MHST South Clinical Psychologist

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Watford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to join the MHST South team, working across 3Rivers, Hertsmere and Watford. The role supports children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties, in educational settings, within a multidisciplinary school Mental Health Support Team.

The post requires Doctoral training in Clinical Psychology, HCPC registration, and willingness to pursue supervision qualifications.

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology
• HCPC registration
• Experience with children and adolescents in mental health settings
• Post-qualification supervision experience or willingness to obtain supervision training
• Experience supervising other clinicians and students

Responsibilities

• Triage and provide psychological assessment and interventions for children and young people in educational settings
• Attend university to complete a Postgraduate Certificate in Supervision if not already completed
• Undertake risk assessments and manage risk per safeguarding procedures
• Provide specialist psychological support to clients, carers and staff
• Offer consultation to teachers and family workers on mental health issues
• Deliver educational workshops and PSHE lessons to promote resilience and emotional wellbeing

Skills

CBT interventions

Risk assessment

Supervision

Consultation

Teaching

MDT collaboration

Education

Doctoral training in Clinical Psychology

HCPC registration

Postgraduate Certificate in Supervision

Tools

MS Office

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist to join HPFT MHST South team. The post is designed for a psychologist who is ready to consolidate specialist skills while developing into a senior clinician. The role will operate across MHST South including bases in 3Rivers, Hertsmere and Watford. The post holder will be expected to work from all locations in line with clinical need, team arrangements and service priorities. The MHST South Clinical Psychologist will be expected to work as a member of the multi-disciplinary school's Mental Health Support Team (MHST); assisting in the provision of a high quality service to children, young people and their families experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. The role requires skills in assessing, planning, organising, reviewing and supervision. The post holder should have completed or willing to complete a Postgraduate Certificate in Supervision course. This can be an EMHP supervision course, low intensity supervision course, or CYP-PT Supervision course. The post holder will utilise their skills and knowledge of CBT informed interventions and child and adolescent mental health practice, to supervise the Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs), Senior Wellbeing Practitioners (SWPs), Senior Practitioners, and assistant psychologists in the team.,

• To triage and provide psychological assessment and interventions for children and young people in an educational setting
• If not already completed, the post holder will be expected to attend university to complete a Postgraduate Certification in Supervision
• Undertake and record accurate assessments of risk and operate clear risk management processes in line with locally agreed procedures including the safeguarding protocols of the educational setting and HPFT Safeguarding policy.
• To provide specialist expertise and psychological support to clients, their carers and staff working with the clients
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management
• To provide consultation as required to other professionals (such as teachers and family workers) around mental health issues in children and young people in schools.
• To enhance emotional wellbeing and to promote or build resilience in children and young people through educational workshops, assemblies, and PSHE lessons.
  Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology or approved equivalent.
• Training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice including CBT
• Post registration experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment with clients with a range of psychological needs
• Registered as a Clinical Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council., Assessed experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children/adolescents with a wide range of presentations of varying severity. This would usually include at least 2 years post qualification experience, or other evidenced experience.
• Experience of working with mild to moderate mental health problems with a wide range of client groups across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Abilities to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Good general knowledge of the literature and research concerning mental health interventions with children, particularly the clinical effectiveness of such interventions
• Knowledge of Child Protection Procedures
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for client's psychological care and treatment both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
• Good presentation and teaching skills and ability to use multi -media materials for formal presentations to large groups
• Experience of working within a multi -cultural framework
• Already completed or willing to complete a postgraduate certificate in supervision; either a low intensity supervision course or Psychological Therapies supervision course

Desirable criteria

• Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc
• Experience of having published in either peer reviewed academic or professional journals and/or books, Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/ or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Ability to work therapeutically with young people and their families
• Ability to work as a fully participating member of a multi-disciplinary team and the ability to respect and value other members contributions
• Positive problem solving approach, Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)
• IT skills; include use of Microsoft Office and Outlook, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  Hertfordshire NHS Partnership Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout