Lead Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist CAMHS

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic clinical/counselling psychologist to lead and further develop a high quality, responsive and accessible CAMHS psychology service for children, young people, their families and carers, including developing and maintaining an overall vision for the service. Swansea Bay CAMHS have recently been repatriated to Swansea Bay UHB and the Psychology and Psychological Therapy Team have joined the existing Swansea Bay Child Psychology Department. The previous post holder has undertaken a successful piece of work establishing the foundations and ensuring supportive structures are in place within psychology and psychological therapy. They have also collaborated with the MDT in CAMHS to produce a positive proposal as to the opportunities for psychology and psychological therapy to develop and thrive within CAMHS.

The post holder will be welcomed into the broader Swansea Bay child psychology department, and will be expected to play an active role in collaborating with other child psychologists on joint projects and initiatives. Child Psychology is a thriving department, who meet regularly for CPD, reflective practice and service developments. and will be welcomed into the ongoing programme of clinical and professional development.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will professionally lead a team of psychologists and psychological therapists within CAMHS, ensuring appropriate management structures are in place and ensuring good clinical governance for the team. They will support the Head of Child Psychology with recruitment to additional, funded posts within CAMHS. Additionally, they will undertake direct and indirect clinical work, offering a range of psychological interventions to children, young people, their families and networks. They will also join the Clinical Leads team for CAMHS, in particular ensuring that service plans, developments and pathways are psychologically informed.

The lead psychologist will ensure systems are in place for reviewing and evaluating the service, and for ensuring good clinical governance across psychology. They will help to ensure other psychologists and psychological therapists within CAMHS have appropriate support and supervision in place and are enabled to develop their professional competencies and careers.

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