8B Principal Clinical Psychologist Suffolk ARFID Service

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust; Stowmarket; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Principal Clinical Psychologist to cover maternity leave in the ARFID service. The role involves providing clinical leadership and working with a multidisciplinary team to support children with ARFID. Candidates should have substantial experience in clinical psychology and relevant qualifications. Opportunities for professional development are available.

Benefits

Ongoing training and development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Career development in the ARFID field

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment.
• Experience in teaching and delivering clinical supervision.
• Ability to travel independently.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical psychology expertise to the multidisciplinary team.
• Bring assessment and consultation skills for young people with ARFID.
• Provide group and individualized treatments.

Skills

Assessment, evaluation and management of risk

Production of reports for public presentations

Consultation to other professional groups

Education

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Chartered status with the BPS

Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with HCPC

Job description

8B Principal Clinical Psychologist Suffolk ARFID Service

Are you an 8A Clinical Psychologist seeking progression? Or an existing 8B Clinical Psychologist ready for a new challenge? We would love for you to come and join us to provide maternity cover in the Suffolk ARFID service.

We're looking for a pro-active, passionate, and motivated Clinical Psychologist to provide maternity cover in the 8B Principal Clinical Psychologist/clinical lead role in the ARFID service in Suffolk. As one of the newly developed ARFID services in the country we pride ourselves on this new service and continuing to develop the service to meet the needs of children with challenges in their dietary intake . This post offers the opportunity to provide clinical leadership for the Suffolk ARFID service understanding, and upholding the highest standards of clinical governance.

If you have the drive to provide excellent care, can demonstrate high quality clinical and leadership skills and are willing to go the extra mile to help make a difference to young people's lives then we would love to hear from you. In return, we are keen to offer opportunities for further learning and development, and would particularly welcome an application if you are interested in developing skills in the ARFID field.

We are particularly interested in applicants who have previous experience of working with eating disorders, and who are confident in applying this knowledge to support children and families affected by ARFID.

Main duties of the job

Providing consultation to indirectly support the delivery of treatment by others.

Providing clinical supervision to experienced psychologists and other professionals.

Progressing staff development in the team, informing and being informed by, wider strategy.

Collaborative and shared leadership of the team with the Clinical Team Manager and Consultant Paediatrician

Establishing and leading on psychologically safe and informed environment for teams and staff through positive leadership values and behaviours, including: integrity, respect, compassion and curiosity.

Providing a key role in team containment, working with professional systems, having difficult conversations, managing team emotions, thinking clinically and systemically simultaneously.

Running, contributing to or supporting service development projects in liaison with the Consultant Psychologist or other staff from the Senior Leadership Team.

Providing and contributing significantly to the psychological practice of the team with a focus on quality, efficacy and increasing improvement.

Working alongside the Consultant Clinical Psychologists for CYP services across Suffolk and Norfolk in developing clinical pathway intervention packages.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job responsibilities

This role will be to cover maternity leave of the principle psychologist in the ARFID service. The role will be to bring Clinical Psychology expertise to the MDT who include a paediatrician, dietician, occupational therapist, assistant psychologist and assistance practitioner. As well as bring assessment and consultation skills for young people with ARFID, you will also be providing group and individualised treatment. Also providing supervision to the team and alongside the team manager providing clinical leadership for the team. This will include insuring performance and KPI measures are achieved and that clinical governance and safety are at the forefront of what we do to ensure safety and effectiveness.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or its equivalent, including eligibility for chartered status with the BPS
• Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

Experience

• Specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of people with a wide range of mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity
• Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist and evidence of specialist knowledge gained through practice and ongoing training
• Teaching, training and delivering clinical supervision
• Representing psychology within MDT setting (clinical and organisational contexts)

Skills

• Assessment, evaluation and management of risk associated with mental ill health and related psychopathology
• Production of reports suitable for public presentations and presentation in medicolegal setting

Knowledge

• Providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups

Other

• Ability to travel independently

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.