Highly Specialised Applied Psychologist - Brookside and YPHTT
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Brookside is a specialist Tier 4 CAMHS adolescent service with award-winning services. The Tier 4 services include a 15-bedded acute in-patient service and a pioneering Young-People's Home Treatment Team. Also on site is INTERACT, a community outreach team for adolescents.
The young people admitted to the Tier 4 services usually have complex mental health difficulties and present with high-risk behaviours (e.g. self-harming/suicidal behaviour) and/or acute episodes of depression, psychosis, or other indicators of a complex mental health need.
There is a high level of multi-disciplinary working, and overall there is an intensive therapeutic approach including MDT assessment and formulation and individual, family, and group interventions.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will join an established psychology team including a lead psychologist (Care pathway lead for psychology Tier 4 CAMHS), a team of clinical psychologists, assistants, and trainees. The post-holder will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team which comprises of consultant psychiatrists, speciality doctors, nurses, health care assistants, occupational therapists, family therapists, and a social worker.
Job responsibilities
* Participating in the development and implementation of high standards of clinical care in CAMHS Tier 4 adolescent services ensuring the psychology service provided is needs led, compliant with national guidance and is experienced positively by service users.
* Offering support and consultation to the multidisciplinary ward team in their work and in the provision of psychologically informed formulation and interventions.
* Exercising clinical responsibility for undertaking psychological assessment, psychological treatment, and discharge planning of clients in consultation with the multi-disciplinary team.
* To assist in the supervision, teaching, and coordinating of assistant and trainee psychologists.
* Taking a senior role in the clinical development of the Tier 4 CAMHS services.
* Providing high quality, trauma-informed clinical care that is focused on recovery and reintegration.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Doctorate in Applied Psychology
* HCPC registration
Experience
* Experience in Inpatient and MDT working
* Experience providing clinical supervision
Knowledge
* A highly developed awareness of a wide range of mental health interventions and their application
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Brookside Principal/Lead Clinical Psychologist
£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum (Plus HCAS)
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