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

NHS; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A national healthcare service is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to join their team in Weston-super-Mare. The role involves providing consultation, assessment, and treatment to young people with mental health difficulties. Ideal candidates will have a doctoral clinical psychology qualification and experience in a community CAMHS service. The position offers flexible working patterns and opportunities for professional development, aiming to create a supportive and diverse workplace.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Flexible working patterns

Qualifications

• Post qualification experience of delivering evidence based therapies to young people.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience providing specialist assessments / interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical psychology service to the team.
• Assess and treat a specialist workload of clients.
• Participate in CPD and other developmental activities.

Skills

Ability to work with children, young people and families

Ability to work autonomously

Experience assessing and managing suicidal young people

Experience in clinical supervision

Education

Doctoral clinical Psychology qualification

Professional registration (HCPC)

Job description

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

We have an opportunity to join our experienced and established team of Clinical Psychologists within our multidisciplinary Community CAMHS Team.

You will have be qualified and registered as a Clinical Psychologist. You will also have experience of working with children and young people, preferably within a community CAMHS service.

Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon are thriving seaside towns within easy commuting distance to Bristol and Taunton. The M5 motorway is within easy access. Weston-super-Mare is a growing multi-cultural area with numerous amenities and has access to the beautiful coastline and also the Mendip Hills. The area is ideal for those who like an active outside lifestyle but also who want to be within each reach of Bristol and Taunton. There are a number of outstanding Ofsted rated schools within the area.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be offering consultation, assessment and treatment to young people with mental and emotional health difficulties alongside theirfamilies The team have a senior psychologist who will support your professional development. There are other professionals with a variety of skills and knowledge from a diverse range of backgrounds.You should be passionate about working within a multi professional team in order to meet he needs of young people.

As a service and team we would be keen to help you develop your areas of clinical interest.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.

About us

CAMHS is a supportive, experienced and progressive multi-disciplinary team. We offer individual, family and group interventions which may be time limited or longer term therapies according to need. We have radically transformed in recent years including improved staff retention; fantastic team skill mix and opportunities for innovative practice. For example producing a series of professionally filmed videos to provide an online group and resources for young people experiencing emotional dysregulation. We also strive to provide compassionate leadership as we recognize the importance of staff well-being. You will receive regular clinical, peer and management supervision and access to continued professional development.

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.

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.

Job responsibilities

To provide a clinical psychology service to the specified Team/Service To assess and treat a specialist workload of clients and maintain associatedrecords Participate in CPD and other developmental activities Undertake R & D and clinical audit Clinically supervise Assistant Psychologists, other professionals and trainee Clinical Psychologists

Please see attached Job description for more details

Person Specification

Qualification

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

Experience

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

Skills

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

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.

Address

North Somerset CAMHS

Rowan, Long Fox, Weston Hospital,Uphill Road

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time

Reference number

342-CAMHS119-0925

Job locations

North Somerset CAMHS

Rowan, Long Fox, Weston Hospital,Uphill Road