Senior Clinical Psychologist

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will join an established Looked After Children and Early Intervention Service, and the innovative Staying Close project that works alongside an MDT CAMHS Team / AMH Services and undertake the following responsibilities:

To provide specialist psychological and/or systemic assessments and interventions whilst interpreting and integrating 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, foster carers and others involved in the client's care, including frontline workers in health, education, social services and the voluntary

To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of children and young people with mental health difficulties, including those children who are looked after and adopted, or are children in need, children in need of protection, young adults leaving care, or vulnerable children who are part of the stronger families teams. These plans will be 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

To work to prevent placement breakdown, and far more effective rehabilitation of children and young people back into their families where appropriate.

To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological and systemic 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

To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical, environmental, biological and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or

To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.

To collaborate with colleagues in devising appropriate psychological and systemic interventions for children, young adults, families and

To provide specialist psychological/ systemic advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals who comprise of the team around the child/young adults contributing directly to clients' formulation, diagnosis and treatment

To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically and or systemic based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client

To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk

To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans including clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of

To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Postgraduate doctoral training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinctpsychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS. Registration as a Clinical Psychologist with the Health andCare Professions Council

Desirable criteria

• Post-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology or relevant area of practice. Training in video interaction therapies; DBT and/or other trauma approaches

Previous Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of specialist psychological/ systemic assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings (e.g. outpatient, primary care, inpatient)
• Experience of working with a variety of client groups, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuseand the threat of physical abuse
• Experience of working in a CAMHS setting and working with Looked After Children, children in Need, Children in need of Protection or vulnerable children/ young adults
• Substantial post qualification experience working as a clinical psychologist/ systemic psychotherapist

Skills and knowledge

Essential criteria

• Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology/ systemic psychotherapy including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuro-psychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies
• Substantive knowledge and skills in the use of complex methods of psychological/ systemic assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration in particular as applied to complex problems.
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information including diagnoses and formulations to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Well developed skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design anddata analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of clinical psychology or related discipline
• Knowledge of effective Child Protection Strategies and legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
• Knowledge of issues relating to consent/ capacity
• Substantive experience of assessing mental health risk and safeguarding concerns
• Knowledge and skills in specialist psychological / systemic assessment and treatment with children and young peoplewho are looked after or adopted

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. See attached Staff Reward and Wellbeing Handbook detailing our benefits, discounts and wellbeing initiatives for staff.

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.

If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• JD (PDF, 576.3KB)
• PS (PDF, 296.4KB)
• CNWL Staff Networks (PDF, 320.0KB)
• CNWL Values (PDF, 182.9KB)
• CNWL Reward and Wellbeing Handbook 2020 (PDF, 1.1MB)