Senior Clinical Psychologist | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 22 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,698 - £65,095 per annum inclusive of HCAs |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 22 May 2024 |
| Location: | Kennington, SE11 4JJ |
| Company: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6249310/334-CHI-5761344-D |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and innovative Senior Clinical Psychologist to work in our Tier 3 River team in Lambeth CAMHS. The post holder will provide a highly specialist clinical psychology role for children with complex mental health presentations . You will have the opportunity to offer advanced assessment, therapeutic skills, supervision and consultation to support therapeutic work in the service. The role is an excellent opportunity for the post holder to develop advanced therapeutic skills, supervision, consultation, service development and leadership in CAMHS. The post holder will hold and develop advanced clinical psychology skills for children and families who present with self-harming behaviours and emotional dysregulation.
To provide specialist input to the assessment, formulation and treatment planning of children with complex mental health concerns. This will be based on the post holder’s specialist and advanced theoretical knowledge of psychological theories, up to date knowledge of literature and evidence-based practice to make formulations about clinical presentation and to provide specialist clinical psychology skill, therapeutic input and consultation to other staff members to support their assessments and treatment planning.
The post holder will be based in the Lambeth CAMHS River team and will hold a generic caseload. Lambeth CAMHS River team is a friendly, dynamic and dedicated multidisciplinary team. The team includes CAMHS Practitioners with backgrounds in Nursing, Social Work, Art Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology, Child Psychotherapy, Family Therapy and Child Psychiatry. Close working relationships with members of the team and partnership agencies e.g. Social Services, Community Paediatrics, Education and others is essential. You will demonstrate an interest in multi-agency and multi-disciplinary work and be familiar with evidence-based practice, particularly for children with neurodevelopmental concerns. Applicants will be supported to work independently and have good clinical/therapeutic and case management skills.
There are excellent opportunities for CPD, in service teaching, for supervision, leadership and professional support within the local psychology group, Lambeth CAMHS and the trust. You will join Lambeth CAMHS where Clinical Psychology is highly valued and supported.
• To provide specialist input to the assessment, formulation and treatment planning of children with complex mental health concerns. This will be based on the post holder’s specialist and advanced theoretical knowledge of psychological theories, up to date knowledge of literature and evidence-based practice to make formulations about clinical presentation and
• To contribute to intake assessment clinics for a wide range of children and young people who present with mental health difficulties in Lambeth CAMHS. Service assessment clinics support children across the tiers of
• To provide specialist clinical psychology skill, therapeutic input and consultation to other staff members to support their assessments and treatment planning. Children will have a range of presentations including anxiety, low mood, developmental and may have suspected or diagnosed neurodevelopmental
• To be responsible for a specialist caseload for children with complex mental health concerns e.g. anxiety, low mood, self-harm, difficulties with emotional regulation.
• To provide clinical interventions in line with NICE guidelines and according to treatment pathways in the service. Interventions will typically involve but not limited to CBT, DBT, systemic support. Interventions provided will be according to clinical need and presentation.
• To undertake standardised cognitive assessments, producing psychometric reports, as and when required, and the provision of culturally appropriate reports of the findings and the implications of these. To supervise junior psychology staff in their administration, scoring and interpretation of cognitive assessments.
• Conducting occasional observations of children in Use of self-report and other screening measures to assess for comorbid difficulties or aid in differential diagnosis. To support and consult to junior staff to use observational methods and interpret clinically relevant information to support formulation and treatment planning e.g. ADHD diagnostic assessments.
• Teach and support parents and carers in building skills in managing and coping with behaviour that challenges, child mental health and to improve the parent-child
• Consulting to other colleagues from other professional backgrounds in relation to children with complex psychological Liaison with schools, nurseries, social care and other professionals involved in children’s care on issues of mental health.
• To share psychological knowledge and skills. To offer teaching and training sessions to a range of audiences such as parents, allied health professionals, CAMHS colleagues on areas of psychological specialism e.g. clinical interventions to support children with complex mental health presentations. To offer specialist consultations on mental health for the broader River team. To support junior colleagues to implement psychological knowledge and skill to achieve good clinical outcomes. To work in partnership with clinical colleagues in the team, and other agencies, to support integrated practice and service
• To act as a duty Senior Clinician. To support junior staff on duty when issues of clinical complexity, clinical safety and/or safeguarding needs arise. To partake in the CAMHS duty system when necessary.
• To support and collaborate with other senior management staff to review and support treatment pathways for new referrals to the service.
• To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
• To take a role of clinical leadership within the service to support service development and enhance the offer for children and young people who attend the service.
• To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
• To undertake service evaluation, audit and
• To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct and be guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical
This advert closes on Monday 6 May 2024