Full and Part time positions available for Band 8b Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist Hull and East Riding - Neurodevelopmental Team
We are currently seeking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist who has experience working with children with neurodiversity and histories of trauma.
In the Neurodevelopmental Service you will join a busy team consisting of Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language therapists, Psychology and Psychiatry.
This is an exciting time to be joining the service due to the extensive transformation work being undertaken by not only our service, but also the wider Neurodiversity work within which our service sits. This is developing a multi-agency approach to meeting the needs of children with neurodiversity and their families. There is a commitment to ongoing staff training to enable practitioners to have accredited therapeutic and supervisory skills. We are also working towards having more participation from young people and their families in directing service development.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have the opportunity to be part of the specialist assessments for neurodevelopmental conditions. We currently have full and part time positions available. The role will include providing supervision and consultation to MDT members, consultations to other professions and other agencies alongside assessments of young people needing complex psychological formulation.
There will be opportunities to develop pathways within the assessment team. The post holder will join a small group of Psychologists in the team but will have access to a wider support network of child psychologists. There is an expectation that the role includes supervision of others including trainee clinical psychologists.
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Job responsibilities
For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
* Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion
Desirable
* Advanced/expert understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
* Evidence of policy implementation and development
Knowledge
Essential
* Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of clinical interventions, procedures and practices relevant to the clinical area
* Knowledge of and experience in the use of a wide range of psychometric and other objective assessment tools as applied in mental health work
* Skills in co-ordinating programmes of care, and providing consultation and specialist advice to other professional and non-professional groups
* Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, and application of this to research and development activity within the specialist service area
* Up to date knowledge of relevant and national drivers
Desirable
* Broadly based knowledge of the theory and practice of advanced psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. young people with neurodevelopmental conditions and mental health difficulties)
Experience
Essential
* Demonstrable experience of working as a clinical psychologist, to include a significant period of working at a senior level in the specific specialist field where the post is held
* Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings
* Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
* Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
Desirable
* Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced level
* Ability to work across team/organisational boundaries developing and maintaining multi-professional and multi-agency partnerships
* Experience of developing others through education, mentorship, coaching, teaching, assessing, presentations, publishing
Qualifications
Essential
* Post-graduate doctoral level of training in clinical psychology or its equivalent as accredited by the HCPC
* To hold and maintain current professional registration in line with HCPC
* Clinical supervision training for doctoral trainees
* Leadership/Management experience
Desirable
* Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
* Basic training in Clinical Psychology Management
Employer details
Employer name
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Address
West End
2062-2068 Hessle Road
Hull
HU13 9NW #J-18808-Ljbffr