Highly Specialist CAMHS Clinician

Job summary

This is a newly created permanent post and an exciting opportunity for a senior CAMHS clinician to work within a Community CAMHS team and also closely with partners in the borough. The postholder will be an enthusiastic, experienced CAMHS clinician who is familiar with working with neurodiverse CYP, namely with an ADHD presentation and has a positive track record of collaborative working relationships, working across teams and partnering services.

The post would be fitting that of a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or a senior CAMHS Clinician who has additional qualifications and skills in a psychological talking therapy(ies), e.g. CBT. We would also welcome applications from Mental Health Nurses who have completed their prescribing qualifications and have worked with this particular population.

In general, the postholder will hold a complex caseload within the multi-disciplinary team, undertaking a range of clinical assessments and offering highly skilled treatments or therapies that are outcome focused and evidence based, using appropriate therapeutic modalities. You will review cases where patients have impasses, complaints or disputes with their clinical care.

You will provide consultation to external agencies such as GPs/schools/Local authorities and expert consultation and specialist psychological advice to other staff and agencies outside the Trust

Main duties of the job

1. The post holder will hold their own complex caseload within the team including responsibilities for risk management and clinical governance, planning and prioritising these.
2. Undertake clinical assessments of service users/patients and offer highly skilled treatment or therapy using appropriate therapeutic modalities
3. Work with team manager on intake and referral coordination
4. Provide consultation to external agencies as required such as GPs/schools/Llcal authorities
5. Review cases where patients have impasses, complaints, or disputes with their clinical care
6. Delegated responsibility for investigating complaints and processing Freedom of Information requests
7. To ensure, where appropriate, agreed standardised assessment questionnaires are completed with clients as per team protocol and to systematically collect data on caseload as required by the team manager
8. Formulate specialised plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a service user/patient's psycho-social difficulties taking into account multiple theoretical and employing methods based upon evidence of efficac

*Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

About us

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.

The Tavistock and Portman is caring, compassionate and committed to co-creating the care and training we offer. We are passionate about the quality of our work and committed to openness, the use of evidence and the application of improvement science. We value all our staff, are concerned for their wellbeing, and seek to foster leadership, innovation and excellence in our workforce.

The post-holder will be required to attend statutory and mandatory training events as set out in the Trust's staff training policy, which includes attendance at induction and ongoing training in fire safety, health and safety, infection control, risk management, safeguarding children and participation in appraisal.