Job summary
- Main area
- Camhs Inpatient
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Fixed term: 43 months (FTC ends end of May 2029)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 271-BBM-7053567
- Employer
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- great ormond street hospital
- Town
- london
- Salary
- £70,387 - £80,465 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Principal Clinical Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a 43-month fixed term 0.6 wte Band 8b Principal Clinical Psychologist post on the Mildred Creak Inpatient Unit (MCU) within the Psychological and Mental Health Services (PAMHS). This role is to provide cover whilst the current post-holder is seconded into a NIHR funded research fellowship post.
The MCU has 8 inpatient and 2 day-patient beds available for children and young people aged between 7-13 years of age presenting with severe and complex mental health difficulties. The postholder will join a multidisciplinary team which includes child and adolescent psychiatrists, child & adolescent psychotherapists, systemic psychotherapists and mental health nurses.
Main duties of the job
Please find the job description and person specification attached.
The closing date is 28 May 2025.
Interviews will be held in mid-June. Exact date TBC
Please contact Dr Dawn Cutler if you would like further information via [email protected]
Working for our organisation
GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.
We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.
We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.
We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description attached.
This job description is intended as an outline of the areas of activity and can be amended in the light of the changing needs of the service and will be reviewed as necessary in conjunction with the post-holder.
Person specification
Values
Essential criteria
- Gosh Values
- Knowledge and Understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives
- Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace.
- Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential criteria
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (eligible for membership of DCP within BPS)
- Registered with HCPC
- Completed a D Clin Psych Training Scheme recognised supervisor training course
Desirable criteria
- Training in a specific therapeutic model (DBT/Trauma -focused CBT)
- Trained in ADOS-2/3Di/ADI
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Substantial assessed experience of working post-qualification
- Experience of working with children and young people with complex acute and chronic presentations who present with a range of challenging and risky behaviours.
- Experience of supervising qualified and pre-qualified psychologists
- Experience of preparing highly complex assessment reports and formulations.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and young people, safeguarding, child protection and the mental health act.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a child and adolescent psychiatric inpatient unit, including with patients sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
- Experience in providing interventions using DBT, trauma focused CBT
- Experience in providing interventions using DBT, trauma focused CBT Experience of running groups for patients and/or families
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Evidence of skilled and productive multidisciplinary team working
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
- Ability to identify research needs of the service and facilitate quality improvement projects.
- Ability to draw on a variety of approaches in the engagement of complex and hard to reach patient groups.
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
- Sinead Marriott
- Job title
- Consultant Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02074059200
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