Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Band 7 Clinical Psychologist - Bristol

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Job summary

As a member of the Psychology Team at Riverside you will work closely with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), compromising of Nurses, Health Care Assistants, Family Therapists, Physiatrists, Speciality Doctors, Clinical Psychologists, Social Workers, Dance & Movement Psychotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Administrators and Hospital Teachers.

The psychology team play an important role in providing specialist assessment, formulation and therapeutic treatment to the young people admitted to Riverside. We also hold psychological theory, thinking and practice within the Unit as a whole. This will involve supporting debriefs, team formulation meetings, attending weekly reviews, CPA's, providing supervision and reflective spaces for the wider team.

Main duties of the job

Provide specialist clinical psychology assessment, formulation and treatment to young people aged 13 to 18 years, admitted to the unit. The young people admitted to the unit have severe, complex and/or enduring psychological or psychiatric difficulties.

The Riverside Adolescent Unit is a General Adolescent Inpatient Unit (GAU) based at Blackberry Hill Hospital, Fishponds, Bristol. The unit works with young people aged 13 to 18 years, experiencing severe, complex and/ or enduring psychological or psychiatric difficulties, which require more intensive Tier 4 intervention. There are 12 inpatient beds and 4 day patient spaces at the Riverside Adolescent Unit.

You will be a key member of and working closely with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) compromising of Nurses, Health Care Assistants, Family Therapists, Physiatrists, Speciality Doctors, Clinical Psychologists, Social Workers, Dance & Movement Psychotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Administrators and Hospital Teachers.

The team are a friendly multi-disciplinary team who are very psychologically minded and value the support and input from the psychology team.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Date posted

12 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

342-CAMHS078-0523

Job locations

Blackberry Hill Hospital

Manor Road, Fishponds

Bristol

BS16 2EW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide specialist clinical psychology assessment, formulation and treatment to young people and/or their family/carers.

Provide psychological advice and professional expertise to the MDT.

Promote the use of effective psychological interventions and evidence-based practice in the service.

Help support, consult into and lead on the care management of young peoples care packages whilst at Riverside.

Provide specialist clinical psychology consultation, training and supervision to the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) at Riverside including trainees, students and nursing staff.

Provide psychological support and debriefs to the Multi-Disciplinary Team as needed.

Ensure that a psychological perspective his held during the care of young people and the Unit.

Plan, facilitate and evaluate group work interventions in line with the therapeutic programme of the unit.

Participate fully in the development of the service as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, to include involvement in clinical activity (audit and evaluation of the service, outcome evaluation and governance).

Participate in the annual appraisal process.