing CBT services to the wider department. This will include regular meetings to plan and develop the delivery of the service including clinical, supervisory, and teaching responsibilities.