Band 7 CAMHS Clinical Psychologist

3 months ago


Bristol, United Kingdom Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

We have an opportunity to join our experienced and established team of Clinical Psychologists within our multidisciplinary Community CAMHS Team.

You will have be qualified and registered as a Clinical Psychologist. You will also have experience of working with children and young people, preferably within a community CAMHS service.

South Bristol CAMHS is within easy commuting distance to Bristol City Centre and is a growing multi-cultural area with numerous amenities, art projects and a thriving community scene. There are a number of open green spaces and plans to increase the cycle routes that connect across the city.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be offering consultation, assessment and treatment to young people with mental and emotional health difficulties alongside theirfamilies The team have a senior psychologist who will support your professional development. There are other professionals with a variety of skills and knowledge from a diverse range of should be passionate about working within a multi professional team in order to meet he needs of young people.

As a service and team we would be keen to help you develop your areas of clinical interest.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust); a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

CAMHS is a supportive, experienced and progressive multi-disciplinary team. We offer individual, family and group interventions which may be time limited or longer term therapies according to need. We have radically transformed in recent years including improved staff retention; fantastic team skill mix and opportunities for innovative practice. We also strive to provide compassionate leadership as we recognize the importance of staff well-being. You will receive regular clinical, peer and management supervision and access to continued professional development.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Knowledge and skills

Essential

To provide a specialist clinical psychology assessment, treatment and consultation service to children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties and their families who are referred to CAMHS To provide experience and in working with other agencies around providing appropriate assessment, support and treatment. To clinically supervise trainee clinical psychologists, assistant psychologists, less experienced psychology staff, and other professionals. To contribute to audit, research, policy and service development within the areas served by the Psychological Therapies Service. To develop and deliver training in psychological assessment and therapies for multidisciplinary staff. Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

Doctoral clinical Psychology qualification or equivalent Maintenance of appropriate professional registration (HCPC)

Experience

Essential

Post qualification of delivering evidence based therapies to young people and families in CAMHS Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team and ability to contribute to team meetings and processes.

Desirable

Experience of providing specialist assessments/interventions eg Autism assessments (ADOS), Eating Disorders or specialist CBT

Skills

Essential

Ability to work with children, young people and families from a wide range of social, cultural and minority ethnic backgrounds. Ability to work autonomously, and organise and prioritise workload .Experience of assessing and managing young people who are suicidal and young people who present a risk to self and others

Desirable

Experience of Clinical supervision/consultation - junior colleagues or other staff

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