Senior Clinical Psychologist - Urgent Care

Child Family Health Devon (CFHD) has developed an innovative, integrated model and are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated pathways.

We are looking for an experienced Clinical Psychologist to join us full-time in a senior role (8a) in our Urgent Care pathway, providing mental health provision across Devon.

It is an exciting time for the pathway as we have been awarded funding from NHS England to set up an EMDR pilot to support young people who have experienced trauma and are accessing urgent care services to be able to quickly access the intervention that they require. There is funding available for the successful applicant to become a fully accredited EMDR practitioner and be a leading clinician in the development of this pilot.

Preceptorship opportunity - new/early qualified psychologists could be appointed to these roles at B7 under a preceptorship to work towards requirements for B8a, subject to satisfactory completion of preceptorship process.

We would love to hear from colleagues who bring advanced level clinical thinking and formulation, skills in supervision, consultation and MDT working to this pathway at an exciting time of development.

We may be able to combine part-time opportunities.

Relocation funds may be available for this role.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Clinical Psychologist, you will be offering high-quality complex assessments and psychological input to children, young people and their families who access the support of the Urgent Care Pathway. You will bring advanced formulation skills and consultation to your team alongside wider service development contributions.

Alongside this, there will be further CPD opportunities to support your development and a commitment to supporting your career progression at this stage in relation to consolidating your supervisory role and leadership skills as well as further expanding your clinical knowledge and skills.

You will have regular clinical supervision and separate line management. You will be supported with a job plan with opportunities to use a breadth of skills including research and service development. There is a strong and friendly network of Clinical Psychologists working across CFHD, enjoying shared CPD and professional support. We also have excellent links with local Doctoral courses for teaching and Trainee placements.

We encourage interest from candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences, both personal and professional.

About us

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.

CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework.

CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.

Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.

Our children and young people say:

We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be a qualified and experienced Clinical Psychologist ready to move into a Senior role. You will have a passion for working with children, young people and families with complex needs. You will have the knowledge and skills to undertake complex assessments and deliver evidence-based and outcome monitored psychological therapies. You will have experience in supporting the development of others through supervision and training and be keen to further develop this. You will be a reflective practitioner with strengths to bring to a multi-disciplinary team and consultative work. You will be committed to service user participation and collaborative working with children, young people, parents, carers and families. You will have a good understanding of safeguarding across the lifespan. You will be motivated to further develop your leadership skills to contribute to quality improvement and service development within your pathway and the wider service.

Information about the Urgent Care Pathway

The Urgent Care pathway consists of Crisis Teams, the Assertive Outreach Team and the Learning Disability Autism Keyworker Programme (LDAP). The pathway is county wide with locality hubs within it, which lends itself to the location being negotiable dependent on an individuals needs so long as service needs can be met.

In this pathway, the appointed Senior Clinical Psychologist will be a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, which includes Clinical Psychology, Consultant Psychiatry, Systemic Psychotherapy, Mental Health Nursing, Assistant Practitioners and Mental Health Practitioners from a broad range of backgrounds.

The Urgent Care pathway provides an acute crisis response as well as offering therapeutic work with specific emphasis on adolescents with complex and severe mental health problems. The team works to an AMBIT framework alongside a broad spectrum of therapeutic modalities that are being used.

As a Senior Clinical Psychologist in the team, your role will include complex psychological assessment and formulation, specialist advice/consultation, delivering short-term psychological interventions, as well as providing clinical supervision and teaching. You will also be supported to engage in service development and research as well as activities to support developing leadership skills.

Main contacts:

Lucy Eyre, Operations Manager for the Urgent Care Pathway
Dr Matthew Perkins, Principal Clinical Psychologist & Clinical Lead for the Urgent Care Pathway

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent e.g. Masters level qualification in Clinical Psychology if qualified before 1996.
• Active registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
• Post qualification specialist therapy/assessment training relevant to children and young people.
• Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in supervision.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of undertaking specialist psychological assessments and therapeutic interventions for CYP with a wide variety of mental health problems and/or neurodiversity and/or learning disability, reflecting all levels of clinical severity including risk assessments of self-harming/dangerous/challenging behaviour.
• Experience of teaching and/or training.
• Experience of delivering clinical supervision.
• Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality.

Desirable

• Experience of work in psychological interventions with children, young people and their families in a range of service settings or agencies.
• Experience in undertaking leadership roles within clinical psychology services in the NHS, and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi-disciplinary, multi-agency contexts.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Specialist knowledge of child development and the impact of adverse childhood experiences.
• Broad knowledge of psychological services and of the services in the NHS where psychology is applied to the needs of children and young people.
• Knowledge of psychometric assessment tools and their appropriate use.
• Detailed understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity, Section 25 of the Childrens Act).
• Advanced psychological assessment and formulation skills including risk assessment.
• Ability to travel across the geographical service area as required.

Employer details

Employer name
Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Evergreen
Victoria Park Road
Exeter
EX2 4NU

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