Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)
1. To demonstrate the Trust’s values in everything you do in the work environment and live up the LPT Pledge
2. To be responsible in the use and expenditure of the Trust’s resources that you utilise
3. Delivery of Effective Healthcare within the organisation
3.1 Be responsible for the management and treatment, by psychotherapy, of patients with severe and complex problems, and manage difficult emotional situations with sensitivity, skill and understanding. These patients will include those with severe and intractable difficulties including patients with personality disorders.
3.2 Manage, under supervision, the organisation of a complex clinical caseload (including arranging weekly consultations and a diary) in line with targets agreed with the Consultant Adult Psychotherapist.
3.3 Following the appropriate induction and training undertake specialised risk assessments and risk management with individual patients in line with the principles of psychodynamic psychotherapy and provide advice on aspects of risk to other clinicians and services, as necessary and based on psychoanalytic understanding.
4 Following the appropriate induction and training undertake specialist assessments of referrals for psychodynamic psychotherapy, under regular supervision, based upon knowledge, understanding, and the integration of psychoanalytic concepts and evidence-based practice, and awareness of the range of treatments available.
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