Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 7 progression post
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 22.5 hours per week (Part time - 22.5 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 222-LS-CAMHS-592
- Employer
- West London NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- LS CAMHS Hounslow
- Town
- Hounslow
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata inclusive of 15% HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
- Interview date
- 20/11/2024
Employer heading
Specialist Clinical Psychologist (Preceptorship)
Band 7 progression post
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
This is a band 7-band 8a progression post. Whilst in post you will be required to develop skills in advanced/specialist assessment, assessment and management of complex risk, leadership, management and supervision in line with guidance in order to progress to the 8a banding. You will be supported to develop these skills and you will be required to evidence your progress through keeping a Development Portfolio which will be reviewed regularly and will need to be signed off as complete before progressing to band 8a.
The post holder will provide specialised CAMHS assessments and therapeutic interventions in addition to risk management work for children and young people with learning disabilities who are presenting with complex mental health problems. The post holder will be responsible for line management and clinical supervision of any trainee or assistant psychologists within their team and support further development and service user participation within the service.
The post would be suited to someone who is passionate about delivering a high quality psychology service to young people and families and working with multidisciplinary and multi-agency colleagues to this goal.
You will receive regular supervision and line management from the Highly Specialist/Principal Clinical Psychologist. There is also a strong network of CAMHS psychologists who work closely together across the trust. There are excellent opportunities for professional development.
Main duties of the job
1. The post holder will undertake specialist psychological assessments of children, young people and families referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others working with the client, including school staff, other staff of the local authority and other workers in health, social services and the voluntary sector.
2. The post holder will formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of the emotional, behavioural and/or mental health problems of young people and families, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
3. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Professional registration with the HCPC
Desirable criteria
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Post-doctoral/graduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice with children and young people.
- Clinical training as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach i.e. CBT, Parenting Skills or other.
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of working with children and adolescents and their carer networks.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of working with other agencies.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of assessment and intervention with children learning disabilities.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and skills in specialist neuropsychological assessment and treatment with children and young people with learning difficulties
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. children with challenging behaviour, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
OTHER
Essential criteria
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kerry Howcroft
- Job title
- Principal Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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