Job overview
The East of England Gambling Service is run by CNWL NHS Foundation Trust, which has over 15 years of experience providing pioneering NHS gambling treatment across the UK. We partner with Inclusion (Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust) which delivers gambling treatment across the West Midlands region. Both Trusts have extensive experience providing addictions and psychological treatment and care to a wide range of service users.
We would welcome your application for the role of Highly Specialised and Senior Psychological Therapist. Joining the team, you will share your specific expertise in a modality of psychological therapy at a Highly Specialised level to help sustain and develop the service as well as also providing clinical leadership to the service, within a senior clinical team.
Working alongside other Highly Specialised Psychological Therapists you will have strategic support from the Clinical Lead. This role is crucial in the responsibility for ensuring the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist East of England Gambling Service.
A key part of the role is to supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by PWPs, Counsellors, Psychotherapists, CBT therapists, psychologists, psychological therapists (as appropriate), and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
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The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist East of England Gambling Service psychological therapy service to clients with common mental health problems.
The post holder will assist the Clinical Lead and utilise delegated responsibility as appropriate in ensuring the effective high-quality clinical functioning of the service.
To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by PWPs, Counsellors, Psychotherapists, CBT therapists, psychologists, psychological therapists (as appropriate), and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
As well as providing clinical expertise in an area of psychological therapy, the senior psychological therapy lead also ensures the service’s vision, business model, clinical quality, productivity and KPIs are consistently and systematically delivered.
The post holder will ensure ongoing quality improvements are established to improve delivery and will ensure supervision is robust and clinical pathways meet the requirements of the East of England Gambling Service and the evidence base.
Working for our organisation
Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex.
We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health. We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide.
We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are. Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details. A summary is below:
Provide clinical leadership for East of England Gambling Service and associated consultation, training and clinical supervision to other team members.
• Provide evidence based psychological therapy within your specified modality to a more complex clinical population, that cannot be met in a standard East of England Gambling Service pathway, but still meet the ‘top end’ criteria.
• To provide clinical leadership to the service and operate within the senior leadership team
• Ensure services meet the national competency frameworks, ensuring workforce compliance with NICE approved therapies and relevant psychological therapy / supervision competency frameworks (e.g Roth & Pilling).
• With the clinical lead, provide a quality feedback framework, by inputting to incident report reviews, critical incidents and serious incident reports, providing feedback and supporting staff, whilst assisting in identifying themes for improvements.
• Contribute to the implementation of specialist area pathways and provide ongoing monitoring.
• Engage in research activity within the services, providing a point of contact and a conduit to research colleagues.
This role is not eligble for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn
***MPFT INTERNAL APPLICANTS*** Senior Practitioner employer: Inclusion Services
Inclusion Recovery Hampshire is an exceptional employer dedicated to supporting individuals in their recovery journey, particularly those affected by alcohol use. With a strong focus on employee wellbeing, comprehensive training, and a collaborative work culture, staff are empowered to make a meaningful impact in the community while enjoying opportunities for personal and professional growth. Located in South Hampshire, our team thrives in a supportive environment that values compassion, inclusivity, and evidence-based practices, making it an ideal place for passionate individuals to contribute to positive change.
