Senior Clinical Psychologist - Urgent Care

Senior Clinical Psychologist - Urgent Care

Job description

Job summary

Child Family Health Devon (CFHD) has developed an innovative,integrated model and are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join ourfriendly and dedicated pathways.

We are looking for an experienced ClinicalPsychologist to join us in a seniorrole (8a) inour Urgent Care pathway, providing mental health provision across Devon.

It is anexciting time for the pathway as we have been awarded funding from NHS Englandto set up an EMDR pilot to support young people who have experienced trauma andare accessing urgent care services to be able to quickly access theintervention that they require.







There isfunding available for the successful applicant to become a fully accreditedEMDR practitioner and be a leading clinician in the development of this pilot.

Preceptorshipopportunity - new / early qualified psychologists could beappointed to these roles at B7 under a preceptorship to work towardsrequirements for B8a, subject to satisfactory completion of preceptorshipprocess.

We would love to hear from colleagues who bringadvanced level clinical thinking and formulation, skills in supervision, consultationand MDT working to this pathway at an exciting time of development.

Relocationfunds may be available for this role.

Main duties of the job

As a SeniorClinical Psychologist, you will be offering high-quality complex assessmentsand psychological input to children, young people and their families who accessthe support of the Urgent Care Pathway.

You will bring advanced formulationskills and consultation to your team alongside wider service developmentcontributions.

Alongside this,





there will be further CPD opportunities to support yourdevelopment and a commitment to supporting your career progression at thisstage in relation to consolidating your supervisory role and leadership skillsas well as further expanding your clinical knowledge and skills.

You will have regular clinical supervision and separate line management.You will be supported with a job plan with opportunities to use a breadth ofskills including research and service development.

There is a strong andfriendly network of Clinical Psychologists working across CFHD, enjoying sharedCPD and professional support.

We also have excellent links with local Doctoralcourses for teaching and Trainee placements.

We encourage interest from candidates with diverse backgrounds andexperiences, both personal and professional.

About us

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD)





comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.

CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust.

We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework.

CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.







Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families / carers.

Our children and young people say

We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable.

It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way.

When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be a qualified and experienced Clinical Psychologist ready tomove into a Senior role.





You will have a passion for working with children,young people and families with complex needs.

You will have the knowledge andskills to undertake complex assessments and deliver evidence-based and outcomemonitored psychological therapies.

You will have experience in supporting thedevelopment of others through supervision and training and be keen to furtherdevelop this.

You will be a reflective practitioner with strengths to bring toa multi-disciplinary team and consultative work. You will be committed toservice user participation and collaborative working with children, youngpeople, parents, carers and families.

You will have a good understanding ofsafeguarding across the lifespan.





You will be motivated to further develop yourleadership skills to contribute to quality improvement and service developmentwithin your pathway and the wider service.

Information about theUrgent Care Pathway

The Urgent Care pathway consists of Crisis Teams, theAssertive Outreach Team and the Learning Disability Autism Keyworker Programme(LDAP).

The pathway is county wide withlocality hubs within it, which lends itself to the location being negotiabledependent on an individuals needs so long as service needs can be met.

In this pathway, the appointed Senior Clinical Psychologistwill be a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, which includes ClinicalPsychology, Consultant Psychiatry, Systemic Psychotherapy, Mental HealthNursing, Assistant Practitioners and Mental Health Practitioners from a broadrange of backgrounds.







The Urgent Care pathway provides an acute crisis response aswell as offering therapeutic work with specific emphasis on adolescents withcomplex and severe mental health problems.

The team works to an AMBIT frameworkalongside a broad spectrum of therapeutic modalities that are being used.

As a Senior Clinical Psychologist in the team, your rolewill include complex psychological assessment and formulation, specialist advice / consultation,delivering short-term psychological interventions, as well as providingclinical supervision and teaching.

You will also be supported to engage inservice development and research as well as activities to support developingleadership skills.

Main contacts :

Lucy Eyre, Operations Manager for the Urgent Care Pathway

Dr Matthew Perkins,





Principal Clinical Psychologist &Clinical; Lead for the Urgent CarePathway

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

- A Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent Masters level qualification in Clinical Psychology if qualified before 1996.
- Active registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
- Post qualification specialist therapy / assessment training relevant to children and young people.
- Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in supervision

Experience

Essential

Experience of undertaking specialist psychological assessments and therapeutic interventions for CYP with a wide variety of mental health problems and / or neurodiversity and / or learning disability, reflecting all levels of clinical severity;

including risk assessments of self-harming / dangerous / challenging behaviour.

- Experience of teaching and / or training
- Experience of delivering clinical supervision
- Experience, and / or training in diversity awareness and social inequality

Desirable

- Experience of work in psychological interventions with children, young people and their families in a range of service settings or agencies
- Experience in undertaking leadership roles within clinical psychology services in the NHS, and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi-disciplinary, multi-agency contexts

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

- Specialist knowledge of child development and the impact of adverse childhood experiences.
- Broad knowledge of psychological services; and of the services in the NHS where psychology is applied to the needs of children and young people Knowledge of psychometric assessment tools and their appropriate use Detailed understanding of relevant legislation ( Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity, Section 25 of the Childrens Act)
- Advanced psychological assessment and formulation skills including risk assessment.
- Ability to travel across the geographical service area as required

▶️ Senior Clinical Psychologist - Urgent Care
🖊️ Devon Partnership NHS Trust
📍 Exeter