Site Great Oaks Clinic Town Basildon Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata plus HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 13/01/2025 23:59
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation.
Job overview
The Children's Autism and ADHD assessment team are looking for a Clinical Psychologist to work in our assessment pathway. Whilst experience is beneficial, we are keen to find a Clinical Psychologist who is passionate about neurodiversity and who wants to support young people through a positive assessment process.
Your role will be to complete Autism and ADHD assessments as part of the MDT and at times take the lead clinician role. You will be supported by the Senior Clinical Psychologist as well as senior clinicians in the wider team made up of Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Specialist Nurses and Community Paediatricians.
There will also be the opportunity to contribute to training and education, work alongside partner organisations and support the development of pre and post diagnostic work.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of this role include:
* Undertaking Autism assessments
* Undertaking ADHD assessments
* Completing other standardised assessments as part of the overall assessment process e.g. Cognitive assessments
* Working as part of a Multi-disciplinary team
* Support development of pre and post diagnostic work
* Support the development of training and education to partner agencies
* Attend regular supervision with the Senior Clinical Psychologist
* Attend multi-disciplinary team meetings
* Computer based tasks e.g. report writing
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder will be a post-graduate qualified Clinical Psychologist with HCPC registration. This post is suitable for a newly qualified Clinical Psychologist who is looking to work with Neurodivergent Children and Young People.
The post holder will provide clinical assessments of Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) for Children and Young people. They will work within the multi-disciplinary team to provide evidenced based assessments in line with NICE guidance and be expected to be the lead practitioner for some assessments.
The post-holder will contribute to wider multi-agency discussions and meetings to discuss individual cases and collaborative working across Community Paediatrics and partner services e.g. CAMHS.
The post-holder will contribute to service development and research under the supervision of the Senior Clinical Psychologist to continuously work towards providing an improved service to the children and young people in Essex. This may include pre and post diagnostic work as well as training to key partners such as education settings.
Person specification
* Knowledge and understanding of neurodiversity and neuro-affirming practice
* Previous experience of working with neurodivergent young people
* Professional Registration to work as Clinical Psychologist
* Full driving licence and access to own vehicle to use for work purposes and ability to drive between sites for work
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities.
Name Jo Collinson Job title Pathway Lead - Autism and ASDHD Assessment Pathway Email address joanne.collinson@nelft.nhs.uk Telephone number 07772020341
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