Band 5 Assistant Psychologist
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Job summary
City and Hackney Specialist Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Neurodevelopmental team
Assistant Psychologist
AfC Band 5 Fixed term 12 months (possibility of extension)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Psychologist to join the Neurodevelopmental Team at City and Hackney Specialist CAMHS. City and Hackney Specialist CAMHS is a busy, forward thinking and thriving CAMHS service with high staff morale and excellent CPD opportunities.
The clinician will join a large, experienced multi-disciplinary team of clinicians who provide a range of diagnostic and mental health services to children young people and their families with neurodevelopmental disorders. The post holder will contribute, under the supervision of a qualified clinical psychologist, to the provision of clinical psychology services to children and young people in City and Hackney with neurodevelopmental difficulties. The post holder will be involved to collecting clinical information as part of a multidisciplinary assessment for neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. ADHD and ASD) for children and young people without a learning disability. This may include contacting schools, completing screening questionnaires, carrying out school observations and joining clinic appointments with other members of the multi- disciplinary team. There will also be opportunities to carry out brief interventions with young people and parents and to co-facilitate clinical groups within the pathway.
Main duties of the job
The team has a number of active audit and Quality Improvement projects running. The Assistant Psychologist will be involved in maintaining databases and supporting the team in these projects.
We welcome applicants who enjoy working effectively as part of a team, have competencies in working with families from diverse cultures and ethnicities
For further details and informal visits contact:
Alison Flynn, Principal Clinical Psychologist or Lorraine Dick, Clinical Team Lead of the Neurodevelopmental Team
On 0203 222 5600 or via email:
a.flynn4@nhs.net, l.dick@nhs.net
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations
Details
Date posted
06 May 2022
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£30,786 to £37,841 a year per annum inc HCA
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
363-SS10991
Job locations
15 Homerton Row
LONDON
E9 6ED
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
15 Homerton Row
LONDON
E9 6ED
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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