Job summary
Principal Clinical Psychologist
Band 8b (30 hours) Community CAMHS Intellectual Disability Team (CAMHs ID) Nottingham/Nottinghamshire
We have an exciting opportunity as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team to shape and develop services for children and young people with intellectual disabilities and complex mental health needs. In addition to providing specialist assessment and intervention, you will provide clinical leadership, supervision, and consultation to a skilled team of clinicians, while also contributing to service development, quality improvement, and strategic planning.
You will work closely with families, schools, social care, and other health professionals to deliver psychologically informed care that makes a real difference. The post holder is required to hold a post graduate doctorate in clinical psychology as accredited by the BPS and have Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration. Additional post qualification experience within a CAMHS ID or relevant provision is essential. For employees of Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust secondment opportunities will also be considered. Post holders will also join an integrated, friendly and supportive group of 27 Psychologists working across the Nottingham City and conurbation multi-disciplinary CAMHs. There are good opportunities for CPD, strong mechanisms for support and good links with the DClinpsy courses at Trent, Sheffield and Leicester University.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a member of a Specialist CAMH Intellectual Disability multi-disciplinary service, which serves the Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County areas. Working with individuals, parents and/ or carers; liaison with a broad range of other disciplines and agencies, including health, education, social services, voluntary agencies and care systems will be key aspects of this post. The post holder will also provide support through consultation and joint working with staff within the team and offer supervision to other CAMHS psychology colleagues.
The post holder will form part of the senior leadership team within the CAMHS Intellectual Disability Service. The post holder works autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
To lead a specialist psychology service offering direct and indirect clinical psychology provision to address the complex needs of children and young people up to 18 and their families in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County in conjunction with other partner agencies and services.
The post holder will be a member of a Specialist CAMH Intellectual Disability multi-disciplinary service, which serves the Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County areas. Working with individuals, parents and/ or carers; liaison with a broad range of other disciplines and agencies, including health, education, social services, voluntary agencies and care systems will be key aspects of this post. The post holder will also provide support through consultation and joint working with staff within the team and offer supervision to other CAMHS psychology colleagues.
The post holder will form part of the senior leadership team within the CAMHS Intellectual Disability Service. The post holder works autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services policies and procedures.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To lead a specialist psychology service offering direct and indirect clinical psychology provision to address the complex needs of children and young people up to 18 and their families in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County in conjunction with other partner agencies and services.
The post holder will be a member of a Specialist CAMH Intellectual Disability multi-disciplinary service, which serves the Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County areas. Working with individuals, parents and/ or carers; liaison with a broad range of other disciplines and agencies, including health, education, social services, voluntary agencies and care systems will be key aspects of this post. The post holder will also provide support through consultation and joint working with staff within the team and offer supervision to other CAMHS psychology colleagues.
The post holder will form part of the senior leadership team within the CAMHS Intellectual Disability Service. The post holder works autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services policies and procedures.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate doctorate in clinical psychology as accredited by the BPS
- Current Registration with the HCPC
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- oDriving license and car
- oMaintenance of Trust Essential Training
Training
Essential
- oEvidence for post-qualification specialist training relevant to CAMHS.
- oAdvanced knowledge, experience and expertise in at least one specialist area of clinical practise gained though post-qualification specialist training and supervised practise (e.g. Psychotherapy, neuropsychology, Attachment Therapy, Clinical Supervision)
- oCognitive Assessment e.g. psychometric testing.
Desirable
- Further relevant post qualification training including : oDyadic Developmental Psychology.
- Further relevant post qualification training including: Systemic Therapy
- Further relevant post qualification training including: CBT/DBT
- Further relevant post qualification training including: oPsychological models of assessing and treating PTSD e.g. EMDR
- Further relevant post qualification training including: oPositive Behaviour Support
- Further relevant post qualification training including: oTheraplay
- oFurther training in the assessment of neurodevelopmental vulnerabilities e.g. ASD
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of assessment of children/ young people & their families presenting with a broad range of mental health needs including developmental trauma together with neurodiversity such as autism and/ or intellectual disability - where there may be multiple contributing factors to understanding their presentation & informing further treatment.
- oExperience in the specific assessment and formulation of both child and adult attachment.
- oExperience in assessment and management of clinical risk.
- oExperience of working within teams as part of a MDT approach to delivering interventions / therapy.
