Clinical Associate Psychologist

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Are you a Psychology graduate with a 2:1 or 1st Hons Degree who has completed the MSc in Clinical Associate Psychology training (Child & Adolescent route)?

Do you have a passion for working with young people and supporting them with their mental wellbeing?

Would working for a Trust rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC sound appealing?

Do you want to work in a breath-taking county enjoying access to award-winning beaches and coastline?

If the answer is yes, we would like to talk to you!

We have an opportunity available for a Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAP) to work 22.5hrs per week fixed term 12mth contract to join our CAMHS Acute Pathway, specifically our inpatient service.

Pebble Lodge is a 10-bed national service that provides inpatient care for young people whose care needs are best met in a hospital setting.

In Dorset, we are transforming our child and adolescent mental health service into a Family Mental Health model that embraces and adopts the Thrive framework. The inpatient service falls within the Getting More Help and Getting Risk Support quadrants of Thrive.

We aspire to offer families a service that is built on compassion, social connection, and participation with our peers and parent peers, and a service that is understanding of the need to work in partnership with the wider network of education, social care, and 3rd sector services in order to deliver support for families based on their needs.

Responsibilities:

1. To undertake specialised psychological assessments, treatments and other types of appropriate clinical intervention with individual clients/groups of clients and research activity.
2. To support the promotion of a psychologically minded service for children and families through delivery of a strong formulation-based approach on the nature, causes and maintaining factors of psychological difficulties and strengths.
3. To work closely with the Psychology team in enhancing the psychological understanding and provision of evidence-based psychological interventions for children, young people and families.

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

This is a fixed term role and for those with current NHS service, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only. Please obtain permission to be released on a secondment before submitting an application.

At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here – it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Dr Amanda Leather
Job title: CAMHs Tier 4 Clinical Lead
Email address: [e-mail]