Clinical Psychologist | Isle of Wight NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 09 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,952 - £57,349 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2024 |
| Location: | Newport, PO30 5TG |
| Company: | Isle of Wight NHS |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6209069/470-23-8096-KP-2 |
Summary
We are recruiting for aClinical Psychologistwho wishes to join our team. Clinical Psychologist in our multidisciplinary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) team in delivering high quality and innovative psychological solutions with children, young people and their families who experience difficulties with mental health.
The service offers direct therapeutic work in the form of individual therapy, group work and parent workshops as well as Consultation and training to professionals. The service has a comprehensive delivery model with care pathways for a wide range of mental health difficulties such as depression and anxiety, trauma, functional and somatic symptoms, self-harming behaviours, challenging behaviours and eating disorders. Some of our young people will also have co-occurring Intellectual Disabilities, physical health conditions and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
Duties of the post are varied and focus on the diversity of skill that Clinical Psychologists hold. Your post will be to deliver psychological interventions and deliver group interventions and trainings. You will support the Consultant Psychologist in developing psychological thinking within the team and undertaking service development projects. You will lead new psychological initiatives within the service and actively grow the psychological skills of other team members. You will provide clinical supervision to Assistant Psychologists and Psychological Therapists.
The Service has strong links with the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training Course at Southampton University and provides placements for Trainee Psychologists. This link offers the opportunity for the post holder to train via the University as a Clinical Supervisor and opens avenues for pursuing research and teaching interests.
The Service recognises the importance of receiving regular supervision and of Continued Professional Development and actively supports your training and study.
The Island offers the opportunity for multiple sporting, music and arts activities combined with rural areas of outstanding natural beauty and easy commuting distance to the mainland with good road and rail links to London and Southern England and regional airports- so life and work on the Island is “connected”.
Across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight healthcare services are evolving and transforming to meet the continuing care needs of our population. Now is a very exciting time to join Isle of Wight NHS Trust as we enter this period of change.
This year Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have strengthened our partnership and formed a group giving us an opportunity to work together to be innovative in improving patient care and outcomes as well as improving the experience and opportunities for our people across the two organisations.
We have also been working with other local NHS Trusts across our region to create a new organisation, bringing together all community, mental health and learning disability services from across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Subject to approvals, the new organisation will be called Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
As part of the move towards working as one organisation, people employed in our community, mental health and learning disability services by the Isle of Wight NHS Trust on 30 April 2024, will transfer to Southern Health Foundation Trust under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) on 1 May 2024.
On 1stJuly 2024 Southern Health will become the new organisation (Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare Foundation Trust).
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust will continue to deliver both acute and ambulance services for the island population.
To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description & person specification document attached. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
This advert closes on Monday 22 Apr 2024
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