Clinical Psychologist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Coalville; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Compressed hours

Free parking

Free EV charging

Bicycle storage and on-site changing

Short walk from Warrington Bank Quay

Job summary

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a psychologist to deliver specialist assessment, formulation and intervention for children and young people with complex emotional, psychological and developmental needs. The role includes collaboration with a multidisciplinary team and providing health psychology support to the DSD service (0.3 WTE).

It emphasizes systemic work with families, consultation across services, and training to develop and enhance the specialist services.

Qualifications

• Doctoral-level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex multivariate data analysis
• Lifespan development, psychopathology, psychometrics and neuropsychology
• Experience with specialist assessment and treatment for children, adolescents and families across care settings
• Ability to teach/train others using multimedia materials and provide consultation across systems

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for children and young people with complex needs
• Work with multidisciplinary colleagues to support young people and families
• Provide clinical health psychology support to DSD service (0.3 WTE)
• Contribute to development of specialist services and governance
• Provide consultation and training across systems
• Apply evidence-based practice and collaborative care planning

Skills

Clinical psychology

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Communication with families

Research methods

Data analysis (multivariate)

Education

Doctoral clinical psychology training (BPS-accredited)

HCPC registration

Job description

This split post at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust gives 0.7 WTE to the Children and Young People's Gender Service and 0.3 WTE to clinical health psychology for the Differences of Sex Development service. The work centres on specialist assessment, formulation and intervention for children and young people with complex emotional, psychological and developmental needs, plus consultation and training. What sets it apart is the two-service split and systemic work with families. Fit rests on BPS-accredited doctoral training and HCPC registration; sponsorship may apply.

What the job involves

• Provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for children and young people with complex emotional, psychological and developmental needs
• Work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues to support young people and families
• Provide clinical health psychology support to children, young people and families using the DSD service (0.3 WTE)
• Provide consultation and training across systems
• Contribute to the development of the specialist services
• Apply evidence-based practice and collaborative working to improve outcomes for children and young people

What’s required

Qualifications

• Doctoral clinical psychology training accredited by the BPS, covering psychopathology, psychometrics, neuropsychology, lifespan development and two or more psychological therapies

Registration & licences

• Registration with the HCPC

Experience

• Specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and families across care settings
• Work with a wide range of client groups across the life course and the full range of clinical severity
• Complex psychological difficulties linked to long-term health conditions or specialist paediatric services
• Multidisciplinary working involving complex assessment, formulation and collaborative care planning
• Maintaining professionalism with highly emotive problems, verbal abuse and possible physical aggression

Skills & knowledge

• Doctoral-level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex multivariate data analysis
• Highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, psychopathology, psychometrics and neuropsychology
• Complex psychological assessment, intervention and management requiring sustained concentration
• Communicating complex and clinically sensitive information orally and in writing to families and professionals
• Providing consultation to professional and non-professional groups
• Working effectively across multidisciplinary and multi-agency systems

Other

• Teaching and training others using complex multimedia materials for public, professional and academic audiences
• Using clinical governance to maintain practice in the face of emotive material and challenging behaviour

Nice to have

• Prequalification training or qualifications in research methodology, staff training or other applied psychology fields
• Experience of multi-cultural working or clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Knowledge of legislation relating to young people and mental health
• Knowledge of specialised psychological therapies for complex presentations such as dual diagnoses or additional disabilities
• Experience working with young people experiencing gender incongruence or gender-related distress
• Experience in specialist paediatric services and/or differences of sex development services
• Experience of delivering group interventions, training or consultation

What’s offered

• Flexible working
• Compressed hours
• Free parking
• Free EV charging
• Bicycle storage and on-site changing facilities
• Short walk from Warrington Bank Quay station