Clinical Lead Psychologist

2 weeks ago


Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 8b Principal Clinical Psychologist to work in the role of clinical lead in the developing Child & Young People's Enhanced Support Service (CYPRESS), covering West Sussex. The post is for 3 days a week.

The CYPRESS service is a multi-disciplinary team that provides support to families who have a child with a learning disability, who is presenting with behaviours that challenge. Our service fits with the trusts wider goal of developing services to meet the Transforming Care Agenda, as part of the Learning Disability and Autism programme.

The post holder will be the clinical lead, supporting the development of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, working closely alongside partners in health, education, social care and the third sector.

Main duties of the job
  • Working with children/young people or adults with a learning disability.
  • Working with looked after children.
  • Working in a CAMHS setting or in services for adults with a learning disability.
  • Providing supervision, consultation and liaison.
  • Managing high levels of clinical risk.
About us

Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire. We encourage flexible working.

We'd love you to join our Trust, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

CYPRESS

We are a relatively new service commissioned as part of the Learning Disability and Autism Programme. We have close relationships with our commissioners and aim to work alongside our social care, residential and education colleagues, to ensure holistic support is offered in a joined-up way.

Person SpecificationQualifications
  • Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology as approved by the HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
  • Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
  • Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC)
Knowledge & Experience
  • Significant assessed experience of working as a qualified psychologist.
  • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings.
  • Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.


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