Job summary
- Main area
- Neurodevelopmental CAMHS & Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Working days need to include Friday)
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-6937007-A
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Free Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,927 - £68,676 per annum (pro-rata) inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 8a Senior Practitioner Psychologist
Band 8a
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
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Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical or counselling psychologist to join an expanding specialist CAMHS for neurodevelopment assessment/intervention and paediatric psychology. The post holder will, under the supervision of the Lead Clinical Psychologist, provide highly specialist psychological assessment and treatment to patients, and provide support and consultation to non-psychologist colleagues. Outpatient caseload will include both 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. There may also be opportunity to work as part of the Royal Free Hospital children’s diabetes team, and for service development in CAMHS & diabetes.
This role will suit a clinical or counselling psychologist with post-qualification experience in CAMHS, paediatrics or other physical health services, or an interest in developing skills in these areas.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have post-qualification experience to work in this senior role. They
Will contribute to the ADHD & Autism assessment pathways within the service by working alongside other clinical psychologists and supervising the work of an assistant psychologist in terms of family liaison and database maintenance. The post holder will be expected to carry a caseload of children and young people with neurodevelopmental mental health difficulties and/or chronic or acute medical problems.
There will also be opportunity to work as part of the Royal Free Hospital children’s diabetes team, where needed, providing support for children, young people and families living with Type 1, Type 2, MODY and other forms of diabetes, aged 0 - 19. This includes support for the newly diagnosed, contribute to specialist reviews around Hybrid Closed Loop implementation and provide ongoing psychological assessment and intervention around diabetes within a specialist Multi-Disciplinary Team. It will be important to develop working relationships with paediatric staff including, paediatricians, clinical nurse specialists and dieticians.
Working for our organisation
This role will appeal to a clinical psychologist with post-qualification experience in CAMHS, paediatrics or other health psychology roles. The postholder will have an ability to work independently, who is interested in working with young people and developing specialist skills.
The CAMHS service is based in a large hospital in the centre of leafy Hampstead and walking distance from the tube, and we are a welcoming and supportive team.
This role is available up to 0.8 WTE (4 days per week). We ask that one working day needs to be Friday. Annual Leave starts at 27 days a year plus bank holidays pro rata.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values: Positively welcoming; Actively respectful; Clearly communicating; Visibly reassuring
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.
- 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.
- Post-qualification experience of working with children with physical health conditions and their families, delivering interventions to parents, families and individuals
Skills
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jade Ambridge
- Job title
- Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02087302931
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