Clinical Psychologist

North Thames Genomics Laboratory Hub; Bradford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Bradford is seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist to join their Looked After and Adopted children's mental health team. The role involves providing specialist psychological assessments and therapies, contributing to service development, and working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team. The successful candidate will support vulnerable children and families, ensuring adherence to clinical governance and NICE guidance. Flexible working arrangements and a range of benefits are offered.

Benefits

Increased mileage rates

Health and wellbeing support packages

Development and learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant experience in mental health practice with children and families.
• Application of evidence-based psychological therapies.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy.
• Clinical leadership and consultation to healthcare professionals.
• Support service development and research activities.

Skills

Mental Health Practice

Clinical Leadership

Consultation

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Post-qualification training in psychological practice

Job description

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Psychologist

The closing date is 08 June 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical Psychologist to join a well-established Looked After and Adopted children's mental health team in Bradford CAMHS. The successful applicant will join a multi-disciplinary team including mental health practitioners, Social Workers, Occupational Therapist, Creative therapists, CBT therapist, Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic psychotherapist, DDP Practitioners, Clinical psychologists, and Forensic psychologists.

The team work closely with Children's Social Care and the Children In Care Nurses . We use a Consultation, Assessment and Intervention Model working closely with other CAMHS teams.

Bradford District Care Trust offer high quality care and aims to "connect people to the right care, when and where they need it, and to be the best place to work".

If you feel you would like to join our dynamic team to serve one of the most vulnerable groups of Children in the Bradford District, we would welcome your application.

Main duties of the job

To be part of and contribute to the development and delivery of the Bradford CAMHS LAAC offer as part of the wider Children and Young people's Mental Health Service offer. The LAAC Team deliver services using the principles of I-Thrive and Trauma informed care in a needs led way. The team sits across Getting Help and Getting More help delivering a menu of options to meet need and support the system around the child. The Team's focus is children who are looked after or adopted and who are experiencing emotional and mental health needs and complexities. The Senior Clinical Psychologist will;

oProvide specialist evidence based psychological assessment, formulation & therapy, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.

oProvide clinical leadership, supervision, consultation and advice on psychological therapies.

oProvide clinical consultation and advice to healthcare professionals across all localities.

oSupport adherence to relevant NICE guidance and clinical governance arrangements.

oTo ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning by undertaking research and development activities relevant to the service area.

oWork with the Team/Clinical Manager on service development, leading research and development activities.

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value differenceWe Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needsWe Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partnersWe will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.

Right to Work in the UK

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.

Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trusts eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period.

As a condition of continuous employment, it essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes. Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment. We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

• Doctorate level training in clinical or applied psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical, psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS, or a BPS Statement of Equivalence.
• Undertaken post-qualification further training in a specialised area of psychological practice e.g. neuropsychology, CBT, CAT, DBT, solution focused therapy, analytical therapy, systemic / family work etc. Accreditation from a recognised Psychological Therapy body e.g. BABCP, BACP, UKCP via: (a)Professional route; requiring previous mental health qualification e.g. Clin. Psych., RMN, Dip. SW. or (b)where applicable, the KSA (knowledge, skills and attitude) route (e.g. with the BABCP).

Experience

• Significant experience in mental health practise with children, young people and families
• Application of evidenced based specialist psychological therapies relevant to the clinical service.
• Application of specialist psychological therapy within individual and group modality.
• Experience applying specialist psychological therapy to patients who have complex difficulties.

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.

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust