Job summary
Practitioner Psychologist Advert
The South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to appoint a Band 8b psychologist to join the new Children & Young People's Gender Service (London).
This is an exciting new blended role that will work within the Children and Young People's Gender Service and an allocated Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). The CAMHS elementof this role will ideally be a good fit with the Children and Young People'sGender Service and the experience, skills, and preference of the applicant. Please specify in your supporting information your preferred choice. The post will be full time for 2 years (fixed term contract).
This post reflects the Cass Review recommendation that staff should maintain a broad clinical perspective by working across related NHS services to embed the care of childrenandyoung people with gender-related distress within a broader childand adolescent health context.
Practitioner Health and Educational Psychologists will also be considered for this role if they are able to demonstrate significant experience within a children and young people's mental health setting and document the equivalent level of training in an appropriate therapeutic model, either as a core part of training, additional qualification, or substantial number of short courses.
Main duties of the job
The Children and Young People's Gender Serviceprovides assessment and therapeutic support for children and young people that are gender questioning or experiencing gender incongruence. Many of these young people will have co-morbid difficulties including developmental disorders, trauma, low mood and family conflict.
The post holder will work 0.5 wte within the Children and Young People's Gender Service and 0.5wte within an agreed CAMHS - to develop, coordinate and ensure the systematic provision of a highly specialist psychology service across both areas.
About us
The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the country. We aim to utilise the skills, experience, and commitment of our clinicians to provide first class, effective, safe, and innovative care in community Borough based and National and Specialist Inpatient, Outpatient and Day patient multidisciplinary teams.
The Children and Young People's Gender Service (London) is being delivered by a partnership of Evelina London Children's Hospital (part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust), Great Ormond Street Hospital and the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work within the Children and Young People's Gender Service and an agreed CAMHS to
- provide highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for children and young people including trauma, self-harm and neurodevelopmental disorders.
- To take a lead in ensuring a psychologically informed framework for both services
- take an active role in supervision teaching, training and research.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work within the Children and Young People's Gender Service and an agreed CAMHS to
- provide highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for children and young people including trauma, self-harm and neurodevelopmental disorders.
- To take a lead in ensuring a psychologically informed framework for both services
- take an active role in supervision teaching, training and research.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent), or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration.
- Additional training in a specialised area of psychological (e.g. CBT, DBT, neurodevelopmental assessment) practice through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma
- Completed training course in clinical supervision
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in an area of clinical relevance to children and young people with gender diversity and one other area of clinical specialism
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of neurodevelopmental needs of a complex nature.
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training
- Experience of carrying out post-doctoral research, audit or service evaluation projects
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions for children and young people with gender diversity and one other area of clinical specialism
- Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatments
- Advanced knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics
- Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis
Skills
Essential
- To deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences.
- To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences, and hostility to or rejection of information.
- To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and for meetings such as CPAs and case reviews
- To plan allocation of tasks to assistant psychologists
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.
- Ability to manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent), or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration.
- Additional training in a specialised area of psychological (e.g. CBT, DBT, neurodevelopmental assessment) practice through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma
- Completed training course in clinical supervision
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in an area of clinical relevance to children and young people with gender diversity and one other area of clinical specialism
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of neurodevelopmental needs of a complex nature.
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training
- Experience of carrying out post-doctoral research, audit or service evaluation projects
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions for children and young people with gender diversity and one other area of clinical specialism
- Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatments
- Advanced knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics
- Doctoral level knowledge of psychological research methodology and complex statistical analysis
Skills
Essential
- To deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences.
- To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences, and hostility to or rejection of information.
- To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and for meetings such as CPAs and case reviews
- To plan allocation of tasks to assistant psychologists
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.
- Ability to manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self.
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
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).
Employer details
Employer name
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Denmark Hill
Greater London
SE5 8AB
Employer's website
https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
