Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS - Neurodevelopmental service
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7181826
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Free Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,927 - £68,676 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 8A Clinical Psychologist CAMHS
NHS AfC: Band 8a
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.
In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified clinical psychologist looking to develop their career in an expanding specialist CAMHS for neurodevelopment assessment/intervention and paediatric psychology.
The post holder will provide highly specialist psychological assessment and treatment to patients, and provide support and consultation to non-psychologist colleagues. Outpatient case load will include ADHD and ASC assessment and intervention, and complex neurodevelopmental and paediatric liaison cases, triaging these referrals and providing both individual and family intervention. The post holder will carry out cognitive neuropsychological assessments where needed, and contribute to service development, including new interventions for autism. Clinical work will also include providing support to complex paediatric inpatient presentations and highly specialist consultation with medical and ward staff, contributing to the development of psychological formulations and individual treatment plans.
The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures; to utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service. The role will also involve supervision of trainee clinical psychologists and band 7 clinical psychologists where required.
Main duties of the job
1. CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
1. To work together with the MDT to provide targeted psychological interventions, which are integrated within the overall MDT treatment approach, to work collaboratively to support patients in their recovery and to achieve their goals.
2. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance & consultation to medical and ward staff involved with outpatient and inpatient caseload, to assist in the formulation, diagnosis and treatment of patients. To liaise with ward staff to assess whether current inpatients and their families would benefit from psychological support.
3. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of patients.
4. To provide expertise and advice to facilitate provision of psychological care by all staff involved in patient care and support.
5. To liaise with relevant health, education and social care staff, from a range of agencies, in relation to care provision of patients.
6. To ensure the development and maintenance of the highest personal standards of practice, through participation in CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post-holder’s professional and service manager(s).
7. To receive regular clinical professional supervision.
8. To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues of relevance to the service and client group.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to attached Job Description Document for full details of clinical duties and role.
Person specification
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence.
- HCPC registration ; Eligibility for Chartered Clinical Psychologist status
Desirable criteria
- Post-doctoral experience/training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including community, primary care, outpatient and inpatient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Evidence of post-qualification supervised clinical experience in therapeutic intervention and management of clients with physical health conditions using cognitive-behavioural assessment and intervention techniques.
- Post-qualification experience of working with children with physical health conditions and their families, delivering interventions to parents, families and individuals
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
Desirable criteria
- Post-qualification experience of work within interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary environments.
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management with complex cases
- Knowledge of at least two relevant theoretical models and psychological interventions relevant to young people with neurodevelopmental and physical health conditions
- Well developed 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 quantitative data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the British Psychological Society/HCPC
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
- Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Interest and ability to contribute to service development.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Familiarity with SPSS databases and statistical package
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sandra Stamos
- Job title
- Lead Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07734929754
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