CAMHS Consultant Psychologist

This role is located specifically within Core CAMHS. Core CAMHS is the part of the service offering evidence informed interventions for children and young people and their families who have moderate to severe difficulties. The post holder will ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist clinical psychology intervention for Children, Young People and their families within our specialist mental health service. As a consultant you are a senior leader within the service and as such you would be expected to work alongside the Clinical Director, operational leads and principal grade psychologists to provide clinical support, expert consultation and supervision across specialist CAMHS and our service arm which offers supervision and consultation to the wider system (and partner agencies). We would expect you to have your own clinical case load and to 'lead by example'. As a Consultant Psychologist we would expect you to work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for governance of psychological practice within Children and Young People's mental health services. The post holder would be expected to provide clinical supervision and consultation to a range of professionals. As a senior leader you would be expected to propose and implement policy and service development changes within children's and young people's mental health services.

Main duties of the job

Unlike our other Consultant Post within CAMHS, the post holder has particular responsibility to develop CBT interventions and consultation by providing supervision and training for our clinicians who work with children and young people with moderate to severe difficulties. While we are keen for someone with a strong CBT background, we expect the post holder to work trans diagnostically and embrace our core models which include systemic and attachment-based elements to our understanding and treatment of children.

We would expect you to contribute to both the Leicester and Oxford University doctoral training programs including the provision of clinical placements, teaching, research supervision and membership of the doctoral course management boards as required.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and speciality services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the 'About You' Section of the document.

Person specification Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology. Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice. Evidence of Continuing Professional Development as recommended by the BPS. Formal training in supervision of other psychologists or able to evidence this has been delivered to have high standard.
• Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies. Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology. Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health.
• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies.

Experience

• Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist for a minimum of six years, including at least 3 years post qualification experience within the designated specialism where the post is located. Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in- patient and residential care settings 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 exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan. Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently require sustained and intense concentration. A high-level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS where there may be highly emotive atmospheres, barriers to understanding and resistance to the information provided. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

By completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.

You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

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Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility.

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK ()

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.

Please note that all new starters to the trustare subject to a probationary period.

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.

Name Loveness Nyagumbo
Job title Assistant Director - Children & Young People
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