Principal High Intensity CBT Therapist (Access lead)

This is an exciting opportunity for an accomplished BABCP-accredited CBT Therapist with strong leadership skills and a passion for improving access, reducing inequalities and delivering excellent clinical outcomes. The successful candidate will lead the service's access and assessment pathways, ensuring patients receive timely, equitable and effective care whilst supporting the achievement of NHS Talking Therapies national objectives.,

• Leading the service's access, assessment and referral pathways, ensuring patients are offered timely and equitable access to care.
• Driving performance againstNHS Talking Therapies access, waiting time, recovery and engagement targets.
• Providing expert clinical leadership and consultation for complex and high-risk clinical presentations.
• Maintaining a small specialist caseload and delivering highly specialised CBT interventions where appropriate.
• Providing clinical supervision, mentorship and professional leadership to support workforce development and clinical excellence.
• Using service performance data to identify trends, improve patient flow, reduce waiting lists and enhance service outcomes.
• Leading quality improvement, service transformation and innovation projects to enhance patient experience and effectiveness.
• Working collaboratively with primary care, secondary care, community organisations and commissioners to improve access and reduce health inequalities.
• Leading on audits, service evaluation, incident reviews and quality assurance activities.
  
  Croydon NHS Talking Therapies is an ambitious, high-performing service committed to delivering evidence-based psychological therapies and outstanding patient care. We are seeking an experienced and inspirational Principal CBT Therapist & Access Lead to join our senior leadership team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the service., The post-holder will work within the Croydon NHS Talking Therapies Service. The service consists of approximately 100 WTE clinical and administration staff providing a service across Croydon. The main service bases are at the Bethlem Royal Hospital and Central Croydon. This is a borough of high social and psychological needs with considerable cultural diversity. The service sees clients with a wide range of common mental health problems and varying levels of severity. Many clients present with multiple problems including social, housing and employment issues. The postholder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.