CAMHS Highly Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS mental health service provider in Greater London is seeking a Highly Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist. The role involves providing psychological services to children and adolescents while supervising junior staff and contributing to service development. Candidates should have postgraduate training in clinical psychology and experience in mental health settings. Benefits include competitive pay, flexible working, and various wellbeing initiatives.

Benefits

Generous pay with outer-London weighting

Flexible working

Pensions and leave

Wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Postgraduate doctoral training in clinical psychology (or equivalent).
• Experience in working with children and adolescents.
• Knowledge of mental health frameworks and models.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessment and interventions.
• Supervise clinical psychologists and trainees.
• Conduct initial assessments and coordinate care.

Job description

CAMHS Highly Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Detailed Job Description is attached. Main responsibilities include:

• Providing a clinical psychology service to clients of the Greenwich CAMHS Generic Team, offering highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention.
• Offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and other non-professional carers.
• Providing supervision to clinical psychologists, psychological therapists, and trainees.
• Conducting initial assessments and care coordination for a defined number of young people.
• Offering supervision to more junior staff.
• Working autonomously within professional guidelines, consistent with CYP-IAPT principles, within a multi-disciplinary team, and contributing to overall service delivery.
• Utilising research skills to lead audits, policy, service development, and research within the team/service area.

Oxleas is committed to positive change, especially for BAME staff, disabled staff, and LGBT+ staff. Initiatives include:

• Building a Fairer Oxleas for all (BAFO) program focusing on fair recruitment and career progression, cultural understanding, and staff networks such as BAMEx, LGBTQ+, Disability, Mental Health Staff, and Women's Network.
• Offering benefits like generous pay with outer-London weighting, pensions, leave, flexible working, internal training, cycle-to-work schemes, electric vehicle charging, and funding for school holiday childcare.
• Providing wellbeing services and vibrant staff networks.
• Encouraging innovation and service development participation through the Trust Quality Improvement framework.