Lead Clinical Psychologist in Learning Disabilities, Autism and STOMP

Job summary

We are thrilled to present an exceptional fixed-term opportunity as a Lead Clinical Psychologist within the Southeast London Integrated Care System. We are actively seeking an experienced and autonomous individual to join our LD and Autism (LDA) STOMP team, focusing on behavior assessment, treatment planning, and evaluation for STOMP-eligible service users. Your role will be pivotal in reducing unnecessary psychotropic drugs in primary care and making a positive impact on the lives of individuals with learning disabilities and autism.

As the ideal candidate, you should be self-motivated and possess extensive experience working with LDA service users in the community or primary care settings. Your expertise in service user case management and supporting NHS England's STOMP and STAMP priorities will be essential. Additionally, you should have experience in specialist assessment, intervention, and treatment evaluation for LDA service users, as well as a track record of managing complex caseloads and engaging with multi-disciplinary clinicians and service users.

A secondment opportunity is available for current SLaM and Oxleas employees provided you have your line manager's approval. Joining our team provides an exciting opportunity to actively contribute to the reduction of psychotropic drug use among individuals with learning disabilities and autism, enhancing their overall well-being.

Main duties of the job

If you are looking for a challenge and ready to undertake a specialist role then this may be just the job for you :

Acting as the clinical psychology lead for LDA and STOMP, supporting behavioral support service strategies in STOMP across all six boroughs in SEL ICS.

Conducting timely assessments for service users referred to the STOMP pathway, facilitating care planning and support during medicine optimization.

Leading behaviour support for LDA service users before and during the reduction or optimisation of psychotropic drugs.

Engaging with key team members, stakeholders, LDA service users, their carers, and GPs to facilitate relevant treatment plans, policies, and interventions.

Embedding audit and training programs to improve the competencies of primary care network clinicians in STOMP and behavioral management.

Receiving clinical supervision from the Clinical Director for Adult Learning Disabilities Services (Oxleas) for BBG work and the Consultant Psychologist (MHLD, SLaM) for LSL work. The post holder will have access to peer support from both teams as well as the ICS STOMP team.

About us

The South East London Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together the health and care partners that serve our vibrant and highly diverse populations of residents in the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Greenwich - our Places.

Our partnership brings together six local authorities, over 200 general practices (operating within 35 Primary Care Networks), Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS FT, King's College Hospital NHS FT, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, South London and the Maudsley Mental Health FT and Oxleas FT. Importantly, the ICS seeks to be connected to the communities we serve (circa residents) and work with the widest possible range of community, voluntary, and third-sector groups and organisations in each borough. The reach of our NHS provider portfolios extends beyond the borders of the ICS, across London, the south of England, and nationally for some services.

Our vision for the ICS is a highly performing, sustainable system that looks after its staff, responds to its communities and takes action to reduce the inequalities they experience. As a new organisation we have developed a system development planSouth East London ICS - Integrated Care System ( outlines the way in which we seek to operate and the steps we will take to realise the full potential of our partnership.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology or equivalent, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.

Completion of further post-doctoral post-qualification specialist training including training in supervision

Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a practitioner psychologist.

Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology

Experience

Essential

Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including out service user, community, primary care and in service user settings.

Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, and the threat of physical abuse.

Evidence of having worked as a Clinical Psychologist under supervision in services for people with learning disabilities and or Autism.

Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment for people with learning disabilities

Desirable

Advanced knowledge of psychological assessment, therapy and clinical psychometrics.

Knowledge / Skills

Essential

Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.

Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.

Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.

Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.

Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or challenging behaviour.