Clinical Psychologist

NHS; Halifax; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Halifax is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to join their team. You will deliver assessments and interventions for children and families with mental health needs, including conducting neurodevelopmental assessments for autism and ADHD. Ideal candidates will have a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and relevant experience in the field.

Qualifications

• Significant post-qualification experience in a relevant setting.
• Experience in specialist psychological assessment and treatment.
• Experience working with various client groups across the life course.

Responsibilities

• Attend weekly team meetings and support clinical formulation.
• Undertake assessments for complex cases.
• Offer therapeutic interventions to children and families.
• Provide clinical supervision to staff.
• Train the team and conduct neurodevelopmental assessments.

Skills

Therapeutic intervention

Clinical assessment

Supervision

Training staff

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

HCPC Registration as a Clinical Psychologist

Job description

Job summary: An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Psychologist to join the Calderdale CAMHS Core and Neurodevelopmental Assessment Teams.

We welcome applications from newly qualified Clinical Psychologists with an interest in CAMHS, Clinical Psychologists looking for progression from a Band 7-8a or Clinical Psychologists already in an 8a role.

The post holder will deliver high quality assessment, formulation and intervention for children, young people and families accessing the service with mental health needs.

The post holder will also have the opportunity to undertake neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people present with autism and/or ADHD.

Main duties of the job

• Attend the weekly team meeting and support staff with clinical formulation and decision making
• Undertake extended assessments where a child or young person's needs are difficult to identify and support formulation and recommendations to the system and network
• Offer 1:1 therapeutic intervention work to children, young people, parents and carers
• Offer clinical supervision to staff within the service
• Undertake clinical supervisor training in order to offer trainee clinical psychology placements
• Support the staff team with formulation of children and young people where needs are complex or there are complicating factors
• Offer training to the staff team
• Undertake cognitive assessments where appropriate to inform formulation and to support 1:1 intervention work
• Undertake group work within the service which may include waiting well, DBT, CBT and parent/carer groups
• Undertake neurodevelopmental assessments which include an activity based assessment, parental interview and ADOS-2
• Attend the neurodevelopmental multi-disciplinary team meeting to support discussions and formulation
• Undertake report writing for both pathways

About us

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
• Significant Post qualification experience in a Setting relevant to the post
• HCPC Registration as a Clinical Psychologist

Experience

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision (desirable)

Training

• Completion of formal training to meet eligibility as clinical supervisor of Doctoral Trainee Clinical Psychologists