Job summary
Job Title: Clinical Psychologist
Grade: Band 8B
Trust: Coventry
& Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
Location: Orchid house, 83 Radford Road, Leamington Spa, CV31 1JQ and Stratford health centre, Coventry, CV1 4JH
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Mon-
Fri 9.00am 17.00pm
Main duties of the job
Coventry
& Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust are rated Good in their most recent
CQC report as well as being recognised as a Global Digital Exemplar. The Trust
works across 101 locations including 5 hospitals, delivering community and
mental health services to 1 million people. The Trust also has exciting plans
to transform care for mental health, Musculo-skeletal conditions (MSK),
learning disabilities and autism. This includes a brand-new state-of-the-art
Rainbow Unit, providing facilities for inpatients with a learning disability
and/ or autism
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Job description
Job responsibilities
To
provide specialist psychological assessments for children and young people
referred to CAMHS based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and
integration of data from a variety of sources including psychological and
neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and
indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients,
family members and others involved in the clients care.
To
formulate, implement and recommend plans to multi-disciplinary colleagues,
professionals in other agencies and parents/carers for the formal psychological
treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, based upon an
appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing
methods based upon evidence of efficacy across the full range of care settings.
To
be responsible for implementing a range of specialist psychological
interventions with children, young people, and their families with complex and
severe mental health problems by demonstrating the ability to synthesise
different explanatory models and adjust/refine psychological formulations to
guide specialist interventions.
To
evaluate and make decisions about appropriate and evidence-based treatment
options, considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex
factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual,
family, or group.
To
provide specialist psychological advice guidance and consultation to other
professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis, and
treatment plan.
To
undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children, young
people, and their families, and to provide advice to other professionals on the
psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management. This includes
contributing the CAMHS self-harm and duty response rotas
Job description
Job responsibilities
To
provide specialist psychological assessments for children and young people
referred to CAMHS based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and
integration of data from a variety of sources including psychological and
neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and
indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients,
family members and others involved in the clients care.
To
formulate, implement and recommend plans to multi-disciplinary colleagues,
professionals in other agencies and parents/carers for the formal psychological
treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, based upon an
appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing
methods based upon evidence of efficacy across the full range of care settings.
To
be responsible for implementing a range of specialist psychological
interventions with children, young people, and their families with complex and
severe mental health problems by demonstrating the ability to synthesise
different explanatory models and adjust/refine psychological formulations to
guide specialist interventions.
To
evaluate and make decisions about appropriate and evidence-based treatment
options, considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex
factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual,
family, or group.
To
provide specialist psychological advice guidance and consultation to other
professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis, and
treatment plan.
To
undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children, young
people, and their families, and to provide advice to other professionals on the
psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management. This includes
contributing the CAMHS self-harm and duty response rotas
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing complexity and risk
- 4 plus years working within a child mental health service
- Supervision experince with CAMHHS
- Experience of managing complexity and risk
Qualifications
Essential
- Must have a Clinical psychology doctorate and be registered with the HCPC
Desirable
- In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of:
- Relevant Qualifications
- Registration with the relevant Registration Body
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing complexity and risk
- 4 plus years working within a child mental health service
- Supervision experince with CAMHHS
- Experience of managing complexity and risk
Qualifications
Essential
- Must have a Clinical psychology doctorate and be registered with the HCPC
Desirable
- In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of:
- Relevant Qualifications
- Registration with the relevant Registration Body
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
