Principal Clinical Psychologist | Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £62,215 - £72,293 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 17 October 2024 |
| Location: | Doncaster, DN4 8QN |
| Company: | Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6652656/376-DCCG-0291-B |
Summary
We are looking for an experienced clinical psychologist to join Rotherham, Doncaster and North Lincolnshire NHS Trust. We are keen to develop our clinical psychology service in order to provide the highest level of evidenced based care to children and young people accessing the service.
RDASH offers a multidisciplinary assessment and intervention service to children and young people up the age of 18. Clinicians appointed to these psychology posts will offer a specialist clinical psychology input. This will allow the post holders an exciting and varied opportunity to provide, and further develop their skills across, a range of specialist psychological assessments and therapeutic interventions. Additional post-qualification training in a therapeutic approach would be highly desirable.
The posts can be appointed to flexibly dependent on experience and would be suitable for newly qualified clinicians, those looking for career development opportunities, or those already well-established at the principal psychologist grade. Regular supervision will be offered from within the psychology team and we actively support opportunities for CPD.
Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber Trust has a thriving and active network of clinical psychologists who meet on a regular basis to ensure professional connectedness and development.
This is a split post providing specialist clinical assessments with adopted children, young people and adults known to the Regional Adoption Agency, One Adoption South Yorkshire (0.6wte) and into the Children in Care Team, Doncaster CAMHS (0.2 wte)
Job Purpose:
• Be accountable for own professional practice in the delivery of highly specialist Clinical Psychology assessment, formulation, and intervention (including delivering attachment based and developmental trauma informed interventions) to children and young people with complex psychological or mental health conditions.
• To provide expert advice, clinical consultation, and training to colleagues, internal teams, and external partners.
• To provide clinical consultation to RAA practitioners undertaking adoption support assessments and applications to the Adoption Support Fund.
• To undertake specialist assessments of children, young people and parents as required to inform applications to the Adoption Support Fund or the provision of services either by RAA practitioners or other providers.
• To be compassionate in meeting the needs of clients, their carers and families.
• To undertake formal research as an integral part of the job and to act as field supervisor for doctorate trainees.
• To be pro-active in continual service improvement within own area.
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values.
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
This advert closes on Tuesday 1 Oct 2024
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