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Job overview

Would you like to work with a friendly, motivated, caring and experienced neurodevelopmental pathway team who are striving to provide psychologically informed assessment, formulation and treatment interventions and provide quality outcomes?

We would  love to welcome you if you feel the following applies;

You are a skilled, experienced and compassionate Clinical or Counselling  Psychologist with a passion for working with children and families.

You have experience in  and knowledge of  a range of psychological models and are able to distinguish between a range of difficulties, particularly mental health, developmental trauma, attachment difficulties as well as neurodevelopment disorders, in order to contribute to the formulation and understanding of a child's presentation within the Neurodevelopmental pathway.

You are able to offer supervision of a team of Assistant Psychologists and Trainee Clinical Psychologists who are a key element of the pathway.

You will have the ability to work flexibly to manage the complexities relating to the needs of young people we work with.

As a senior psychologist you will be expected to play a key role in integrating psychology and contributing to the ongoing development of services through teaching and training, research and consultation.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder is responsible for providing a qualified clinical psychology service to the Neurodevelopmental pathway providing psychological assessment and formulation, advice and consultation to colleagues, and to other non-professional carers, on psychological aspects of assessment, formulation, care and treatment.

Where appropriate the post-holder will provide clinical supervision to less experienced staff, in accordance with service needs.

The post-holder will provide compassionate care that is based on empathy ,kindness, respect and dignity.

The post-holder will contribute to training on a multi-disciplinary basis.

The post-holder will utilise research skills for clinical audit, and to inform service development within the remit of the post.

The post-holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.

The post-holder will receive clinical and professional supervision from a consultant clinical psychologist.

It is a fixed term 12 month contract in the first instance but this may be extended. Please contact us to discuss this further.

Working for our organisation

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

We have a supportive psychological practitioners network (which includes clinical and counselling psychologists, psychological therapists, art therapy and child psychotherapy) that meets on a regular basis that provides opportunities for audit, research and CPD. We have close links with the local Doctorate training courses and regularly have Trainees on placement.