Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist Brookside Adolescent Ward & YPHTT
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Main area Applied Psychology Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
* Job share
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) Job ref 395-PP261-24-D
Site Brookside Adolescent Ward & YPHTT Town Greater London Salary £53,755 - £60,504 per annum (Plus HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 25/03/2025 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.
Job overview
Are you passionate about improving the mental health and well-being of young people? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to make a real difference. We're looking for a Highly Specialist Applied Psychologist to join the Brookside Adolescent Service based in a supportive, collaborative, and dynamic environment.
Brookside is a specialist Tier 4 CAMHS adolescent service that was rated as ‘Outstanding’ in our last CQC inspection and has received prestigious QNIC accreditation.
Our Tier 4 services include a 15-bed acute in-patient service and a pioneering Young-People’s Home Treatment Team.
Main duties of the job
* 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
* CAMHS experience
Knowledge
* A highly developed awareness of a wide range of mental health interventions and their application
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
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.
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