Clinical Lead Neurodevelopmental Pathway

Job summary

The post-holder will be a post-graduate qualified psychological practitioner (e.g. clinical psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist) fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, ACP, AFT).

The post-holder will provide clinical leadership and specialist treatment and assessment within their professional sphere of expertise in CAMHS. They will be responsible for assessment, treatment and systematic outcome measurement and the extensive clinical supervision of junior clinicians throughout the CAMHS team. They will clinically supervise, and line manage the (8a) postgraduate qualified psychological practitioner in the local CAMHS team. The post holder will offer extensive expert consultations across the CAMHS team. The post holder will be accountable for their own professional actions and will work within professional ethics & Trust Policies as a specialist.

The post-holder will establish and maintain excellent working relationships with wider mental health and wellbeing services and ensure adherence to evidence-based treatments by all clinical staff across the B&D CAMHS team.

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They are:

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us tostrive to provide the best care by the best people.

Main duties of the job

1. To provide an efficient, effective, comprehensive and specialist psychological service for children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents and families

2. To contribute to multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with emotional and mental health problems, their carers/parents and families

3. To undertake a range of highly specialist clinical work, urgent assessment work, parenting support and specialist cases.

4. To provide extensive expert supervision and consultation on CAMHS cases to other multidisciplinary staff within CAMHS, including junior medical staff.

5. To contribute to audit and research

6. To actively engage in treatment and outcome monitoring, including the use of normed measures associated with CYP-IAPT

7. To work in clinical practice, making use of supervision, within the overall framework CAMHS and the Trust's policies and procedures

8. To clinically supervise, and line manage the (8a) post-graduate qualified psychological practitioner in the local CAMHS team.

9. The post holder will offer extensive expert consultations across the CAMHS team.

10. The post holder will support other pathways in the absence of other pathway leads.

About us

Starting with NELFTNELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).High Cost Area Supplement - London

This post attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum).

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. The post-holder will provide clinical leadership within the sphere of their professional expertise.

2. To actively promote integrated health/care professional working internally and externally

3. To facilitate the development of a positive and supportive team culture by taking responsibility for dealing effectively with potential conflict

4. To take an active interest in working parties and groups within the Trust to develop and improve on service delivery, protocols and guidelines.

5. To participate in QI projects and audit process within the team, linking in with the clinical governance agenda.

6. To advise, encourage and share knowledge utilising the latest research and practice development, through literature and peer reviews.

7. They will ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible and evidence-based service is available to all service users who need it and who use it across B&D CAMHS.Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.Use of AIApplications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Job description
Job responsibilities

1. The post-holder will provide clinical leadership within the sphere of their professional expertise.

2. To actively promote integrated health/care professional working internally and externally

3. To facilitate the development of a positive and supportive team culture by taking responsibility for dealing effectively with potential conflict

4. To take an active interest in working parties and groups within the Trust to develop and improve on service delivery, protocols and guidelines.

5. To participate in QI projects and audit process within the team, linking in with the clinical governance agenda.

6. To advise, encourage and share knowledge utilising the latest research and practice development, through literature and peer reviews.

7. They will ensure that a high quality, timely, accessible and evidence-based service is available to all service users who need it and who use it across B&D CAMHS.Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.Use of AIApplications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate qualified psychological practitioner (e.g. psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist

Knowledge

Essential

• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of short term and long term clinical interventions in CAMHS
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies
• Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education structures, national policies and frameworks, evidence based practice including NICE guidelines
• Knowledge of risk management and ability to monitor and assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety.
• Knowledge of research methodology and outcome research methodology and outcome research design

Skills

Essential

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively highly complex and sensitive matters to patients
• Ability to integrate complex clinical information into a coherent formulation
• Specialist skill in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional
• Ability to tolerate anxiety
• Ability to use outcome monitoring across all clinical work.
• Ability to conduct audit and take part in Quality improvement projects

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience of working with difficult, challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions
• Extensive experience of working with children and adolescents with co -morbid difficulties and special needs
• Extensive experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems
• Extensive experience of multidisciplinary working in eating disorders services for children and adolescents
• Experience of carrying out generic and specific assessments in CAMHS
• Extensive experience of providing specialist individual interventions with a wide variety of children and young people, from 3 to 19 years old - presenting problems at the most severe end of the spectrum.
• Experience of initiating, organising and planning inter -agency meetings
• Experience of providing professional teaching and training for other professionals
• Extensive experience of clinical supervision of post -graduate qualified psychological practitioners

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate qualified psychological practitioner (e.g. psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist

Knowledge

Essential

• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of short term and long term clinical interventions in CAMHS
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies
• Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education structures, national policies and frameworks, evidence based practice including NICE guidelines
• Knowledge of risk management and ability to monitor and assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety.
• Knowledge of research methodology and outcome research methodology and outcome research design

Skills

Essential

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively highly complex and sensitive matters to patients
• Ability to integrate complex clinical information into a coherent formulation
• Specialist skill in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional
• Ability to tolerate anxiety
• Ability to use outcome monitoring across all clinical work.
• Ability to conduct audit and take part in Quality improvement projects

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience of working with difficult, challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions
• Extensive experience of working with children and adolescents with co -morbid difficulties and special needs
• Extensive experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems
• Extensive experience of multidisciplinary working in eating disorders services for children and adolescents
• Experience of carrying out generic and specific assessments in CAMHS
• Extensive experience of providing specialist individual interventions with a wide variety of children and young people, from 3 to 19 years old - presenting problems at the most severe end of the spectrum.
• Experience of initiating, organising and planning inter -agency meetings
• Experience of providing professional teaching and training for other professionals
• Extensive experience of clinical supervision of post -graduate qualified psychological practitioners

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address

Child & Family Consultation Service

79 Axe Street

Barking

IG11 7LX

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