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A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Lambeth Talking Therapies is looking to recruit a 14‑month fixed‑term Access Team Lead to join our team. We will work closely with the rest of the management team to promote and support the delivery of the service. We are a friendly, supportive and innovative team of individuals, committed to supporting staff development through high‑quality supervision and opportunities for growth.
Position Details
- Role: Access Team Lead
- Contract: Fixed term, 14 months
- Band: 8A + Inner London Weighting
- Location: Brixton, Stockwell and Streatham bases; 1‑2 days per week required in office, remainder remote.
Key Responsibilities
Planning, Managing and Evaluating the Delivery of Access Services
- Assess service need at triage and determine current and future capacity requirements.
- Plan and manage the recruitment process to meet need.
- Monitor and evaluate service activity and outcomes.
- Manage induction, training and development of Access staff.
- Liaise with SPA and STS to ensure appropriate referral and high‑quality service delivery.
- Develop and update policies and procedures for high‑quality clinical services.
- Commission and monitor external provision of triage services as agreed.
Team Management
- Agree job plans, performance targets and development goals with team through annual appraisal; monitor and support staff.
- Foster a supportive, performance‑focused team ethos through interaction, communication and supervision.
- Provide day‑to‑day line management for team (annual leave, sickness, etc).
- Induct new team members, agree job plans, train and support them, and meet regularly for development.
- Ensure good two‑way communication between staff and service management via monthly team meetings and informal links.
Service Leadership
- Share responsibility for service direction and development; active role in monthly service management meetings; lead team and whole‑team meetings.
- Provide regular reports on activity and performance of the Access team and highlight issues needing attention.
- Identify aspects of the service that could be improved; initiate and implement service development projects.
- Take lead in agreed areas of development and service delivery.
- Participate in recruitment of CSWs as needed.
- Contribute to consultation and engagement of service users in planning and development.
- Listen and respond, and appropriately manage patient complaints.
- Participate in clinical governance initiatives as agreed by the directorate clinical governance committee.
- Contribute to a culture that values outcome measures and user involvement for service improvement.
Clinical
- Provide expertise in a highly specialist clinical area for clients with anxiety or depression within an IAPT framework.
- Deliver NICE‑recommended, formulation‑driven psychological interventions and adapt them for specific needs.
- Provide specialist assessment and clinical formulation to clients with complex mental health needs.
- Provide psychological reports, including formulation, opinion and interventions to inform referrers and service users.
- Select and deliver evidence‑based treatments; monitor outcomes, modify and adapt interventions.
- Collect and enter clinical outcome data sessionally; interpret outcome measures for treatment planning.
- Work autonomously within BPS/BABCP/HCPC guidelines and service policies.
- Travel to community settings and across the Trust when required.
- Contribute to effective team working and a psychologically informed framework for the service area.
- Communicate skilfully and sensitively complex information with clients, carers, colleagues and other professionals, addressing sensory and cultural barriers.
- Maintain clear, accurate and up‑to‑date records of all clinical activity.
- Assess and monitor risk; create appropriate risk management plans.
- Advise colleagues on specialist psychological care.
- Respond to emotionally distressing situations and support others involved.
- Provide services at various locations in Lambeth borough.
- Provide information and signposting for patients who do not meet eligibility criteria.
- Refer people with more severe common mental health problems to secondary‑care psychological therapies.
- Work closely with IAPT team to ensure clear referral pathways.
- Maintain a clinical caseload in line with activity targets agreed with line manager.
Teaching, Training and Supervision
- Receive regular clinical and professional supervision from senior psychologist/psychotherapist per guidelines.
- Contribute to knowledge and skill base within Lambeth IAPT; stay aware of developments in psychology, CBT and IAPT.
- Provide professional, managerial and clinical supervision to HI CBT therapists, PWPs, trainees, assistant psychologists and other junior staff, including live supervision.
- Deliver and promote outcome‑focused supervision; participate in LI and HI supervisors groups.
- Provide service‑level risk management; partake in on‑call risk rota.
- Provide specialist training to other professions as appropriate.
- Plan and undertake teaching and training for pre‑ and post‑qualification psychologists and specialised training as appropriate.
- Provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi‑disciplinary staff where appropriate.
Research and Service Development
- Assist in developing a strong research culture that values outcome measures for practice improvement.
- Encourage critical evaluation of practice and undertake research.
- Use theory and literature to support evidence‑based practice in clinical work, supervision, teaching and consultations.
- Communicate and disseminate research and service evaluation information to inform practice.
- Initiate, undertake and supervise service evaluation and audit.
- Disseminate findings through presentations and published articles.
Professional Practice
- Work autonomously and maintain standards of practice adhering to BPS/BABCP/UKCP guidelines and service policies.
- Ensure CPD in line with BPS/BABCP/UKCP and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements.
- Stay aware of advances in CBT, other psychological therapies and the IAPT programme.
- Work in accordance with CBT principles and the Clinical Governance Framework policies.
General
- Participate in business and professional meetings within IAPT service and Lambeth Directorate.
- Travel to GP practices, service meetings and other meetings as appropriate.
- Regularly work one evening and occasionally Saturday work as required.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Qualified and experienced HI therapist.
- NHS Talking Therapies supervisor.
- Previous experience managing projects and improving services.
- Energy, drive and passion for providing best care.
Benefits
- Generous pay, pensions and leave package (dependent on role and length of service).
- Career development opportunities: mentoring, coaching, leadership programmes and talent programmes.
- Car lease with competitive deals.
- Accommodation benefits – keyworker housing on selected sites.
- NHS discounts up to 10% off a variety of retail brands.
- Access to SLaM counselling services.
- Well‑being events.
- Long‑service awards.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Season ticket loan.
- Staff restaurants.
