Senior Paediatric Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
| Posting date: | 25 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £58,698.00 to £65,095.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £58698.00 - £65095.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, N19 5NF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9220-24-0403 |
Summary
MAIN DUTIES Team Leadership To assist the team manager in ensuring that we deliver a high quality trauma-informed service for PMHT, and are achieving effective operational performance in accordance with the objectives of the children, young people and families we serve, the paediatricians who refer them and the CAMHS / Children and Young Peoples Integrated Care Service Unit (CYP ICSU) To ensure that services are developed and provided by the service that are of the highest standard in terms of fair access, equality of opportunity and that uphold anti-discriminatory practice To provide professional/ clinical supervision and line management to PMHT staff, as required by the Team Manager To ensure (supported by the team manager and clinical lead) that practice within the team is evidence based, person centred, meets relevant standards, is appropriate, timely, effective, safe and follows agreed professional practice To support the management of referrals into the service, ensuring that work which is accepted into the service meets with the eligibility criteria and that other referrals are re-directed to other appropriate agencies To provide work as an effective team member, supporting colleagues, and offering guidance where needed from the discipline of psychology. Supporting the wider MDT in the same way. To establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, children and young people, parents and other key stakeholders To attend regular meetings, training, reflective practice and team building with the goal of promoting a working environment that is transparent, safe, honest, supportive and solution focussed and support others to do so also To ensure the appropriate and accurate use of the Whittington client information data base systems. To contribute to the ongoing development of Service-User participation and ensuring the voices of young people and parents/carers are involved in the development and shaping of the PMHT. To support other Team Management duties as required. Clinical To rapidly engage children, young people and families in assessments of psychological need and access, interpret and integrate complex data from a variety of sources to robustly analyse risk and formulate plans (including risk management plans) to reduce the distress of children, young people and families and increase their safety. Communicate these plans effectively to a range of professionals and liaise with networks to ensure that children, young people and families get their needs met. Provide short term, immediate advice to other professions on how to meet individuals needs, reduce distress and increase safety. Communicate and advocate for any identified longer term needs to be met, thinking creatively about overcoming barriers to access where these exist. Ensuring (alongside the team manager and lead clinician) that the team only accepts referrals that meet the eligibility criteria and that other referrals are re-directed to other appropriate agencies Understand the wide provision in The NCL boroughs and use this information for accurate signposting of children, young people and families Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account highly complex individual formulations co-created with children, young people and their families, and taking into account the reason for referral, the goals of the patient, their treatment journey to date and evidence-based practice guidelines. Provide specialist expertise, advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to children and young people formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan Contribute directly and indirectly to a framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all children, young people and families seen by PMHT. Be well practiced in using psychological measures and risk assessment tools. Be able to undertake cognitive and neurodevelopmental assessments. Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children, young people and families under your care.