Specialist Clinical Psychologist

West London NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• Clinical/Counselling Psychologists: completion of Clinical/Counselling Psychology Doctorate
• Registration with regulatory body (or pending)

Desirable criteria

• Further training in working within child and adolescent mental health.
• Further training in working with children and young people with a Learning Disability.
• Further training in assessment and intervention for behaviours that challenge, specifically within the LD population.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Assessment and intervention with children and young people with mental health difficulties, and their parents, carers and networks.
• Assessment and intervention with children and young people with Learning Disabilities, and their parents, carers and networks.
• Work experience with families, children or adults with mental health difficulties and/or other disabilities, or who have had involvement with social care.
• Experience of clinically relevant research or audit.
• Experience of working with families from different cultural contexts.
• Experience of working with children and young people in care, on the child protection register, and with highly complex professional networks.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of paid work in direct care provision.
• Experience of working within an Education or Social Care setting.
• Experience of work with children with learning disabilities or Autism who display high levels of challenging behaviour.
• Experience of teaching and training, or group work.
• Experience of Positive Behaviour Support.

Experience Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
• Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems, other disabilities, and social difficulties.
• An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health and social care context.
• Knowledge of the issues of conducting research/evaluation in the context of multi-agency teams.
• Knowledge of specific strategies for working with children with Autism or Learning Disabilities.
• Experience of having written research and/or evaluation reports and papers.
• High standard of report writing.
• Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis, for example Excel, SPSS for Windows.
• An ability to recognise, acknowledge and address issues of difference and power in relation to race, gender, class, sexuality, dis/ability and other social constructs.
• An understanding of psychology applied to health and social care.
• An understanding of the different cultural understanding of mental health and psychological theory, and how to address this within your work.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge and skills in functional analysis and positive behavioural interventions.
• Experience of implementing specific strategies for working with children with Autism or Learning Disabilities.

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Experience of working within a multi-cultural framework, with people with a diverse range of backgrounds.
• An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines. An ability to interact with children, young people and families who have complex needs and may be hard to engage.
• Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
• Willingness to work flexibly when necessary.
• Commitment to working flexibly and collaboratively with team colleagues and to support innovative ways of working.
• An interest in working with people with social and mental health/health difficulties or disabilities, especially children and young people with such difficulties.
• A flexible, hard working and collaborative approach to work.

Desirable criteria

• An interest in service development and research and a passion for evidence-based practice.

As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.

West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applicant requirements

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.