Job summary
Applications are invited for a highly experienced Clinical Psychologist to provide expert psychological support in North Tyneside CAMHS. The team caters for children and young people aged 0-18 and their families, who are affected by a variety of mental health difficulties.
We are looking for an enthusiastic motivated team player who is able to strategically lead and develop the delivery of psychologically informed assessment, formulation and intervention across CAMHS service. The candidate must have substantial knowledge of mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions in children and young people as well as being able to deliver intervention at a specialist consultation level. The candidate must also have experience of managing a team and supervising and training at an expert level. We are keen to invest in training opportunities for the successful candidate, in order to develop skills and experience to improve service delivery and patient experience.
The post will be based at Albion Road Resource Centre, North Shields but the post holder may be required to work at other sites within the Trust.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve being part of a senior leadership team in CAMHS and managing all aspects of the delivery of service including strategic, managerial, HR responsibilities as well as supporting all aspects of the delivery of psychological formulation and diagnosis a range of neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions. The post holder will represent the wider service and the Trust as a service lead and will be expected to engage fully in decisions around service modelling and delivery.
Essential Criteria
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specificallymodels of psychopathology, clinical,psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
- First degree in Psychology or related subject with the British Psychological Society's Graduate Basis for Registration.
- Substantial post qualification experience and training in all aspects of mental health and neurodevelopmental diagnosis, formulation and psychological interventions in a CAMHS setting.
- Completion of training to be able to clinically supervise Trainee Clinical Psychologists and other Health professionals.
- Completion of training in child protection and self-harm risk assessment.
Desirable
- Specialist training and qualifications in applied psychology relevant to CAMHS.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?
Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a senior role in the service management, development and delivery of the neurodevelopmental team in CAMHS. This will involve ensuring the systematic provision of high-quality specialist psychology service to clients of the service team, across all sectors of care. The role will involve supervising and supporting the psychologically informed assessment and therapeutic intervention provided by the team whilst also offering highly specialist advice, consultation and supervision on clinical presentations where expertise is needed in neurodevelopmental conditions.
The post holder must work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. The role will involve proposing and implementing policy or service changes to the wider health and social care structures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service. CPD is supported and consideration of specialising in a relevant therapeutic intervention or specific field of special interest would be positively encouraged.
The successful post holder must be able to role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a senior role in the service management, development and delivery of the neurodevelopmental team in CAMHS. This will involve ensuring the systematic provision of high-quality specialist psychology service to clients of the service team, across all sectors of care. The role will involve supervising and supporting the psychologically informed assessment and therapeutic intervention provided by the team whilst also offering highly specialist advice, consultation and supervision on clinical presentations where expertise is needed in neurodevelopmental conditions.
The post holder must work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. The role will involve proposing and implementing policy or service changes to the wider health and social care structures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service. CPD is supported and consideration of specialising in a relevant therapeutic intervention or specific field of special interest would be positively encouraged.
The successful post holder must be able to role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the Trust.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS
- First degree in Psychology or related subject with the British Psychological Society's Graduate Basis for Registration
- Substantial post qualification experience and training in all aspects of mental health and neurodevelopmental diagnosis, formulation and psychological interventions in a CAMHS setting
- Completion of training to be able to clinically supervise Trainee Clinical Psychologists and other Health professionals
- Completion of training in child protection and self-harm risk assessment
Desirable
- Specialist training and qualifications in applied psychology relevant to CAMHS
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and their families across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of leadership in a multi disciplinary framework
Desirable
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by HCPC and the BPS.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS
- First degree in Psychology or related subject with the British Psychological Society's Graduate Basis for Registration
- Substantial post qualification experience and training in all aspects of mental health and neurodevelopmental diagnosis, formulation and psychological interventions in a CAMHS setting
- Completion of training to be able to clinically supervise Trainee Clinical Psychologists and other Health professionals
- Completion of training in child protection and self-harm risk assessment
Desirable
- Specialist training and qualifications in applied psychology relevant to CAMHS
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and their families across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of leadership in a multi disciplinary framework
Desirable
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by HCPC and the BPS.
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).
