Band 8a - Clinical Psychologist - Bristol
We are hoping to recruit an accredited Clinical Psychologist to join our team, delivering high-quality care and treatment to young people in North Bristol.
We are a service working with children and young people with complex mental health needs. We use the CAPA model of assessment and treatment, which would involve working with a variety of clinical presentations and needs, including: suicidal thoughts, low mood, anxiety, OCD, and emerging psychosis, often alongside neurodiversity. We also have many referrals for young people with disordered eating and diagnosed Eating Disorders, and there are opportunities to work within this clinic if this is something you are interested in.
There is scope to make this role your own, thinking with the Team Leadership Group about the rich skills and experience you would be bringing with you, and leading change in our diverse and dynamic service.
North Bristol is an area of significant disparities in health, wealth, and access. We are committed to working in a manner that is inclusive and anti-oppressive, and invite applications from staff who share these values.
Main duties of the job
With the role, you would use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to improving the mental health of young people working with North Bristol CAMHS.
Using your professional skills and experience, you would provide a highly specialist clinical psychology assessment/treatment and consultation service to children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties and their families who are referred to CAMHS.
Depending on your skills and areas of interest, you would be working with young people with a range of clinical presentations, including: low mood, anxiety, OCD, deliberate self-harm, psychosis, trauma, concurrent neurodevelopmental disorders including ASC and ADHD, and/or Eating Disorders.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP, we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job responsibilities
As well as delivering high-quality clinical care, you would also be actively involved in the leadership of the service alongside the Team Leadership Group.
Within the wider AWP CAMHS services across Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire, you could also be part of projects looking to improve access into CAMHS for young people from racialised groups, projects looking into staff wellbeing, and audits of clinical care to ensure we are delivering the highest quality care and treatment.
Person Specification
Clinical Psychology Post
* Doctoral clinical psychology qualification or equivalent
* HCPC Registration
* Eligible for Chartered Psychologist status
* Experience of CAMHS
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.
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