Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Task and Responsibilities

· To lead, manage and plan the delivery of outcomes measurement and reporting across all teams in Bromley CAMHS.

· To lead on the operational and clinical use of POD in Bromley CAMHS as an electronic outcome monitoring system, liaising/collaborating with the CAMHS outcomes lead to support POD development and adaptation of processes where required.

· To provide specialist supervision, consultation and training to clinicians for their utilisation of routine outcome measures in clinical practice.

· To provide specialist outcomes focused supervision to Assistant psychologists working within teams to support and improve the use of outcome measures, providing feedback within teams and in the assimilation of data to be fed-back through a variety of means and in different settings.

· To lead on the assimilation and appropriate presentation of outcomes data, including report writing for presentation in a variety of forums

· To manage the workload of the data collecting group. To report on progress of data collection and quality to Operational and Clinical leads, and CAMHS-wide and contribute to Directorate level Annual Plan and produce other reports as requested by Commissioners.

· To be responsible to the Bromley CAMHS Service Manager for the monitoring and implementation of clinical standards in relation to clinical outcomes

· To develop and support initiatives to improve the meaningful use of outcome measures across the service

· To deliver highly specialist clinical assessments and interventions as a senior clinician within CAMHS, supporting on clinical pathways and service developments as required.

Management responsibilities

· To lead on the operational and clinical use of POD in Bromley CAMHS as an electronic outcome monitoring system, liaising/collaborating with the CAMHS outcomes lead to support POD development and adaptation of processes where required.

· To ensure appropriate systems are in place for the clinical and professional supervision of Assistant Psychologists within the service. To actively work to support the professional development of assistant psychologists employed within the service, in conjunction with the psychology team, in their progression to clinical psychology training

· To provide professional, clinical and management supervision to less senior practitioners, assistants and trainees and the work of other professions as appropriate and having completed the relevant training.

· To advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.

· To manage the workloads of clinical psychologists, assistant and graduate psychologists, within the framework of the team/service’s policies and procedures.

· To manage the workload of the data collecting group. To report on progress of data collection and quality to the Bromley Management Group and CAMHS- wide clinical outcomes group (COG) providing written reports as requested. To contribute to Directorate level Annual Report and Plan and to produce other reports as requested by Commissioners.

· To ensure the timely delivery of requested reports, including but not limited to, the Bromley CAMHS annual report, the Tri-Borough Annual report, and 6 monthly borough reports.

Leadership

· To work with team managers, clinical leads and the service manager to embed the use of clinical outcomes within teams and the service, including the use of POD

· To provide leadership on how outcomes data can be used to shape service delivery and improvement

· To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence- based practice in individual work and work with other team members

· To coordinate and organise multi-faceted outcomes activities service-wide and contribute to chairing the Three Borough Clinical Outcomes group as required.

· To lead on recruitment of assistant psychologists supporting outcomes work within the service, in liaison with team managers and the lead clinical psychologist

· To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to clinical psychology and mental health.

· To support the development of psychology and non-psychology colleges, both directly in supervision and PDR, and indirectly.

· To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the postholder’s professional and service manager(s).

Clinical

· To provide specialist psychological assessments of children and young people referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.

· To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems and other relevant issues, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.

· To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.

· To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.

· To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically-based standard care plans.

· To contribute to overall service delivery and development as required.

· To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.

· To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically-based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies.

· To 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.