Clinical Psychologist

East London NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Band 8a - Clinical Psychologist

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Clinical Psychologist to be part of the new CAMHS Intensive Community Crisis Service, developing across East London.

The East London CAMHS Intensive Community Crisis Service is a team developing across East London that, when fully established will operated Monday-Sunday 09:00-17:00 and aim to provide the following for CYP based in City & Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets:

Multi-disciplinary support including assessment, diagnosis and treatment to CYP with serious mental illness where inpatient admission would otherwise be required or as part of supported discharge
Interventions and support provided by ICCS may be up for up to 8 weeks and include individual work, family work, psychiatric assessment, medication management, psycho-education, work on activities of daily living, multi-agency liaison, collaborative care planning, facilitated integration into community resources - as close to home as possible
Empower children and young people to recover from mental health crisis.

The post holder will provide high quality psychological assessment, evidenced based interventions and consultation to client systems including children young people their families, carers and professional networks. They will undertake psychological formulations of presenting issues and implement effective care plans of intensive community support for CYP - often in distressing circumstances.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to manage, plan and prioritise own clinical caseload and to exercise a degree of autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment, including management of risks. This is done independently within appropriate clinical/professional guidelines.

They will work closely with the Team Manager for ICCS and relevant colleagues to develop specialist training, teaching and consultation in order to enhance the skills available to EL ICCS. They will be a resource for the team in bringing psychological approaches to the care of this group of young people and their families.

They will support with the line management of ICCS staff in line with People & Culture policies and support with clinical supervision of staff. They will contribute to wide team functions such as being part of service rotas' including duty and being involved in service development work such as audits, quality improvement, research and service evaluation.

The post holder will need to work flexibly across the three boroughs, based on the needs of CYP and their families. Appointments will be conducted as according to these individuals and may take place in a variety of locations - such as patient homes, local community settings, community CAMHS sites or in inpatient wards when needed.

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.

Date posted

17 March 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,903 to £61,996 a year per annum, inc. HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Compressed hours

Reference number

363-SS5045623-A

Job locations

The postholder will work across East London (City & Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Newham)

City & Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Newham

E13 8AL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and person specification please see attached JD & PS.

For contact details please see below.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and person specification please see attached JD & PS.

For contact details please see below.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

A qualification and professional registration in Clinical Psychology
Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996)
Registration with HCPC

Desirable

Postgraduate training in a specialist therapeutic modality e.g. systemic psychotherapy
Specialist training in supervision

Experience

Essential

Substantial post-qualification clinical experience with children and young people with a range of mental health problems
Experience of delivering evidence based psychological therapy to a wide variety of children and young people, including complex presentations and high clinical risk
Substantial experience working clinically with the whole family and system around the young person
Substantial previous experience of managing own caseload in a community team.

Desirable

Range of therapeutic skills in at least two modalities
Previous experience of facilitating therapeutic groups for children and adolescents and families
Experience of delivering training to a range of multi-agency professionals
Completing assessments in community and home settings

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

A qualification and professional registration in Clinical Psychology
Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996)
Registration with HCPC

Desirable

Postgraduate training in a specialist therapeutic modality e.g. systemic psychotherapy
Specialist training in supervision

Experience

Essential

Substantial post-qualification clinical experience with children and young people with a range of mental health problems
Experience of delivering evidence based psychological therapy to a wide variety of children and young people, including complex presentations and high clinical risk
Substantial experience working clinically with the whole family and system around the young person
Substantial previous experience of managing own caseload in a community team.

Desirable

Range of therapeutic skills in at least two modalities
Previous experience of facilitating therapeutic groups for children and adolescents and families
Experience of delivering training to a range of multi-agency professionals
Completing assessments in community and home settings

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).