- oExperience of offering a consultation model to supporting the MDT and wider network around the child.
- oExperience of effective multi-disciplinary, multi-agency working.
- oProvision of clinical supervision and training to psychologists and practitioners from other professional groups
Desirable
- oExperience of delivering structured group programme.
- oExperience of staff training.
- oExperience of clinical audit and/or service evaluation
Knowledge
Essential
- oDetailed knowledge of a range of models of assessment, formulation, management and treatment of mental health difficulties across a broad age range 0-18 years.
- oKnowledge of systemic approaches to working with Families / care systems.
- oKnowledge of assessment and evidence-based treatment of trauma and how developmental trauma may present in young people with intellectual disability.
- oPresentation and teaching skills.
- oKnowledge of the Safeguarding protocol.
- oKnowledge of the assessment and evidence-based treatment of mental health difficulties relevant to Community CAMHS and across a broad age range 0-18 years.
Desirable
- oExperience of conference presentation / teaching
- oPublications/ research experience.
Skills
Essential
- oSpecialist skills in establishing and developing therapeutic relationships with clients with complex clinical presentations and ability to make adaptations when working with individuals with intellectual disability.
- oTo communicate in skilled and sensitive manner information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment options of clients.
- oResearch and Audit skills to evidence the efficacy of specialist interventions, in conjunction with Team Leads and to evaluate patient experience including the development of appropriate outcomes measure for the service.
- oAppropriate IT skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate doctorate in clinical psychology as accredited by the BPS
- Current Registration with the HCPC
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- oDriving license and car
- oMaintenance of Trust Essential Training
Training
Essential
- oEvidence for post-qualification specialist training relevant to CAMHS.
- oAdvanced knowledge, experience and expertise in at least one specialist area of clinical practise gained though post-qualification specialist training and supervised practise (e.g. Psychotherapy, neuropsychology, Attachment Therapy, Clinical Supervision)
- oCognitive Assessment e.g. psychometric testing.
Desirable
- Further relevant post qualification training including : oDyadic Developmental Psychology.
- Further relevant post qualification training including: Systemic Therapy
- Further relevant post qualification training including: CBT/DBT
- Further relevant post qualification training including: oPsychological models of assessing and treating PTSD e.g. EMDR
- Further relevant post qualification training including: oPositive Behaviour Support
- Further relevant post qualification training including: oTheraplay
- oFurther training in the assessment of neurodevelopmental vulnerabilities e.g. ASD
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of assessment of children/ young people & their families presenting with a broad range of mental health needs including developmental trauma together with neurodiversity such as autism and/ or intellectual disability - where there may be multiple contributing factors to understanding their presentation & informing further treatment.
- oExperience in the specific assessment and formulation of both child and adult attachment.
- oExperience in assessment and management of clinical risk.
- oExperience of working within teams as part of a MDT approach to delivering interventions / therapy.
- oExperience of offering a consultation model to supporting the MDT and wider network around the child.
- oExperience of effective multi-disciplinary, multi-agency working.
- oProvision of clinical supervision and training to psychologists and practitioners from other professional groups
Desirable
- oExperience of delivering structured group programme.
- oExperience of staff training.
- oExperience of clinical audit and/or service evaluation
Knowledge
Essential
- oDetailed knowledge of a range of models of assessment, formulation, management and treatment of mental health difficulties across a broad age range 0-18 years.
- oKnowledge of systemic approaches to working with Families / care systems.
- oKnowledge of assessment and evidence-based treatment of trauma and how developmental trauma may present in young people with intellectual disability.
- oPresentation and teaching skills.
- oKnowledge of the Safeguarding protocol.
- oKnowledge of the assessment and evidence-based treatment of mental health difficulties relevant to Community CAMHS and across a broad age range 0-18 years.
Desirable
- oExperience of conference presentation / teaching
- oPublications/ research experience.
Skills
Essential
- oSpecialist skills in establishing and developing therapeutic relationships with clients with complex clinical presentations and ability to make adaptations when working with individuals with intellectual disability.
- oTo communicate in skilled and sensitive manner information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment options of clients.
- oResearch and Audit skills to evidence the efficacy of specialist interventions, in conjunction with Team Leads and to evaluate patient experience including the development of appropriate outcomes measure for the service.
- oAppropriate IT skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
