A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
Exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of psychology services within Paediatric sickle cell and thalassaemia service at Croydon Health Services. The National and Specialist CAMHS liaison service are seeking to recruit a part time band 8a Clinical Psychologist to provide an in-reach psychology service to Paediatric sickle cell and thalassaemia services at Croydon health Services. The position is fixed term, currently until March 2026.
The post holder will be responsible for developing and embedding psychological support to children, young people and their families under thePaediatric Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Team at Croydon Health Services. This is a new and exciting role, that will be well supported by experienced clinicians based at St Thomas’s and Kings College Hospitals.
To provide, develop and ensure the systematic provision of a highly specialist psychology service in a subspecialty of paediatric liaison; to patients under the care of the Paediatric Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia service at Croydon University Hospital and community outreach services.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Multi-Disciplinary Team in a newly created role with the Croydon Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Service. The service operates from a Community Centre on Whitehorse Road and at Croydon University Hospital.
You will be responsible for the provision of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based intervention for children, adolescents and theirfamilies. Aiming to intervene early through resilience-promoting interventions based on the factors that enable some children to resist and recover from adversity. The psychologist would work with emerging mental health difficulties by providing emotional and practical support through a variety of approaches including therapeutic work, using talking, play and/or art, family work. Liaising with schools, and medical staff, and facilitating peer support.
About our locations:
The service operatesfrom a Community Centre on Whitehorse Road and at Croydon University Hospital.
Clinical and managerial support will be provided by the National and Specialist CAMHS Paediatric liaison service which is based at St Thomas hospital.
The team is based at St Thomas hospital, a short walk from Waterloo station and Westminster station.
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.(This may include working early mornings, later evenings or Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post)
Key aspects of role include:
· To provide, develop and ensure the systematic provision of a specialist psychology service/ mental health support in a subspecialty of paediatric liaison; patients under the care of the Paediatric Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia service at Croydon Health Services.
· To provide specialist assessment, formulation and evidence-based intervention for children and adolescents theirfamilies.
· You will manage your own caseload and provide specialist support to families with complex presentations.
This advert closes on Tuesday 25 Feb 2025