Company: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Location: London
Job Description:
A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Lambeth Talking Therapies is looking to recruit a 14‑month fixed‑term Access Team Lead to join our team. We will work closely with the rest of the management team to promote and support the delivery of the service. We are a friendly, supportive and innovative team of individuals, committed to supporting staff development through high‑quality supervision and opportunities for growth.
Position Details
- Role: Access Team Lead
- Contract: Fixed term, 14 months
- Band: 8A + Inner London Weighting
- Location: Brixton, Stockwell and Streatham bases; 1‑2 days per week required in office, remainder remote.
Key Responsibilities
Planning, Managing and Evaluating the Delivery of Access Services
- Assess service need at triage and determine current and future capacity requirements.
- Plan and manage the recruitment process to meet need.
- Monitor and evaluate service activity and outcomes.
- Manage induction, training and development of Access staff.
- Liaise with SPA and STS to ensure appropriate referral and high‑quality service delivery.
- Develop and update policies and procedures for high‑quality clinical services.
- Commission and monitor external provision of triage services as agreed.
Team Management
- Agree job plans, performance targets and development goals with team through annual appraisal; monitor and support staff.
- Foster a supportive, performance‑focused team ethos through interaction, communication and supervision.
- Provide day‑to‑day line management for team (annual leave, sickness, etc).
- Induct new team members, agree job plans, train and support them, and meet regularly for development.
- Ensure good two‑way communication between staff and service management via monthly team meetings and informal links.
Service Leadership
- Share responsibility for service direction and development; active role in monthly service management meetings; lead team and whole‑team meetings.
- Provide regular reports on activity and performance of the Access team and highlight issues needing attention.
- Identify aspects of the service that could be improved; initiate and implement service development projects.
- Take lead in agreed areas of development and service delivery.
- Participate in recruitment of CSWs as needed.
- Contribute to consultation and engagement of service users in planning and development.
- Listen and respond, and appropriately manage patient complaints.
- Participate in clinical governance initiatives as agreed by the directorate clinical governance committee.
- Contribute to a culture that values outcome measures and user involvement for service improvement.
Clinical
- Provide expertise in a highly specialist clinical area for clients with anxiety or depression within an IAPT framework.
- Deliver NICE‑recommended, formulation‑driven psychological interventions and adapt them for specific needs.
- Provide specialist assessment and clinical formulation to clients with complex mental health needs.
- Provide psychological reports, including formulation, opinion and interventions to inform referrers and service users.
- Select and deliver evidence‑based treatments; monitor outcomes, modify and adapt interventions.
- Collect and enter clinical outcome data sessionally; interpret outcome measures for treatment planning.
- Work autonomously within BPS/BABCP/HCPC guidelines and service policies.
- Travel to community settings and across the Trust when required.
- Contribute to effective team working and a psychologically informed framework for the service area.
- Communicate skilfully and sensitively complex information with clients, carers, colleagues and other professionals, addressing sensory and cultural barriers.
- Maintain clear, accurate and up‑to‑date records of all clinical activity.
- Assess and monitor risk; create appropriate risk management plans.
- Advise colleagues on specialist psychological care.
- Respond to emotionally distressing situations and support others involved.
- Provide services at various locations in Lambeth borough.
- Provide information and signposting for patients who do not meet eligibility criteria.
- Refer people with more severe common mental health problems to secondary‑care psychological therapies.
- Work closely with IAPT team to ensure clear referral pathways.
- Maintain a clinical caseload in line with activity targets agreed with line manager.
Teaching, Training and Supervision
- Receive regular clinical and professional supervision from senior psychologist/psychotherapist per guidelines.
- Contribute to knowledge and skill base within Lambeth IAPT; stay aware of developments in psychology, CBT and IAPT.
- Provide professional, managerial and clinical supervision to HI CBT therapists, PWPs, trainees, assistant psychologists and other junior staff, including live supervision.
- Deliver and promote outcome‑focused supervision; participate in LI and HI supervisors groups.
- Provide service‑level risk management; partake in on‑call risk rota.
- Provide specialist training to other professions as appropriate.
- Plan and undertake teaching and training for pre‑ and post‑qualification psychologists and specialised training as appropriate.
- Provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi‑disciplinary staff where appropriate.
Research and Service Development
- Assist in developing a strong research culture that values outcome measures for practice improvement.
- Encourage critical evaluation of practice and undertake research.
- Use theory and literature to support evidence‑based practice in clinical work, supervision, teaching and consultations.
- Communicate and disseminate research and service evaluation information to inform practice.
- Initiate, undertake and supervise service evaluation and audit.
- Disseminate findings through presentations and published articles.
Professional Practice
- Work autonomously and maintain standards of practice adhering to BPS/BABCP/UKCP guidelines and service policies.
- Ensure CPD in line with BPS/BABCP/UKCP and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements.
- Stay aware of advances in CBT, other psychological therapies and the IAPT programme.
- Work in accordance with CBT principles and the Clinical Governance Framework policies.
General
- Participate in business and professional meetings within IAPT service and Lambeth Directorate.
- Travel to GP practices, service meetings and other meetings as appropriate.
- Regularly work one evening and occasionally Saturday work as required.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Qualified and experienced HI therapist.
- NHS Talking Therapies supervisor.
- Previous experience managing projects and improving services.
- Energy, drive and passion for providing best care.
Benefits
- Generous pay, pensions and leave package (dependent on role and length of service).
- Career development opportunities: mentoring, coaching, leadership programmes and talent programmes.
- Car lease with competitive deals.
- Accommodation benefits – keyworker housing on selected sites.
- NHS discounts up to 10% off a variety of retail brands.
- Access to SLaM counselling services.
- Well‑being events.
- Long‑service awards.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Season ticket loan.
- Staff restaurants.
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Posted: April 22nd, 2026