Job summary
- Main area
- Highly Specialist Psychologist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 26.25 hours per week
- Job ref
- 260-TP-1003
- Employer
- Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bounds Green Health Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,631 - £68,623 Per annum, inclusive of Outer HCAS pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/11/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
It is a condition of this employment that you must live in and remain a resident of the United Kingdom during your employment with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.
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The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.
We are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high quality mental health services should be available for all who need them. We bring a distinctive contribution based on the importance we attach to social experience at all stages of people’s lives, and our focus on psychological and developmental approaches to the promotion of health and the prevention and treatment of mental ill health
We contribute to the pool of ideas through our own research and development, but are also committed to bringing together the best ideas of the time, old and new, from inside and out, together with the most gifted and able professionals in our fields of endeavour. We aim to share our ideas and practice through as many routes as possible.
As a Trust we aim constantly to be evolving in nature and form in relation to the environment in which we work, to ensure that our contribution remains relevant.
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
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Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Tavistock First Step Plus Service in a permanent post for 0.7 WTE sessions.
The service supports children and young people in Haringey's care aged 0-17 years who are experiencing or at risk of placement instability and lack access to local mental health services. First Step Plus addresses this by providing direct specialist support within a 20-mile radius of Haringey, including direct assessments, evidence-based interventions and treatment.
The post holder will conduct high-quality, comprehensive psychological assessments and deliver evidence-based treatments and interventions. The role encompasses providing consultation and network support. The position requires maintaining schedule flexibility to accommodate urgent or high-risk cases and facilitate network consultations when concerns arise.
The role is primarily based in our clinic at Bounds Green Health Centre but incorporates flexibility for community-based work. The post holder will conduct home visits and school-based assessments when clinically indicated and attend professional meetings in social work offices in Wood Green as required.
If the above sounds like you, please apply and / or contact us for any questions you might have about the post.
We are looking forward to hearing from you
Main duties of the job
You will provide expert consultation and specialist psychological advice to staff and agencies in and outside the Trust. You will communicate complex information in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, at times dealing with service users and networks under significant stress.
You will maintain a high standard of clinical records, producing and maintaining good communications with other professionals involved, including frequent liaison with local services and participating in outreach meetings.
You will contribute to the quality, safety and continuous improvement of services we provide to service users and their families.
Working for our organisation
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We are particularly keen to attract candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to better meet the needs of the service users and students that we serve.
The Trust aims to ensure that all job applicants, employees or clients are treated fairly and valued equally regardless of sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, domestic circumstances, age, race, colour, disablement, ethnic or national origin, social background or employment status, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, HIV status, gender identity, political affiliation or trade union membership. Selection for training and development and promotion will be on the basis of the individual’s ability to meet the requirements for the job. You are responsible for ensuring that the Trust’s policies, procedures and obligation in respect of promoting equality and diversity are adhered to in relation to both staff and services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree level as a minimum plus developed specialist and practical knowledge equating to postgraduate degree/ masters/doctorate level Registration with HCPC or relevant body as a Clinical Psychologist.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of clinical experience of working with children in care, young people, and their networks. A clear track record of managing complexity and risk whilst maintaining high standards of service delivery. A comprehensive understanding of the changing NHS and Social Care environment and the challenges they face Experience of working at all levels of the system with internal and external stakeholders. Expertise of managing and treating the client group Some experience of clinical supervision
Skills
Essential criteria
- High level of skill and knowledge in safeguarding and risk management Personal duty of care in relation to equipment or resources Basic keyboard skills for updating client records Ability to manage own clinical case load
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Willingness to contribute to strategic and business planning Skills for assessing and communicating complex client conditions and applying appropriate clinical treatments
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate equality, diversity and inclusion awareness and application of EDI issues Proactive, positive and enthusiastic attitude Ability to work effectively within a team Ability to remain calm whilst under pressure Flexible approach to working hours to meet Services needs
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel Keyboard / IMT skills
Desirable
Desirable criteria
- Some experience of clinical management of staff Some experience of involvement in project work e.g. quality improvement
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
- Martina Weilandt
- Job title
- Team Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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