CAMHS Consultant Clinical Psychologist (NHS AfC: Band 8c) - Child and Adolescent Mental Health [...]

Chesterfield Royal Hospital; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare institution in Chesterfield is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to provide leadership within CAMHS. The role involves expert assessment, supervision of clinicians, and ensuring high-quality patient care through collaborative team efforts. Candidates should have a Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology and relevant experience in children's mental health. Benefits include flexible working arrangements and commitment to staff development.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Commitment to staff development

Equal opportunities employer

Qualifications

• Experience working within multi-agency/professional teams.
• Ability to provide clinical leadership and talent development.
• Commitment to quality governance and service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead on high quality evidence-based therapies in CAMHS.
• Conduct psychological assessments and provide specialist advice.
• Manage and supervise psychological professionals.

Skills

Clinical Psychology experience in children's mental health services

Supervision of other health care staff

Management and leadership qualification

Evidence of relevant specialist training

Education

Post Graduate Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

CRH offers a wide range of exciting and rewarding opportunities for people who are passionate about providing exceptional patient care. This post provides clinical and professional leadership to Clinical Psychologists within CAMHS.

The post-holder will provide an expert highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions overview for children and young people with the most complex needs in Core CAMHS. To provide highly specialist expert supervision advice and consultant to CAMHS clinicians.

The post-holder will provide professional, high-level, and effective line management and clinical supervision structures to psychological professionals (primarily focussed on Core CAMHS).

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the job include:

• To lead on, and provide expert, specialist psychological advice, guidance and contribute to highly-specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for children and young people with complex needs in CAMHS (primarily in Core).
• To lead on the provision of high quality evidenced-based therapies in CAMHS working closely across multidisciplinary teams and with the service’s senior management team.
• To contribute to care unit management functions such as quality governance, contributing to service improvement, quality assurance and governance across the Service.
• To work as part of the Care Unit management team and take a lead role in appropriate service-wide developments.
• To provide collaborative and compassionate clinical leadership that enables positive engagement and skills development, and managerial support for the psychological workforce.

Person specification

The successful candidate will have:

• A Post Graduate Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology or equivalent
• Evidence of relevant specialist training or qualifications beyond post graduate qualification
• Management and leadership qualification
• Clinical Psychology experience in children's mental health services
• Supervision of other health care staff
• Experience of working successfully as part of a multi-agency/professional team

What we offer

We offer a range of benefits, including flexible working arrangements and a commitment to staff development. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Please note that this role is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.