Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist Brookside Adolescent Ward&YPHTT

Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist Brookside Adolescent Ward&YPHTT

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you passionate about improving the mental health and well-being of young people? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to make a real difference. We're looking for a Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist to join the Brookside Adolescent Service based in a supportive, collaborative, and dynamic environment.

Brookside is a specialist Tier 4 CAMHS adolescent service that was rated as 'Outstanding' in our last CQC inspection and has received prestigious QNIC accreditation.

Our Tier 4 services include a 15-bed acute in-patient service and a pioneering Young-People's Home Treatment Team. Also on site is our INTERACT psychiatric liaison, crisis and outreach service for adolescents whom we work very closely with.

To aid the broader therapeutic programme and environment, we have extensive grounds that include:

• An outdoor trampoline and an outdoor gym
• An indoor gymnasium regularly used by our young people and facilitated by staff, along with a sensory room, multiple courtyards, and a therapy garden in development. Exciting recent developments include our new eating disorder pathway and the launching of our Staff Anti-racism Programme of Practice.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will join an established psychology team including a lead psychologist (Care pathway lead for psychology Tier 4 CAMHS), a team of clinical psychologists, assistants, and trainees. The post-holder will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team which comprises consultant psychiatrists, speciality doctors, nurses, health care assistants, occupational therapists, family therapists, and a social worker.

If you are looking to join a vibrant, passionate, integrated, and psychologically minded MDT who work holistically around the young person and their family, then this is the place for you!

Job responsibilities

• Participating in the development and implementation of high standards of clinical care in CAMHS Tier 4 adolescent services ensuring the psychology service provided is needs led, compliant with national guidance, and is experienced positively by service users.
• Offering support and consultation to the multidisciplinary ward team in their work and in the provision of psychologically informed formulation and interventions.
• Exercising clinical responsibility for undertaking psychological assessment, psychological treatment, and discharge planning of clients in consultation with the multi-disciplinary team.
• To assist in the supervision, teaching, and coordinating of assistant and trainee psychologists.
• Taking a senior role in the clinical development of the Tier 4 CAMHS services.
• Providing high quality, trauma-informed clinical care that is focused on recovery and reintegration.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role can be discussed at the interview stage.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Applied Psychology
• HCPC registration

Experience

• Experience in Inpatient and MDT working
• Experience providing clinical supervision
• CAMHS experience

Knowledge

• A highly developed awareness of a wide range of mental health interventions and their application

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.

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

£53,755 to £60,504 a year (Plus HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working