Principal Clinician - Clinical Psychologist

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 81,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading mental health trust in London is seeking a Principal Clinician - Clinical Psychologist to join their innovative clinical team. The successful candidate will manage complex cases and develop specialized care programs, contributing to the mental health and wellbeing of service users. This part-time position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to work within a supportive multidisciplinary environment.

Qualifications

• UK recognised Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology or equivalent.
• Training in therapeutic interventions for psychological trauma.
• Experience in mental health and social care services.

Responsibilities

• Oversee complex caseloads and develop specialized care programs.
• Lead safeguarding and risk management in the team.
• Provide clinical supervision and mentorship to staff.

Skills

Complex case formulation skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Understanding of diversity issues

Education

Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology

Job description

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Principal Clinician - Clinical Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Main area Clinical Psychologist Grade NHS AfC: Band 8b Contract Fixed term: 12 months (N/A) Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job ref 260-TP-930

Site FDAC London Town London Salary £70,387 - £80,465 Per annum inclusive of HCAS / pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/06/2025 23:59

It is a condition of this employment that you must live in and remain a resident of the United Kingdom during your employment with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

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The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.

We are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high quality mental health services should be available for all who need them. We bring a distinctive contribution based on the importance we attach to social experience at all stages of people’s lives, and our focus on psychological and developmental approaches to the promotion of health and the prevention and treatment of mental ill health

We contribute to the pool of ideas through our own research and development, but are also committed to bringing together the best ideas of the time, old and new, from inside and out, together with the most gifted and able professionals in our fields of endeavour. We aim to share our ideas and practice through as many routes as possible.

As a Trust we aim constantly to be evolving in nature and form in relation to the environment in which we work, to ensure that our contribution remains relevant.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

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Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative clinical team, working with families with highly complex needs.

The post holder will oversee a highly complex caseload and develop and formulate specialised programmes of care for service users that are outcome focused, and evidence based.

You will communicate complex information in a highly skilled and sensitive manner to members of the multidisciplinary team, care partners and service users, who may on occasion, present with challenging behaviours.

Post could considered as a secondment

Main duties of the job

The post holder will act as a Clinical Lead for service users being treated by other colleagues, providing oversight of assessments, treatment and discharge of patients.

The post holder will maintain a high standard of clinical records, preparing reports for internal use and for external agencies, maintaining good communications with referrers and other professionals involved.

You will be required to convene multi-professional and multi-agency meetings, liaising with outside agencies and professionals and will act as the lead on liaison work and cross-sector partnership working such as GPs / schools/local authorities.

The post holder will act as lead for safeguarding and risk management in the team as appropriate.

You will lead on the quality, safety and continuous improvement of services provided to service users and their families. You will act as a positive role model and participate in the education, development and mentorship of other staff.

Working for our organisation

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.

We are particularly keen to attract candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to better meet the needs of the services users and students that we provide. The Trust aims to ensure that all job applicants, employees or clients are treated fairly and valued regardless of sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, domestic circumstances, age race, colour, disablement, ethnic or national origin, social background or employment status, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, HIV status, gender identity, political affiliation or trade union membership. Selection for training and development and promotion will be on the basis of the individual’s ability to meet the requirements for the job. You are responsible for ensuring that the Trust’s policies, procedures and obligation in respect of equality and diversity are adhered to in relation to both staff and services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Person specification

Qualifications

• UK recognised Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology or BPS Statement of Equivalence or equivalent specialist psychology training and accreditation
• Training in evidence-based risk assessment and management and structured professional judgement tools for assessing risk
• Training in the field of attachment, trauma and parenting, including in the specific assessment of the quality of parent-child interaction and relationships
• Training in therapeutic interventions for psychological trauma

Knowledge

• Understanding of the range of psychosocial factors that impact upon an individual’s ability to parent including substance misuse, mental health and domestic abuse
• In depth understanding of the impact of parental functioning on child wellbeing and development, and the short and long-term sequalae of child abuse and neglect
• Specific knowledge regarding the impact of disrupted attachment and complex trauma on the developing mind and body
• Knowledge regarding the assessment and treatment of individuals with alcohol and substance misuse difficulties
• Knowledge regarding the factors that contribute to domestic abuse and the current evidence with regards to effective intervention

Experience

• Providing specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children and adults with a range of psychological issues
• Significant experience of working in mental health and/or social care services with children and adults who have been exposed to trauma
• Specialist assessment of parental capacity for children’s social care and/or the family Court
• Therapeutic intervention and risk management with families with complex needs where there are safeguarding concerns and multiagency involvement
• Clinical supervision of staff managing high risk caseloads
• Specialist assessment and treatment of individuals with forensic histories, substance misuse difficulties and problems with domestic violence

Skills

• Complex case formulation skills integrating current evidence-informed theoretical frameworks
• Understanding and competence in working with issues of diversity
• Assessment of children’s developmental progress including social, educational and emotional functioning
• Assessment of the quality of parent-child relationships
• Competence in at least one therapeutic modality e.g. CBT, Psychodynamic or Systemic Psychotherapy
• Specific therapeutic skills pertaining to the treatment of psychological trauma e.g. EMDR, NET, CFT, Trauma-Focussed CBT
• Specific skills in structured parenting interventions, e.g. Triple P, Circle of Security

Abilities

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and an ability to convey psychological concepts in an accessible manner
• Ability to engage with parents and children in a culturally sensitive and trauma-informed manner
• Ability to work with and support professionals from a range of training backgrounds within a multiagency. This includes the ability to take the lead on issues of clinical risk whilst also taking on board the range of expertise and opinion within the team
• Ability for effective consultation and collaboration with a multiagency network
• Ability to work from a trauma-informed perspective, recognising the impact of trauma upon therapeutic relationships, issues of counter-transference and team dynamics when working with highly traumatised individuals
• The candidate will need to be able to independently manage a caseload, ensuring timescales for Court proceedings are met and managing their own time effectively to prioritise deadlines

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The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We are particularly keen to attract candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to better meet the needs of the service users and students that we serve.

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Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you areeligible under theUKVI points based system .

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we want you to complete your e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.

We communicate to all job applicants via the email address which has been provided on the application form. Please ensure you check your email on regular basis and inform us if you would prefer an alternative option or any changes to your details after making your application.

PLEASE NOTE:
* The closing date given is a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

* Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification on their application will be shortlisted for this job.

*Candidates suitable for shortlisting will be contacted within three weeks. If you have not heard from us within this time then you have not been successful on this occasion.

* Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date

* In submitting an application form, you authorise theTavistockand Portman NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.