Job summary
National and Specialist CAMHS present an exciting opportunity to recruit a highly motivated and experienced specialist clinician to a full-time band 8a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist post within the multi-disciplinary SCAAND team based at the Michael Rutter Centre.
SCAAND provides a number of streams of mental health care for autistic young people and young people with intellectual disability and other neurodevelopmental conditions. This post will primarily contribute to the care of young people with intellectual disability, including providing input to the Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) pathway.
SCAAND has excellent links with KCL and Clinical Psychology training courses, and staff benefit from excellent team support and professional development opportunities. Clinical work in the team is diverse, collaborative, evidence-based and truly multi-disciplinary, and includes an interesting mix of direct and indirect intervention and consultation to clinicians in local teams. The role offers a range of service development, supervision, teaching, clinical leadership and research opportunities, and SCAAND clinicians have access to a range of CPD and training both within and outside of SLAM NHS Trust.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work as a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist in SCAAND contributing to comprehensive MDT assessments, providing specialist psychological assessment, formulation and interventions for children, young people and parents/carers, and providing consultation, training and support to local CAMHs clinicians and multi-agency networks. One component of this post will involve assessment of cognitive abilties including those with severe and profound intellectual disability, and good knowledge of development and neurodevelopment is important.
The role also includes providing supervision, line management and team support. Supporting the psychological aspects of case formulation and planning within the MDT is also a key component of the role, and highly valued within the team in both regular meetings and joint working. There are also opportunities for developing and delivering teaching and training internally, to local training programmes, including KCL DClinPsy, and to external services and other agencies.The post holder will work closely with other clinical psychologists in SCAAND and other N&S CAMHS teams. They will work with the pathway leads to support the clinical governance and service development work of the team, including audits, research, service evaluation and quality improvement projects. There will be opportunities to lead on aspects of service development, relevant to the post-holder's specialisms, within SCAAND.
About us
About our locations:SCAAND is based at the Michael Rutter Centre for Children and Young People, Denmark Hill in South London. The role will require travel to clients in the community e.g. home visits, schools or community bases as appropriate and across the Trust and nationally when required. (Due to move to the Pears Maudsley Children and Young People (PMCYP) at the Maudsley Hospital in late 2025/early 2026)
Flexible working:As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. (This may include working early mornings, later evenings or Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post)
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a highly specialist psychology service to National Specialist CAMHS SCAAND, particularly focused on working with young people with Intellectual Disability, including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes. Provide clinical/management supervision to more junior colleagues and consultation as appropriate. To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment. To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in Intellectual Disability, neurodevelopment and associated mental health needs in young people. To undertake service evaluation, audit and research. To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters. To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a highly specialist psychology service to National Specialist CAMHS SCAAND, particularly focused on working with young people with Intellectual Disability, including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes. Provide clinical/management supervision to more junior colleagues and consultation as appropriate. To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment. To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist in Intellectual Disability, neurodevelopment and associated mental health needs in young people. To undertake service evaluation, audit and research. To work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters. To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent
- Completed training course in clinical supervision. (A/I)
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC. (A/I)
Desirable
- To have completed training in autism specific assessments (e.g. ADOS-2, ADI-R. (A/I)
- Management qualification, management training course completion or line management experience (A/I)
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in child and adolescent neurodevelopmental CAMHS. (A/I)
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in children and adolescence with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders and associated neurodevelopmental conditions (A/I)
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training. (A/I)
Understanding and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions for children and young people with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders and associated neurodevelopmental conditions with a focus on co-morbid mental health disorders. (A/I)
- Advanced knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics with children and young people and knowledge of how this applies to young people with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders and associated neurodevelopmental conditions (A/I)
Skills
Essential
- To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources. (A/I)
- To be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials. (A/I)
- Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups (A/I)
Desirable
- Experience in providing consultation to other professionals regarding children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions. (A/I)
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles. (A/I)
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate. (A/I)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent
- Completed training course in clinical supervision. (A/I)
- Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC. (A/I)
Desirable
- To have completed training in autism specific assessments (e.g. ADOS-2, ADI-R. (A/I)
- Management qualification, management training course completion or line management experience (A/I)
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in child and adolescent neurodevelopmental CAMHS. (A/I)
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in children and adolescence with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders and associated neurodevelopmental conditions (A/I)
- Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training. (A/I)
Understanding and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological assessments and interventions for children and young people with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders and associated neurodevelopmental conditions with a focus on co-morbid mental health disorders. (A/I)
- Advanced knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics with children and young people and knowledge of how this applies to young people with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders and associated neurodevelopmental conditions (A/I)
Skills
Essential
- To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources. (A/I)
- To be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials. (A/I)
- Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups (A/I)
Desirable
- Experience in providing consultation to other professionals regarding children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions. (A/I)
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles. (A/I)
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate. (A/I)
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).
