Job overview

This is a new and exciting fixed term clinical role for a senior and highly experienced psychologist within the field of neurodiversity (ND).  The role will support the development, implementation & establishment of a pilot service to test a new ND service model for children & young people  across several South East London (SEL) boroughs. This is initially a 15-month pilot with the potential to extend to 18-months. The pilot will test a new multi-borough ND support & assessment model, facilitating a reduction in the longest waits for ADHD & ASD assessment across the system. The Hub will be multi-disciplinary, including community paediatrics, psychiatry, GP, speech & language therapy, nursing & psychology.

The postholder will be a skilled & highly experienced neurodiversity psychologist. The postholder will deliver clinical assessments and interventions (ADHD and/or ASD) for CYP, whilst leading on clinical assurance and supervision for team members.  Additionally, the postholder will contribute to the development of the scope of the service, outcomes and full pathway evaluation and re-design throughout the duration of the pilot.  

Main duties of the job

•       To provide senior clinical psychology input to the SEL CYP ND Hub team including direct clinical work, clinical supervision, and supporting the Clinical Programme Lead with clinical leadership

•       To act as the senior psychology clinical expert, providing insight to the ND Hub Clinical Programme Lead and the Operational Team Lead, enabling effective pathway co-design and development.

•       To co-lead on and hold responsibility for, with the Clinical Programme Lead, the provision of clinical input to the CYP ND Hub design across a range of professionals and teams within Children’s Services.

•       To support the development, evaluation and monitoring of relevant service delivery policies or standard operating procedures, through the deployment of professional skills in service management, research, service evaluation and audit.

•       To deliver highly specialist clinical assessments and interventions as a senior clinician within the hub pilot, leading on MDT complex case discussion where required.

•       To provide highly specialist clinical supervision within the service to clinicians from a range of training backgrounds, including trainees where required.

•       To provide clinical leadership to formulate and implement plans for formal psychological treatment of a client’s mental health needs, where required.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families.  This is strengthened by our new values:

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care