Senior Clinician - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
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Cambridge, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) is an established provider of the national programme, 'NHS Talking Therapies' formerly known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies' (IAPT).

The service provides stepped care treatment for people with mild, moderate and severe common mental health problems such as anxiety and depression.


An exciting opportunity has arisen for 3 x Senior Clinicians to join the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Talking Therapies (CPTT) based in Huntingdon team, Peterborough team, and Fenland (March & Wisbech) team.

However, as a senior clinician you may support wider service as appropriate.


This post holder will undertake duties such as providing line management and clinical supervision to staff in the team as well as deputising for the team leader as appropriate.

As a senior clinician in the team a high level of autonomy is required for this post in order to support the leadership of the service and ensure we are achieving monthly performance indicators.


Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.


Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community.

These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

  • The CPFT Talking Therapies service is required to provide a stepped care model of treatment for people mainly experiencing anxiety and depression in primary care.
The post holder will work with the clinical lead and supervisors to be involved with:


  • Ensuring clinical interventions are implemented in line with the latest NICE guidelines for psychological interventions.
  • Protocols and arrangements are in place so that people can be stepped up and down to and from the service as required.
  • Procedures are in place for operation of the service.
  • Clinical governance arrangements are in place to cover all of the clinical activity.
  • Staff are appropriately skilled and trained to deliver the service and to provide supervision.
  • Supervision arrangements are in place for all elements of service delivery.
  • Provide high intensity evidence based psychological interventions for some of the more complex cases referred to the team.
  • Adhere to all clinical policies and procedures.
  • Maintain high clinical standards in all aspects of the work.
  • Provide clinical supervision in the service.
  • Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management in line with Trust and interagency policies and procedures, including work with clients deemed as vulnerable adults.
  • Take special responsibility for the assessment of risk in relation to the presentation of clients with complex psychological needs, enabling other members of the service to assign them to the appropriate place on the care pathway.
  • Communicate, in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, to clients, family carers and others as appropriate, information that may be contentious or highly distressing concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care.
  • Produce reports on clients, in a timely manner, that convey the key findings of psychological assessment and formulation and treatment outcome in a way that does justice to the complexity of the problems described, but that are understandable to the recipients of the reports, including clients and referrers.
  • Work in partnership with other disciplines and to maintain links with statutory and nonstatutory agencies as appropriate.
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