CAMHS Principal Clinical Psychologist (N&S Orchids)

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to providing high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for the care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission rates our services as 'good'.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

The new Orchids Team, working in collaboration with the Autism and Intellectual Disabilities Intensive Intervention Team (AID-IIT) are seeking a Principal Clinical Psychologist. The Orchids Team is a new and innovative multi-disciplinary team covering the whole of London and working in partnership with the AID-IIT. The team offers specialist multi-disciplinary outpatient support to children and young people up to the age of 13 years old with neurodevelopmental disorders or intellectual disabilities who are at high risk of inpatient admission or already admitted to one of the CAMHS under 13s inpatient units. The Orchids Team co-works with inpatient and local CAMHS teams across London to improve care and support for young people with a diagnosis of autism or intellectual disability and high-risk presentations. Staff working in the Orchids Team benefit from excellent team support and development opportunities. The Orchids Team works in close partnership with the AID-IIT and has links with the rest of the Service for Complex Autism and Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorders (SCAAND) and with other N&S CAMHS teams. As a new N&S CAMHS team we are at the forefront of the development of support, practice and interventions for children and young people with neurodevelopmental disorders or intellectual disabilities with high-risk presentations.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will work as a Principal Clinical Psychologist in the Orchids Team to provide clinical psychology input into MDT assessments, psychological interventions to young people and parents/carers and consultation, training and support to multi-agency local networks including staff from local and inpatient CAMHS settings, and supervision, line management and support to other junior staff within the Orchids Team. The role includes work across a range of settings - offering work in community settings, inpatient settings, working from home, and working from our clinic base, depending on the needs of the young person, family and network. The role will also involve contributing to service developments within the Orchids Team and across wider AID-IIT and SCAAND where appropriate. As Orchids is a new team funded by NHSE, the postholder will work closely with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist and the Consultant Psychiatrist from AID-IIT to develop the new Orchids Team. This will include developing and evaluating the model of the Orchids Team and presenting and disseminating this information to key stakeholders.

Working for our organisation

The Michael Rutter Centre is located on the Maudsley hospital site and is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2).

Flexible working:

As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 9am to 5pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance. (This may include working early mornings, later evenings or Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The postholder will work within the Orchids Team and in close partnership with AID-IIT to provide highly specialist clinical psychology assessments, interventions and support within the multi-disciplinary team including:

1. To work closely with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist in AID-IIT to develop, co-ordinate and ensure the systematic provision of a psychology service to the Orchids Team and personally provide highly specialist clinical psychology input.
2. Offering assessment (including where needed cognitive/psychometric and neurodevelopmental assessments) and intervention to young people with highly complex presentations, their families/carers and wider networks.
3. To provide clinical supervision, consultation and training.
4. To contribute to care planning of young people by attending CETRs, CPAs and other professional/network meetings.
5. To use routine outcome measures and to contribute to service evaluation, audit and research.
6. To oversee good clinical governance.
7. To contribute to the leadership of the team including service development/planning, and the supervision and recruitment of more junior staff within the Orchids Team.
8. To work as an autonomous professional within professional guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.
9. To work flexibly as needed across settings offering outreach work when needed - for example seeing young people in inpatient settings, family homes, community settings across London as required.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Qualification as a Clinical psychologist: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent; that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration. (A/I)
• Additional training in a specialised area of psychological practice
• Completed training course in clinical supervision. (A/I/R)
• Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC. (A/I)

Desirable criteria

• To have completed training in autism specific assessments (e.g. ADOS-2, ADI-R. (A/I)

Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in CAMHS with children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders and intellectual disabilities. (A/I)
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders or intellectual disabilities (A/I)

Desirable criteria

• Significant experience of completing social communication assessments with children and young people as part of a multi-disciplinary team using standardised assessment tools such as the ADOS-2 and ADI-R. (A/I)

Understanding and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions for children and young people with neurodevelopmental disorders and/or intellectual disabilities and co-morbid mental health disorders.
• Advanced theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment for children and young people with neurodevelopmental disorders and/or intellectual disabilities and co-morbid mental health disorders
• Advanced knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics for children and young people with neurodevelopmental disorders and/or intellectual disabilities and co-morbid mental health disorders

Skills

Essential criteria

• To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources, on which expert opinion may differ.
• To be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials
• Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups (A/I/R).

Desirable criteria

• Experience in providing consultation to other professionals regarding children and young people with neurodevelopmental disorders and/or intellectual disabilities. (A/I)

Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles. (A/I/R)
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate. (A/I/R)

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

• That all applications for this post will need to be made online
• That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not been successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

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