Job summary
We are hoping to recruit an accredited Clinical Psychologist to join our team, delivering high quality care and treatment to young people in North Bristol.
We are a service working with children and young people with complex mental health needs. We use the CAPA model of assessment and treatment, which would involve working with a variety of clinical presentations and needs, including: suicidal thoughts, low mood, anxiety, OCD and emerging psychosis, often alongside neurodiversity. We also have a lot of referrals for young people with disordered eating and diagnosed Eating Disorders, and there are opportunities to work within this clinic if this is something you are interested in.
There is scope to make this role your own, thinking with the Team Leadership Group about the rich skills and experience you would be bringing with you, and leading change in our diverse and dynamic service.
North Bristol is an area of significant disparities in health, wealth and access. We are committed to working in a manner which is inclusive and anti-oppressive, and invite applications from staff who share these values.
Main duties of the job
With the role, you would use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to improving the mental health of young people working with North Bristol CAMHS.
Using your professional skills and experience, you would be providing highly specialist clinical psychology assessment/treatment and consultation service to children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties and their families who are referred to CAMHS.
Depending on your skills and areas of interest, you would be working with young people with a range of clinical presentations, including: low mood, anxiety, OCD, deliberate self-harm, psychosis, trauma, concurrent neurodevelopmental disorders including ASC and ADHD, and/or Eating Disorders.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy to patients and carers as appropriate to the service.
To provide highly specialist advice and consultation on clients formulation and psychological management to other non-psychologist colleagues.
To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of patients by the various teams in the area and where appropriate outside of the area.
To clinically supervise/line manage trainee clinical psychologists, assistant psychologists, CAPs and less experienced psychology staff, and other professionals.
To contribute to audit, research, policy and service development within the areas served by the Psychological Therapies Service.
To develop and deliver training in psychological therapies for multidisciplinary staff.
To provide a highly specialist clinical psychology assessment/treatment and consultation service to children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties and their families who are referred to CAMHS. To provide clinical skills in a particular area of expertise such asneurodevelopmental disorders including ASC and ADHD, CBT, Trauma or Eating Disorders.
To provide consultation and advice in area of specialism to colleagues in the team and other agencies.
To support the CAMHS team with service evaluation and audit to include supporting the service in becoming more accessible and inclusive to the diverse local population served by this CAMHS team.
To provide training as needed to other members of the multidisciplinary team on psychological assessment, formulation and treatment for young people in CAMHS
Please see Job Description for full details
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy to patients and carers as appropriate to the service.
To provide highly specialist advice and consultation on clients formulation and psychological management to other non-psychologist colleagues.
To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of patients by the various teams in the area and where appropriate outside of the area.
To clinically supervise/line manage trainee clinical psychologists, assistant psychologists, CAPs and less experienced psychology staff, and other professionals.
To contribute to audit, research, policy and service development within the areas served by the Psychological Therapies Service.
To develop and deliver training in psychological therapies for multidisciplinary staff.
To provide a highly specialist clinical psychology assessment/treatment and consultation service to children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties and their families who are referred to CAMHS. To provide clinical skills in a particular area of expertise such asneurodevelopmental disorders including ASC and ADHD, CBT, Trauma or Eating Disorders.
To provide consultation and advice in area of specialism to colleagues in the team and other agencies.
To support the CAMHS team with service evaluation and audit to include supporting the service in becoming more accessible and inclusive to the diverse local population served by this CAMHS team.
To provide training as needed to other members of the multidisciplinary team on psychological assessment, formulation and treatment for young people in CAMHS
Please see Job Description for full details
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Doctoral Clinical Psychology (not Counselling Psychology) qualification or equivalent. Eligible for Chartered Psychologist status. HPC Registered.
- Post qualification and further specialist training in specified specialist intervention Additional training in assessment and therapeutic approaches in a specialist area relevant to CAMHS
Desirable
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Care Co-ordination or equivalent role.
- Training others in MH services topics.
- Experience of working alongside multidisciplinary colleagues
- Evidence based therapeutic interventions with client group.
- Psychological assessment skills and knowledge
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in the specialism. Ability to use this knowledge to think systemically/ organizationally
- Experience of risk assessment and management
- Knowledge of relevant Legislation eg MH Act.
- Experience of providing training to colleagues and other agencies
- Experience of delivering therapies to young people and families in CAMHS.
- Experience of using psychometric assessments with this client group
- Experience of assessing and managing young people who are suicidal and young people who present a risk to self and others.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively and flexibly as an integral member of a team.
- Good communication and liaison skills
- Empathy/engagement skills with the client group
- Ability to cope with workload pressure/ prioritise workload
- Ability to work independently.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Doctoral Clinical Psychology (not Counselling Psychology) qualification or equivalent. Eligible for Chartered Psychologist status. HPC Registered.
- Post qualification and further specialist training in specified specialist intervention Additional training in assessment and therapeutic approaches in a specialist area relevant to CAMHS
Desirable
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Care Co-ordination or equivalent role.
- Training others in MH services topics.
- Experience of working alongside multidisciplinary colleagues
- Evidence based therapeutic interventions with client group.
- Psychological assessment skills and knowledge
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in the specialism. Ability to use this knowledge to think systemically/ organizationally
- Experience of risk assessment and management
- Knowledge of relevant Legislation eg MH Act.
- Experience of providing training to colleagues and other agencies
- Experience of delivering therapies to young people and families in CAMHS.
- Experience of using psychometric assessments with this client group
- Experience of assessing and managing young people who are suicidal and young people who present a risk to self and others.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively and flexibly as an integral member of a team.
- Good communication and liaison skills
- Empathy/engagement skills with the client group
- Ability to cope with workload pressure/ prioritise workload
- Ability to work independently.
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).
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