CAMHS Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Bromley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

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We are pleased to advertise an exciting opportunity for an outstanding candidate to join our dynamic and energetic CAMHS as a Clinical Psychologist within the Looked After and Adopted Children's Team at Bromley CAMHS. This Band 7 role is suitable for new/recently qualified Clinical Psychologists.

As a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist in Bromley CAMHS, you will have a balanced job plan which meets both the needs of the service and your own developmental needs and interests. This will include contributing to initial assessments which will be robustly supported through post assessment multi-disciplinary case discussions. In addition, you will be providing formulation driven, evidence based psychological therapies. You will also be care co-ordinator for some young people, involving working with the family and wider professional network. You will contribute to the provision of a robust Duty service in partnership with service wide colleagues and seniors. You will contribute psychological thinking to the work of this busy, friendly multi-disciplinary service and will supervise the clinical work of assistant psychologists, trainees and other professionals. You will be encouraged to develop and lead on creative service development initiatives to meet the needs of the population. You will be supported to develop areas of specialist skill. You will have the opportunity to meet regularly with a supportive, inclusive psychology department.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will join a vibrant & experienced multi-disciplinary CAMHS team providing a variety of evidence-based interventions, drawing on your professional skills and values, for children & young people presenting with a range of mental health difficulties. This includes specialist assessment, CBT, DBT, IPT, EMDR & other evidence-based therapeutic interventions, in addition to developing & delivering consultation, training & supervision for other professionals working with children & young people in other settings.

We are committed to developing our workforce & supporting progress into many other roles available within the Trust – including offering a range of internal & external bespoke CAMHS training/CPD opportunities.

We are constantly looking at ways to improve & innovate our CAMHS services & have committed to provide all staff with dedicated time to participate and/or lead in service development initiatives through the Trust Quality Improvement (Qi) framework.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Clinical:

• To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex 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 client’s care.
• To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
• To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
• To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically-based care plans.
• To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
• To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically-based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies.
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
• To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans including clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved in the network of care.
• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.

Teaching, training, and supervision:

• To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior clinical psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues, as well as line management from the identified line manager.
• To continue to gain wider post-qualification experience of clinical / counselling psychology over and above that provided within the principal service area where the post-holder is employed.
• To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision and to provide supervision to other MDT staff’s psychological work, as appropriate.
• To provide professional and clinical supervision of assistant/graduate psychology staff and, as appropriate, to contribute to the supervision of individual cases for trainee clinical psychologists.
• To contribute to the pre- and post-qualification teaching of relevant healthcare staff, as appropriate.
• To contribute to external and internal training programmes.

Management, recruitment, policy and service development:

• To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the team’s operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.
• To advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.
• To help manage the workloads of assistant psychologists, within the framework of the team/service’s policies and procedures.
• To be involved, as appropriate, in the shortlisting and interviewing of assistant psychologists/graduate psychology staff.
• To be involved in service development projects as agreed by the professional lead.

Person specification

Knowledge & Skills

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis

Professional Qualifications

• Doctorate training in clinical psychology, accredited by the BPS
• Current HCPC registration
• Pre-qualification training in research methods and/or other fields of applied psychology

Experience

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of the application of clinical/counselling psychology in different cultural contexts.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process. We also discourage overuse of AI during the application process because this can negatively impact the quality of your application and may hinder your chances of being shortlisted. Thank you.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Dominique Pemberton
Job title: NDLD and LAAC Team Manager
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 0208 315 4430
Additional information: Dr Nicole Krokidis, Consultant Clinical Psychologist - 0208 315 4430