Specialist Clinician Psychologist | Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £54,320 - £60,981 pa inclusive of HCAS - Pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 20 March 2025 |
| Location: | London, NW3 5BA |
| Company: | Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6970719/260-TP-870 |
Summary
The Adolescent and Young Adult Service which is part of the Child, Young Adult and Family Directorate is a specialist Psychoanalytic Therapies Service for young people between the ages of 14 and 25, designed to meet a variety of needs specific to adolescents and young adults who are struggling with mental health issues, and to their parents and families. This service represents a long history and established tradition at the Tavistock Centre, spanning over 50 years, of offering a service to adolescents and young adults during this crucial phase of development.
The AYAS is staffed by a multi-disciplinary team with expertise in the psychological and emotional difficulties of this age range. The Service includes child & adolescent psychotherapists, child and adolescent psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, social workers, and those training in these disciplines.
This post is for a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist or Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist to join the Adolescent and Young Adult Service which is a specialist psychoanalytic psychotherapies service for adolescents and young adults (aged 14-25). Clinicians in the service also contribute to the Young Persons Consultation Service, which offers brief, psychoanalytic consultations to young people aged 16 to 30.
Maintain a high standard of clinical records, producing and maintaining good communications with referrers and other professionals involved, liaising with the referrers where appropriate, including liaison with local services and participating in outreach meetings.
Foster a culture of networking in an open and transparent way with internal and external partners.
Communicate complex information in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, at times dealing with service users who may be hostile or present challenging behaviour.
Ensure that all organisational systems and processes are adhered to.
Contribute to the quality, safety and continuous improvement of services provided to service users and their families.
Act as a positive role model and participate in the education, development and mentorship of other staff.
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.
We are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high quality mental health services should be available for all who need them. We bring a distinctive contribution based on the importance we attach to social experience at all stages of people’s lives, and our focus on psychological and developmental approaches to the promotion of health and the prevention and treatment of mental ill health
We contribute to the pool of ideas through our own research and development, but are also committed to bringing together the best ideas of the time, old and new, from inside and out, together with the most gifted and able professionals in our fields of endeavour. We aim to share our ideas and practice through as many routes as possible.
As a Trust we aim constantly to be evolving in nature and form in relation to the environment in which we work, to ensure that our contribution remains relevant.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
This advert closes on Sunday 9 Mar 2025