Job summary
Beds & Luton CAMHS/ Child Development Centres
Principal Clinical Psychologist CAMHS / CDC Link Clinical Team Lead
Link Team - Band 8c 1.0WTE
This is an unusual opportunity for an experienced Clinical Psychologist to take up a new, key leadership position in Bedfordshire & Luton CAMHS/Child Development Centre. We are looking for a senior clinician to provide clinical leadership, working alongside Mental Health and Paediatric Clinical Leads, setting up a new Neurodevelopmental Link Team.
East London Foundation Trust is rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission and we are looking for someone who will drive this new initiative to these same standards. The successful candidate will have a crucial role in designing this new team in conjunction with service users, team members and senior leaders, establishing more integrated partner agency working. The role will be varied, allowing for opportunities to work creatively and strategically in developing the service, as well as holding a small clinical case load and supporting others in effective clinical work through supervision, consultation etc.
Senior colleagues from the CDC and CAMHS are excited about this new role and will be keen to support the successful candidate and work collaboratively towards the success of the new provision.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Clinical psychologist who will be responsible for the delivery of the highest standards of care and services for children and young people with mental health problems and their families. This will involve a review and redevelopment of the new pathway in light of continual service developments in the wider service. Working in partnership with the General Managers of both CAMHS and the CDC, you will provide inspirational leadership of multidisciplinary clinicians to ensure effective, evidence-based assessment and treatment for Neuro-developmental disorders (as well as other mental health conditions where this is impacting on their engagement), accessible care pathways and a culture of continuous quality improvement. You will need to be an imaginative and strategic thinker, creative and determined in your approach and exceptional in your ability to lead and influence others.
About us
The CAMHS neurodevelopmental team provides evidence based assessment and intervention for children with learning disability, ADHD and/or ASD who are experiencing associated mental health difficulties. The CDCs offer a wide range of assessments and treatments for various childhood disorders. Working in a diverse area, you will be someone who can contribute fully to the clinical, professional, strategic and partnership agenda of the service. The role includes undertaking and coordinating ADOS and ADI-R assessments. As a member of the senior management team, you will ensure that there is a clear leadership and management structure for this multi-disciplinary team working with cases that cross the divide between CAMHS and CDC responsibility.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you have experience in working with learning disabilities and/or neuro developmental disorders, highly developed communication and leadership skills, and would enjoy this opportunity to ensure robust patient safety, improved patient experience, clinical outcomes, quality and performance standards, we encourage you to apply.
EFLT welcome applicants from overseas and can offer a relocation package to the right candidate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you have experience in working with learning disabilities and/or neuro developmental disorders, highly developed communication and leadership skills, and would enjoy this opportunity to ensure robust patient safety, improved patient experience, clinical outcomes, quality and performance standards, we encourage you to apply.
EFLT welcome applicants from overseas and can offer a relocation package to the right candidate.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Doctoral or equivalent qualification in Clinical Psychology.
- Current Registration with appropriate professional body e.g. ACP/ HPC / UKCP / NMC
Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing senior clinical leadership in a CAMHS or Paediatric setting
- Experience of supervising and line managing in a multidisciplinary / multiagency context
- Experience of working with children with ASD and learning disability
- Experience of contributing to service developments
- Experience of representing the service a multi-agency strategic planning level groups
- Experience of partnership working with other agencies
- Experience of multiagency consultation and organising and delivering training and presentations
- Experience of performance managing staff within HR processes
- Significant post-qualification experience including substantial multidisciplinary experience of working with children, adolescents, families and groups
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Significant experience of risk assessment and risk management
- Experience of working with safeguarding issues and contributing to training within a safeguarding environment
- Experience of working in a multicultural environment
- Experience of effective working with multidisciplinary teams and other agencies
- Experience of taking part in a range of quality initiatives to develop practice
- Experience in the use of routine outcome monitoring Experience of managing healthcare assurance systems
- Experience in assessment
- Experience of provision of evidence based treatments
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Advanced knowledge within own clinical discipline and sufficient knowledge of other disciplines / modalities to provide overall psychological therapies leadership
- Broad theoretical knowledge base in the analysis of highly complex facts or situations to arrive at appropriate formulations
- Knowledge of clinical risk management systems and processes
- Knowledge of differential risk factors for development of emotional and behavioural disorders including environmental, family, peer and neurodevelopmental factors
- Up to date knowledge of NICE and other best practice guidelines
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for the CAMHS and CDC client group
- Knowledge, understanding and clinical experience with people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation, social exclusion and marginalisation
- Knowledge of current developments within CAMHS, in particular CYP IAPT
- Understanding of equality of opportunity and related policies and procedures
- Ability to provide senior clinical leadership and management across disciplines
- Ability to take a lead in service developments
- Ability to liaise and consult with other agencies
- A high level of clinical skill
- Ability to supervise clinically at an advanced level
- Ability to plan, organise and prioritise own workload and support other staff in the same
- knowledge IT skills (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
- Ability to record and report on clinical information Financial management and analysis skills
- Excellent communication skills, including report writing and presentations
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Doctoral or equivalent qualification in Clinical Psychology.
- Current Registration with appropriate professional body e.g. ACP/ HPC / UKCP / NMC
Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing senior clinical leadership in a CAMHS or Paediatric setting
- Experience of supervising and line managing in a multidisciplinary / multiagency context
- Experience of working with children with ASD and learning disability
- Experience of contributing to service developments
- Experience of representing the service a multi-agency strategic planning level groups
- Experience of partnership working with other agencies
- Experience of multiagency consultation and organising and delivering training and presentations
- Experience of performance managing staff within HR processes
- Significant post-qualification experience including substantial multidisciplinary experience of working with children, adolescents, families and groups
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Significant experience of risk assessment and risk management
- Experience of working with safeguarding issues and contributing to training within a safeguarding environment
- Experience of working in a multicultural environment
- Experience of effective working with multidisciplinary teams and other agencies
- Experience of taking part in a range of quality initiatives to develop practice
- Experience in the use of routine outcome monitoring Experience of managing healthcare assurance systems
- Experience in assessment
- Experience of provision of evidence based treatments
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Advanced knowledge within own clinical discipline and sufficient knowledge of other disciplines / modalities to provide overall psychological therapies leadership
- Broad theoretical knowledge base in the analysis of highly complex facts or situations to arrive at appropriate formulations
- Knowledge of clinical risk management systems and processes
- Knowledge of differential risk factors for development of emotional and behavioural disorders including environmental, family, peer and neurodevelopmental factors
- Up to date knowledge of NICE and other best practice guidelines
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for the CAMHS and CDC client group
- Knowledge, understanding and clinical experience with people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation, social exclusion and marginalisation
- Knowledge of current developments within CAMHS, in particular CYP IAPT
- Understanding of equality of opportunity and related policies and procedures
- Ability to provide senior clinical leadership and management across disciplines
- Ability to take a lead in service developments
- Ability to liaise and consult with other agencies
- A high level of clinical skill
- Ability to supervise clinically at an advanced level
- Ability to plan, organise and prioritise own workload and support other staff in the same
- knowledge IT skills (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
- Ability to record and report on clinical information Financial management and analysis skills
- Excellent communication skills, including report writing and presentations
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).
