13 Oct
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
London
Job description
Job summary
The National and Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (N&S; CAMHS) are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and skilled band 8a Clinical / Counselling Psychologists / Family Therapist / Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED) Service.
This full time (10 sessions), fixed term post (maternity cover) is available for up to 11months. MCCAED is a Specialist Eating Disorders Service for young people aged up to 18 years and based at the Michael Rutter Centre at the Maudsley Hospital.
The multi-disciplinary outpatient team within MCCAED consists of Family Therapists, Clinical Psychologists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Psychiatrists,
dietitians, and Assistant Psychologists.
The service provides evidence-based outpatient treatment specifically tailored to children and young people with eating disorders.
The wider MCCAED service also includes an intensive day patient service for young people with restrictive eating disorders and an outpatient service predominantly seeing young people with Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have a senior role within MCCAED and will be required to :
Provide a highly specialist clinical services including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes in MCCAED.
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 undertake and support service evaluation, audit, research and policy development.
To work as an autonomous professional within relevant professional 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 leads and to decide how they are best achieved.
About us
Maudsley Hospital (headquarters)
Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2) and is within walking distance from the beautiful green spaces of Ruskin Park and the vibrant high-street that offers great shopping opportunities and with a wide range of restaurants.
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.
In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 9 to 5, giving you the very best of good work life balance.
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
Key Responsibilities :
Clinical and Client Care
To provide assessments, formulations and interventions for clients referred to MCCAED and / or to offer supervision to other members of the team in providing those.
Support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about the intervention.
To work in partnership with families to provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.
To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
To act as care co-ordinator taking responsibility for the oversight of cases within MCCAED when required.
Contribute to the introduction and monitoring the performance of new clinical systems for accepting new referrals into treatment, delivering appropriate care pathways and discharging patients from treatment.
Contribute to ensuring that NICE recommended evidence-based therapeutic techniques are used within and across the teams to meet the needs of the client groups and ensure that staff are adequately trained and supervised to deliver these.
Contribute to monitoring the quality of CAMHS eating disorder assessments and treatments conducted by MCCAED clinicians within the teams and the clinicians skills in diagnosing mental disorders and formulating care plans.
Contribute to monitoring and performance management of the clinical standards of practice of identified junior members of staff.
Contribute to measuring outcome of treatment within team and make changes when necessary to maximise clinical effectiveness.
Supervise case managers and maximise their therapeutic skills across the range of treatments required to treat young people
Contribute to the recruitment of a safe and proficient workforce.
Management and supervision
To provide supervision to assistant psychologists, Band 6 and Band 7 qualified practitioners
To contribute to appraisals
To contribute to the recruitment of trainees and other CAMHS Practitioners.
Access own supervision.
Contributing to team or service clinical functioning
To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service.
To contribute to the team or services delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.
To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.
To advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients.
Where appropriate to liaise with referrers,
GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans.
To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
Policy and service development
To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.
To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.
To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
Care or management of resources
To take care of, and use carefully, the Trusts equipment and physical resources.
To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.
Teaching and Training
To undertake occasional teaching and training of staff in the service when required.
To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within MCCAED by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in the field.
Where appropriate to disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.
Record-keeping and Information Governance
To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies. The HEI and local procedures.
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.
Research and development
To initiate, undertake, support and supervise service evaluation and audits.
To provide expertise in a specialist research area, which will contribute to MCCAED.
To initiate and implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment and assist other staff in the implementation of same.
Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development
To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior clinician according to Professional and Trust guidelines.
To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with Professional and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and Standards for Continuing Professional Development.
To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.
To comply with Professional Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics and Standards of Proficiency, and ensure professional development in line with these.
To adhere to Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
General
To travel to other community locations as appropriate and across the Trust when required.
To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group and follow trust policies relating to its management.
To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations and to support others involved in such situations.
To work flexibly which may include offering some regular commitment to late clinics or Saturday working, within the overall Job Plan.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications and Professional Registration : Entry-level qualification : appropriately registered Clinical / Counselling psychologist, Systemic Family Therapist, Psychotherapist, Nurse, CBT Therapist, IPTA (A / I)
- Completed training course in clinical supervision. (A / I / R)
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by relevant Professional body HCPC / UKCP, RCN, BABCP (A / I)
Desirable
- Training in family therapy for anorexia nervosa (FT-AN / FBT) and / or bulimia nervosa (FT-BN / FBT) (A / I)
- Training in CBT for eating disorders (A / I)
- Training in RO DBT
- Training in multi-family therapy (MFT)
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist with children, young people with eating disorders and their families under supervision. (A / I)
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in CAMHS. (A / I)
- Experience of supervising and having completed the relevant training. (A / I)
Desirable
- Experience facilitating groups for children, adolescents with eating disorders and their families (A / I)
- Experience treating common comorbidities of children and adolescents with eating disorders, such as anxiety, depression, OCD, self-harm and ASC (A / I)
- Experience supervising more junior clinicians working with eating disorders (A / I)
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of evidence-based therapies for child and adolescents. (A / I / R)
- Advanced theoretical knowledge of psychosocial theories of mental health and the evidence base for the relevant treatment. (A / I / R)
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities. (A / I / R)
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles (A / I / R)
Desirable
- Understanding of Access and Waiting Times standards for child and adolescent eating disorders (A / I
- Understanding and knowledge of child protection procedures and safeguarding (A / I)
- Skills in providing psychological consultation to other teams / professionals / trainees (A / I)
▶️ CAMHS Highly Specialist Practitioner (N&S OPD MCCAED)
🖊️ South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
📍 London