Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT); Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Part time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) seeks an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Team. The post is based in the Central Cambridgeshire area covering Huntingdonshire and Fenland.

You will provide qualified, highly specialist psychology services to children and adolescents with a neurodevelopmental disorder, conducting assessments and therapy while offering advice to professionals and staff from other agencies.

Qualifications

• Qualified clinical psychologist with HCPC registration.
• Experience in CAMHS neurodevelopmental assessment and therapy.
• Ability to provide high-quality psychological services to children and adolescents.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist psychology services for children/adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders.
• Carry out psychological assessments and deliver therapy; offer consultation to colleagues.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines; contribute to audit, policy and service development.

Skills

Clinical psychology

Leadership

Teamwork

Working under pressure

Education

HCPC registered

Job description

Part Time - 34 Hours per week

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Team. The team works with young people with a diagnosed moderate to severe Learning Disability as well as providing assessment and treatment for young people with Autism and ADHD. The team provides mental health assessments and psychological therapies for co-morbid mental health disorders.

The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, sense of accountability and leadership skills, accompanied by an ability to work under considerable pressure at times. This post is open to qualified clinical psychologists with the right attributes and experience to enhance the team.

If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference for our community by supporting people with neurodevelopmental disorders and co-morbid mental health issues then we want to hear from you. The post will be based in the Central Cambridgeshire area covering Huntingdonshire and Fenland.

To provide a qualified, highly specialist psychology service to children and adolescents with a neurodevelopmental disorder.

To provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to both professional colleagues and staff from other agencies. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of both the Trust’s and the neurodevelopmental pathway’s policies and procedures.

To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.

Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.

To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.

Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mary Smith Job title: Team Manager Email address: [e-mail]