Principal Clinical Psychologist

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced clinical psychologist to join Rotherham, Doncaster and North Lincolnshire NHS Trust.

This is a split post providing specialist clinical assessments with adopted children, young people and adults known to the Regional Adoption Agency, One Adoption South Yorkshire (0.6wte) and into the Children in Care Team (CIC), Doncaster CAMHS (0.2 wte)

Please see attached document for more information.

Main duties of the job

This is a split post providing specialist clinical assessments with adopted children, young people and adults known to the Regional Adoption Agency, One Adoption South Yorkshire (0.6wte) and into the Children in Care Team, Doncaster CAMHS (0.2 wte)

Job Purpose:

• Be accountable for own professional practice in the delivery of highly specialist Clinical Psychology assessment, formulation, and intervention (including delivering attachment based and developmental trauma informed interventions) to children and young people with complex psychological or mental health conditions.
• To provide expert advice, clinical consultation, and training to colleagues, internal teams, and external partners.
• To provide clinical consultation to RAA practitioners undertaking adoption support assessments and applications to the Adoption Support Fund.
• To undertake specialist assessments of children, young people and parents as required to inform applications to the Adoption Support Fund or the provision of services either by RAA practitioners or other providers.

• To be compassionate in meeting the needs of clients, their carers and families.
• To undertake formal research as an integral part of the job and to act as field supervisor for doctorate trainees.
• To be pro-active in continual service improvement within own area.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values.

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q