Band 7 CAMHS Clinical Psychologist - Rowan, Weston-super-Mare

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Bristol is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to provide psychological services, including assessment and therapy to young people and families in CAMHS. The role involves collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and delivering evidence-based therapies. The ideal candidate has a Doctoral Clinical Psychology qualification and experience in a similar role. This position supports professional development and offers opportunities for research and training.

Qualifications

• Experience of delivering evidence based therapies to young people and families in CAMHS.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of providing specialist assessments or interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide a psychology service including assessment and therapy.
• Participate in clinical supervision and teamwork.
• Engage in research relevant to service priorities.

Skills

Ability to work with children, young people and families

Ability to work autonomously

Experience of assessing and managing young people

Education

Doctoral clinical Psychology qualification or equivalent

Maintenance of appropriate professional registration (HCPC)

Job description

Description of the duties

Clinical Responsibilities

• To provide a psychology service to the designated team including assessment and therapy both for individuals and groups as appropriate.
• To provide a specialist consultancy service to multidisciplinary teams and other agencies providing care for the client group.
• To participate in generic team duties as agreed by the operational manager and Psychology Lead as appropriate, to the needs of the service.
• To participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Psychology Service.
• To maintain accurate records and to monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.
• To ensure timely recording of all data required by the Trust.
• To support the full implementation of CPA acting as care co-ordinator as appropriate to the needs of the service.

PROFESSIONAL

• To adhere to the HCPC policies and procedures.
• To fully observe the BPS (2009) Code of Conduct and the DCP Generic Professional Practice Guidelines (2008).
• To be aware of, adhere to, and where appropriate, contribute to the formulation and review of Trust, Area and Clinical Psychology Service policies and procedures.
• To participate in local psychology meetings and Trust wide meetings as appropriate.
• To maintain and develop high standards of psychology practice by engaging in continuing professional development and co-operative working/networking with counselling and clinical psychologist colleagues.
• To participate in an annual performance appraisal.

SERVICE GOVERNANCE

• To participate in service governance processes in the profession, ensuring a safe and effective service.
• To support and participate in multidisciplinary clinical audit.
• To liaise with other disciplines and agencies to ensure that best practice is shared.
• To promote the use of effective interventions in the service.

TRAINING AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT

• To provide training, supervision and consultation in psychological approaches to other staff in the multidisciplinary team. This to include joint assessment with care co-ordinators, formulation of psychological problems and planning of interventions to be implemented by care co-ordinators or other team members with service users.
• To provide training and supervision to Band 4 psychologists, work experience placements and trainees (alongside main identified supervisor).
• To collaborate with colleagues to develop and offer training courses, workshops and supervision groups to develop skills in psychological interventions.
• To contribute to the teaching of students and trainees in psychology, medicine, nursing and other health care disciplines.
• To agree a plan of personal development with the Psychology Lead and the post holder’s line manager.

SERVICE AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT

To collaborate with other specialist staff in designated area to extend the range of specialist psychological and group interventions available across the area.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

• To engage in research relevant to service priorities as appropriate.
• To participate in audit and service evaluation activities examining the effectiveness of current service delivery and leading to development of services relevant to client needs.
• To undertake advice, support and consultation to colleagues from other disciplines undertaking research in the area

Person specification

Qualification

• Essential criteria

• Doctoral clinical Psychology qualification or equivalent
• Maintenance of appropriate professional registration (HCPC)

Experience

• Essential criteria

• Post qualification of delivering evidence based therapies to young people and families in CAMHS
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team and ability to contribute to team meetings and processes.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of providing specialist assessments/interventions eg Autism assessments (ADOS), Eating Disorders or specialist CBT

Skills

• Essential criteria

• Ability to work with children, young people and families from a wide range of social, cultural and minority ethnic backgrounds.
• Ability to work autonomously, and organise and prioritise workload
• Experience of assessing and managing young people who are suicidal and young people who present a risk to self and others

Desirable criteria

• Experience of Clinical supervision/consultation – junior colleagues or other staff