Clinical Psychologist - BRS
Solent NHS Trust
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Job summary
The Building Resilience and Strengths (BRS) team has an exciting opportunity opening for the role of a Specialist Clinical Psychologist. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary integrated CAMHS team, delivering high quality interventions to children, young people and their families presenting with a range of psychological difficulties and complex life experiences.
The BRS is joint funded by Solent NHS and Southampton City Council Children's Services. Staff are employed through each agency but work together as one team under a single management structure and service specification. Following the Southampton City Council's Destination 22 transformation, the service will deliver both a Crisis Intervention service and a Therapeutic service, with dedicated multi-disciplinary staff in each pathway. The role of the Specialist Clinical Psychologist will be primarily based within the Therapeutic pathway but close working relationships with professionals from the Crisis Intervention pathway will allow for robust transition plans between the pathways as required.
In the BRS, there is often a high level of complexity in the children and young people we see. The role will regularly involve offering assessments and specialist interventions to children and young people who have experienced trauma, including complex trauma.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a confident CAMHS professional with a demonstrable track record of providing good quality evidence-based interventions, improving service quality, and an interest in service development. We would welcome applications from clinical psychologists who have an interest in trauma and share our passion for delivering the best quality care experience for children and their families.
We currently have a varied intervention offer for our children and young people (including DDP, DBT, family therapy, psychotherapy, play therapy, trauma-focused CBT and attachment-focused therapies) and are looking at opportunities to expand this offer, including through further training of our staff team. Therefore, you would have opportunities to gain training, skills and experience in a diverse range of therapeutic approaches. As a band 7 there will also be opportunities to supervise assistant psychologists in the team and to offer consultation to other disciplines.
There will be a strong focus on training and consultation to other services in trauma informed practice as well as considering how this work will be evaluated. This is a role you would be closely supported with by the Principal Clinical Psychologist in the team.
The BRS is a strong and supportive team and has excellent structures to offer regular supervision and support. We would be committed to offering a comprehensive induction plan and support package to ensure you felt welcomed and settled into the team.
About us
Make a difference with us
If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.
We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.
To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access
To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work
To deliver the best value for money
Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation -- guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.
In creating our values, we spent time listening to our employees and members. Based on what people told us, we created our HEART values to reflect the deep belief that we are caring organisation at the centre of our community: Honesty, Everyone counts, Accountable, Respectful, Teamwork.
We are an accredited Real Living Wage employer.
We encourage and support our staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19.
Date posted
12 May 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£41,659 to £47,672 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
449-Team3-1305
Job locations
University Hospital Southampton
Tremona Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO16 6YD
Employer details
Employer name
Solent NHS Trust
Address
University Hospital Southampton
Tremona Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO16 6YD