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It's a really exciting time to be part of diabetes care with the introduction of new treatment technologies that require our truly multi-disciplinary holistic approach. We're an innovative and nationally-recognised consultant-led service that embraces psychological interventions to support the wellbeing of our patients. We now have a rare and exciting opportunity for a qualified, accredited and experienced psychotherapist to contribute to the delivery of Diabetes Care For You (DCFY), a multi-disciplinary team providing holistic care to adults 18+ living with diabetes in Brighton & Hove, High Weald, Lewes & Havens. Interested candidates are encouraged to talk through our opportunities for full or part time working Monday-Friday, based at Moulsecoomb Health Centre, just off the A27 with free car-parking. The role is varied and involves travel to other sites as required.
As the Lead Psychological Practitioner in DCFY, you will provide quality psychological triage, assessment and hold a small caseload of time-limited psychotherapy treatment to patients living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes with mild to moderate anxiety and/or depression. All the psychotherapy team attend the service-wide MDT to input therapeutically to wider team case discussions. You’ll have ample opportunity to utilise your clinical supervision skills, supporting a small team of psychotherapists, working collectively to ensure timely interventions are provided either individually or as part of structured group therapy. You’ll also contribute to the leadership of the wider service, working with team leads from the other disciplines, ie dietetics, medical and nursing, podiatry and operational colleagues. You'll have regular contact with wider partners including the locally provided LTC Talking Therapies services and secondary mental healthcare.
You’ll need to have experience of supporting others and managing service delivery through meeting key performance indicators (KPIs). Enthusiasm for parity of esteem is a must, as is the ability to provide consultation across the team. The team is well supported operationally and managerially, working closely with Leads as required.
1. Job overview
a) To lead our specialist psychology service to patients living with diabetes within the community diabetes service, Diabetes Care for You. You will provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to GP’s, secondary care diabetes and mental health services, non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers. Working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures, you will be accountable for the psychological service delivery including responsibility for the day-to-day management of the other psychotherapy team members.
You will assist with the holistic care of patients living with diabetes and the provision of clinical health psychology services to adults with diabetes within the Brighton, Hove, High Weald, Lewes and Havens (HWL&H) catchment area. This will entail providing psychotherapy in a variety of community settings across East Sussex and virtually as appropriate. Service provision within this scope will involve liaison with more than one team and travelling to different sites in Brighton and the High Weald Lewes & Havens part of East Sussex.
You will be required to utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the service. You will also be involved in networking with other relevant services and offering training and consultation with regards to psychological aspects of diabetes care where appropriate.
You’ll be a member of the Trust’s Psychological Professionals Forum, which offers professional and peer support with other psychological practitioners working in a variety of health care settings. We ensure there are additional opportunities to join peer supervision groups and attend CPD events.
2. Communication and working relationships
a) Liaise with other team members and partners, including other psychological practitioners and mental health professionals, primary care, secondary care mental health services, physical healthcare providers, family members/ carers and other relevant agencies responsible for the client’s care.
b) Provision of a psychotherapy service to patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes within our consultant-led, multi-disciplinary team (MDT). Working alongside other psychological practitioners and health care professionals (ie consultants, diabetes specialist nurses, dietitians, podiatrists, and support staff) within Diabetes Care For You (DCF) to provide time limited evidence based psychological assessments and therapy. Regularly liaising between team leads of the various disciplines and contributing to the wider service development as a member of the DCFY senior management and leadership team. To advise both operational and clinical management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing and identify how changes can be managed and implemented.
c) To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care. This will include assessment of risk both of own patients and of those within the psychotherapy team. Providing support and guidance alongside regular clinical professional supervision to members of the psychotherapy team.
d) To deliver presentations and specialist training on issue specific to psychology and mental health as required to various audiences. Provision of psychological advice and clinical consultancy to other members of the MDT and senior professional colleagues as appropriate.
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