CAMHS Principal Clinical Psychologist (N&S Orchids) | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 14 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £70,387 - £80,465 per annum incl. of Inner HCAs pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 14 May 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE5 8AZ |
| Company: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7051073/334-CLI-7051073 |
Summary
The new Orchids Team, working in collaboration with the Autism and Intellectual Disabilities Intensive Intervention Team (AID-IIT) are seeking a Principal Clinical Psychologist. The Orchids Team is a new and innovative multi-disciplinary team covering the whole of London and working in partnership with the AID-IIT. The team offer specialist multi-disciplinary outpatient support to children and young people up to the age of 13 years old with neurodevelopmental disorders or intellectual disabilitieswho are at high risk of inpatient admission or already admitted to one of the CAMHS under 13s inpatient units.The Orchids Team co-work with inpatient and local CAMHS teams across London to improve care and support for young people with a diagnosis of autism or intellectual disability and high-risk presentations. Staff working in the Orchids Team benefit from excellent team support and development opportunities. The Orchids Team work in close partnership with the AID-IIT and have links with the rest of theService for Complex Autism and Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorders (SCAAND)and with other N&S CAMHS teams.As a new N&S CAMHS team we are at the forefront of the development of support, practice and interventions for children and young people with neurodevelopmental disorders or intellectual disabilities with high-risk presentations.
The postholder will work as a Principal Clinical Psychologist in the Orchids Team to provide clinical psychology input into MDT assessments, psychological interventions to young people and parents/carers and consultation, training and support to multi-agency local networks including staff from local and inpatient CAMHS settings, and supervision, line management and support to other junior staff within the Orchids Team. The role includes work across a range of settings - offering work in community settings, inpatient settings, working from home, and working from our clinic base, depending on the needs of the young person, family and network. The role will also involve contributing to service developments within the Orchids Team and across wider AID-IIT and SCAAND where appropriate. As Orchids is a new team funded by NHSE, the postholder will work closely with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist and the Consultant Psychiatrist from AID-IIT to develop the new Orchids Team. This will include developing and evaluating the model of the Orchids Team and presenting and disseminating this information to key stakeholders.
The Michael Rutter Centre is located on the Maudsley hospital sit and is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2).
Flexible working:
As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Fridayin the time frames from9am to 5pm,giving you the very best of good work life balance. (This may include working early mornings, later evenings or Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post)
The postholder will work within the Orchids Team and in close partnership with AID-IIT to provide highly specialist clinical psychology assessments, interventions and support within the multi-disciplinary team including:
· To work closely with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist in AID-IIT to develop, co-ordinate and ensure the systematic provision of a psychology service to the Orchids Team and personally provide highly specialist clinical psychology input.
· Offering assessment (including where needed cognitive/psychometric and neurodevelopmental assessments) and intervention to young people with highly complex presentations, their families/carers and wider networks.
· To provide clinical supervision, consultation and training.
· To contribute to care planning of young people by attending CETRs, CPAs and other professional/network meetings.
· To use routine outcome measures and to contribute to service evaluation, audit and research.
· To oversee good clinical governance.
· To contribute to the leadership of the team including service development/planning, and the supervision and recruitment of more junior staff within the Orchids Team.
· To work as an autonomous professional within professional guidelines and codes of conduct and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.
· To work flexibly as needed across settings offering outreach work when needed – for example seeing young people in inpatient settings, family homes, community settings across London as required.
This advert closes on Monday 28 Apr 2025