CAMHS Clinical or Counselling Psychologist Preceptorship Band 7-8a

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in the UK is seeking a qualified clinical psychologist to join their multidisciplinary Early Intervention Team in Camden Town. The role involves providing specialist psychological assessment, therapy, and supervising assistant psychologists. Suitable candidates will have experience in evidence-based therapy for children and families, and be part of a collaborative team focused on service improvement. The position offers the opportunity for professional development and leadership skills enhancement.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering psychological care to children and young people.
• Proficient in providing evidence-based therapeutic interventions.
• Strong skills in case management and collaboration within multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment and therapy for young people and families.
• Supervise the clinical work of assistant psychologists and trainees.
• Participate in service development and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Specialist psychological assessment

Therapeutic interventions

Goal-based case management

Supervision of assistant psychologists

Education

Qualified clinical psychology (or equivalent)

Job description

This post is based in multidisciplinary Early Intervention Team (EIT) in Greenwich CAMHS. The team provides training, consultation, supervision and brief focused clinical interventions within schools across Greenwich borough. The role includes the following: providing a qualified clinical psychology (or equivalent) service for children, young people and their families up to 18 years old; providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy; undertaking goal-based case management; supervising the clinical work of assistant psychologists, trainees and other professionals; and offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues within and outside the organisation., The post holder will hold a key role as a psychologist within a strong, friendly psychology discipline, and working within an MDT. There are opportunities for supervision of Trainee Clinical Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists as well as providing consultation to multi-disciplinary colleagues. There are opportunities for service development and quality improvement work, as well as the development of leadership skills. The post holder will provide evidence based specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapeutic interventions for young people and families accessing the service. The service is underpinned by CYP IAPT principles and the successful candidate will support and assist the core aims of this in the service. This can involve exciting and creative participation work, training opportunities and service development.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care