Highly Specialist Psychologist/Psychological Therapist

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health trust in London is seeking a Highly Specialist Psychologist/Psychological Therapist to join the Adolescent Treatment Team. The role involves providing specialist services for young people with severe mental health issues in a dynamic, resourceful, and supportive environment. Candidates should have significant experience in clinical psychology, particularly with high-risk adolescents, and be passionate about making a meaningful impact.

Qualifications

• Experienced practitioner psychologist required.
• Autonomous functioning within professional guidelines.
• Involvement in service evaluation and audit.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist psychology services for young people.
• Clinical supervision and consultation as a lead specialist.
• Undertake service evaluation, audit, and research.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Assessment

Formulation

Research

Consultation

Education

Doctorate in Psychology

Job description

Highly Specialist Psychologist/Psychological Therapist

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We are seeking to recruit an experienced practitioner psychologist to join the Adolescent Treatment Team (ATT), a well-established arm of Lewisham CAMHS that offer stabilisation, formulation, and treatment of young people with mental health problems that are severe, complex, and/or associated with high levels of risk. The team also provides the early intervention in service for young people with psychosis and bipolar disorder in the borough. We are a multi-disciplinary, dynamic, resourceful, caring and supportive team with a small, protected caseload of young people with the highest level of need, including severe depression and anxiety disorders, complex trauma, psychosis, bipolar disorder, and emotional instability. Many have previously had or are at risk of a psychiatric admission, and we work closely with inpatient services to enable continuity of care and successful step-down to the community post-discharge. ATT use teamwork to offer the most effective service provision in a supportive and respectful environment whilst still being a fun base.

• Provide highly specialist psychology service for young people with severe mental health problems, including specialist assessment, formulation, treatment, consultation, planning, and monitoring of outcomes
• To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a lead specialist for young people with severe mental health problems.
• To undertake service evaluation, audit, and research.
• To provide senior duty support to the MDT as a senior clinician and some other senior management duties, as appropriate.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
  
  

SLAM is the largest mental health trust in the UK and offers a wide range of National Specialists and local provisions in South London. Working for Lewisham CAMHS gives access to many of the dynamic and innovative opportunities linked to the Trust.

Lewisham is an inner-city borough in South London serving a population of almost 300,000 people, 23 % falling in the 0-19 age group. Lewisham is highly diverse and proudly represents many different cultures, needs and backgrounds.

Lewisham CAMHS has several teams providing services to specific need; the ATT team has been established over 20 years serving the most complex and high-risk children in Lewisham. There is close liaison with other CAMHS teams and the wider specialist services. Working within ATT can be challenging and demanding but there are resources in place such as supervision, case discussion, the MDT, joint work, training, clear referral criteria, systems management and workable caseloads to support functioning. There is a strong team identity and ethos, we strive to do our best for our young people.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Michelle Whiteside Job title: Clinical Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07956656933

Alice Stroud

[e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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