Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
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Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist interested in working with young people and the systems around them, helping to develop a psychologically informed environment?
We are currently recruiting for a Clinical Psychologist to join Austen House, a 14-bedded Low Secure inpatient unit for young people aged 12-18. The unit sits alongside well-established Medium Secure and General Adolescent Units at Bluebird and Leigh House.
The role will involve the use and development of psychological skills to contribute to the understanding and treatment of psychological distress and risk. There will be opportunities for direct clinical work with young people and their families/carers. You will contribute to a psychologically informed environment via formulation, consultation, teaching, supervision, and reflective practice. The post offers close multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working, opportunities to use research skills and continued professional development. Supervision is provided from the team 8b Clinical Psychologist.
Newly qualified applicants are welcome and would be recruited as a band 7 and supported as part of an established preceptorship process to develop into the 8a role.
Austen House is set on the edge of the New Forest within a few miles of the city of Southampton.
For more information please contact Dr Helena Maher Helena.maher@southernhealth.nhs.uk.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is a member of the multi-professional team. They will be required to work as an autonomous, independent practitioner responsible for their own work and interventions and for the interpretation of agreed guidelines and policies in providing a highly specialist psychological service to young people at Austen House.
They will undertake complex assessments, offer consultancy and provide expert advice to colleagues, and the wider clinical multi-professional team, other agencies and non-professional carers on formulation, psychological intervention and risk.
They will provide specialist intervention for complex cases and plan and prioritise their own clinical workload. They will promote the Psychological Model of Care, enhancing psychologically informed nurse-led approaches. They will be expected to propose change to policy or service development within the divisional psychological service and team as necessary.
They will provide supervision for members of their own team and psychological guidance and supervision for multi-professional clinical colleagues. They will engage in research and development, cultivate and encourage a research ethos within the wider clinical team. The post holder will utilise research skills for research, audit, policy and service development.
They will place an emphasis on co-production and demonstrate an attitude which respects and values young people and their carers and the core values of the trust: patients and people first; partnership; and respect.
About us
Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.
As a Trust, our footprint spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, wholeheartedly committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities.
- We function as a unified team, placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.
- Our 7,000+ workforce is skilled and diverse, with a deep commitment to ongoing staff development. We offer customised training, leadership pathways, and a plethora of career opportunities.
- We respect and listen to your thoughts, ideas, and concerns via well-established network of staff groups to increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Building on all this, we are currently working closely with other local NHS Trusts to integrate all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Our new organisation is set to launch in April 2024 and will incorporate Southern Health, Solent, Isle of Wight and Sussex Partnership Trusts.
While the new Trust will be substantially bigger, it will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, streamlining services and making healthcare across the county more accessible.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.
Details
Date posted
19 January 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£50,056 to £57,349 a year Based on full time hours
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
Reference number
348-SS-3580
Job locations
Austen House
Tatchbury Mount, Calmore
Southampton
Hampshire
SO40 2TA
Employer details
Employer name
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Austen House
Tatchbury Mount, Calmore
Southampton
Hampshire
SO40 2TA
Employer's website
https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)








Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Hiring Manager - Principal Clinical Psychologist
Dr Helena Maher
helena.maher@southernhealth.nhs.uk
02380874401
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