Job summary
Are you a Psychologist with a passion for working with young people and their families? Do you believe in keeping young people and their families at the heart of everything you do? Would you like to work in a committed and psychologically-minded multidisciplinary team and service line? Would you like an opportunity for clinical leadership and service development?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Full time Principal Clinical/Psychologist in the East Suffolk Children and Families teams (CAMHS), with a clinical base at Walker Close, Ipswich. The post is permanent and for 37.5 hours a week. We would be pleased to take applications from experienced 8a psychologists wanting the next step in their career or from current 8b psychologists within the specialty or with transferable skills and experience.
We have close links with UEA and take Trainee Clinical Psychologists on placement. There is an opportunity to work as a regional tutor at UEA as part of this role. Do let us know if this is something that you would be interested in.
Our team prides itself on highly skilled practitioners. We learn, develop and work together to ensure the young person and their family/carers receive a tailored package of care based on good assessment and formulation. Our team currently works with young people aged 0-16 years (changing to 0-18 years in the future). We are a secondary mental health service.
You will be a trained Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, registered with the HCPC.
Main duties of the job
You will complement and enhance the existing psychological resources and skills within the team and work alongside and support MDT colleagues. The team works with young people with moderate to severe mental health difficulties and their families and carers, formulated with biopsychosocial models and appreciative of systems and context. As well as direct clinical work, you will contribute to team formulation, consultation, supervision, and skill sharing.
We are continually striving to improve practice in line with evidence base as well as using creative innovative ideas. The postholder will be expected to take a clinical leadership role within the team alongside the Consultant Psychiatrist, and work closely with the Team Manager, making up a senior leadership team within the team. Leadership will include service and team development in line with internal and external transformation, as well as in response to your assessment of need for the team and service users. You will be supervised by the Consultant Clinical Psychologist who works across this team and others. You will also be supported through the Trust Management structures, multi-disciplinary colleagues, and other Principal Psychologists across the Care Group. We aim to provide helpful and reflective spaces to support you and your role, and endeavour to provide a learning environment to facilitate professional development.
About us
NSFT is engaged in a process of significant and exciting change with a new Suffolk-wide care group for Children, Young People and Families, within which this team sits. Recent CQC inspection has shown improvements in the services which we plan to build on as we transform the Suffolk CFYP Services.
We have a new leadership structure and are engaged with internal and external transformation, and psychology is represented at the highest level within this. NSFT in collaboration with alliance partners are striving to deliver a truly biopsychosocial approach within the 'Thrive' framework. This will require significant system changes across Suffolk to move towards a whole system approach and to improve care for our young people and their experience of services.
We believe in our Trust values of together, positively and respectfully with regards to our service users, as well our colleagues
The Child and Family Team East is a core secondary community mental health team. The team works alongside other teams such as Connect (Looked after children), Wellbeing, Schools, ADHD, LD CAMHS, Eating Disorders, Youth and Crisis.
There is a lot of development within the service line, with a focus on outcome measures, people participation, improving assessment, formulation and care planning, building better links with voluntary agencies and other stakeholders, for example.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3000 for external staff only. This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment.
For full a full list of responsibilities and requirements, please see attached job description.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3000 for external staff only. This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment.
For full a full list of responsibilities and requirements, please see attached job description.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or its equivalent, including eligibility for chartered status with the BPS
- Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Further post-qualification, post-graduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Desirable
- Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Experience
Essential
- Specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of people with a wide range of mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity
- Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist and evidence of specialist knowledge gained through practice and ongoing training
- Application of Working in the relevant service to support specialist knowledge Representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts). Experience of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post. Application Form / Interview / References Page | 9 Generic 2016 psychology in different cultural contexts
Desirable
- CAMHS experience
- Representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts).
Skills
Essential
- Use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Assessment, evaluation and management of risk associated with mental ill health and related psychopathology
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively complex, highly technical and clinically highly sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
Desirable
- High level knowledge in the assessment and evaluation of psychological therapies
Knowledge
Essential
- Practitioner level knowledge of at least two models of psychological therapy
- Legislation and its implication for clinical practice and the appropriate management of people presenting with mental health problems
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or its equivalent, including eligibility for chartered status with the BPS
- Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Further post-qualification, post-graduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Desirable
- Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Experience
Essential
- Specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of people with a wide range of mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity
- Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist and evidence of specialist knowledge gained through practice and ongoing training
- Application of Working in the relevant service to support specialist knowledge Representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts). Experience of clinical work in a setting relevant to the post. Application Form / Interview / References Page | 9 Generic 2016 psychology in different cultural contexts
Desirable
- CAMHS experience
- Representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts).
Skills
Essential
- Use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Assessment, evaluation and management of risk associated with mental ill health and related psychopathology
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively complex, highly technical and clinically highly sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
Desirable
- High level knowledge in the assessment and evaluation of psychological therapies
Knowledge
Essential
- Practitioner level knowledge of at least two models of psychological therapy
- Legislation and its implication for clinical practice and the appropriate management of people presenting with mental health problems
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
