Clinical Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

The postholder will work with the multi-disciplinary ARD team to provide comprehensive clinical psychology assessments and intervention, and includes the following roles:

To provide a specialist psychology assessment, including cognitive assessment where deemed appropriate, and interventions with children and young people with complex presentations associated with their neurodevelopmental and associated mental health needs.

To undertake routine outcome measures, audit, service evaluation and research.

To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.

To provide specialist psychological assessment (including young person and parent/carer interviews, cognitive assessment where deemed appropriate), consultation and evidence based interventions with children and young people with complex presentations associated with neurodevelopmental and associated mental health needs.

To provide clinical supervision to more junior staff, functioning as a senior clinical psychologist in the ARD Team and wider SCAAND service.

To contribute to routine client outcomes, service evaluation, audit and research.

To oversee good clinical governance.

To contribute to the leadership of the team including service development/ planning within the ARD Team and the wider SCAAND service.

To work as an autonomous professional within HCPC professional guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration
• Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist

Desirable

• Training and/or experience in autism specific assessments e.g. ADOS-2

Experience

Essential

• Experience of receiving clinical supervision across a range of client needs
• Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of children and young people with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature with ASD and associated mental health difficulties and/or challenging behaviour
• Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience

Understanding and Knowledge

Essential

• Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment of children and young people with autism spectrum disorder and associated mental health difficulties and/or challenging behaviour
• Knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics

Skills

Essential

• To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources
• To be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials

Abilities

Essential

• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support an maintain clinical practice consistent with BPS and HCPC standards

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Michael Rutter Centre, Maudsley Hospital

De Crespigny Park

London

SE5 8AZ

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)