CAMHS Acute Senior Practitioner Psychologist
Chalkhill is an inpatient unit which supports young people presenting with complex and acute presentations. Formulations are developed in collaboration with the entire MDT and a wider network around the young person, leading to interventions which use a whole team approach. Joining the Chalkhill team offers a rare opportunity to work closely and intensively with the young person, their family/carers, and the MDT to support the young person. There is an opportunity to understand and apply the principles of legal frameworks when developing care plans and to develop consultation skills to support professionals working with young person and their families. The post-holder would be joining the team at a time of development, with a new eating disorder pathway and opportunities to receive training and develop skills in this area. Sussex CAMHS will also be launching the Hospital at Home, intensive home treatment pathway as an alternative to admission, which will work closely with the inpatient multi-disciplinary team. You will be working closely with nursing, psychiatry, occupational therapy, family therapy, social work, and mental health practitioners across the Chalkhill inpatient setting. Main duties of the job
To clinically supervise assistant psychologists, trainee psychologists, and junior psychologists, psychological therapists or counsellors and other staff as appropriate. To professionally supervise and, when appropriate, manage assistant psychologists and trainee psychologists. To provide consultation, mentorship, supervision, and advice about psychological issues to other members of the team/service and other professionals working with service users, across a range of agencies/settings as appropriate. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team. To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the team's operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation, and audit, and to advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing. To utilise research skills to undertake service evaluation, audit, and research as appropriate and disseminate the results in the service and nationally. To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the service. About us
Join Sussex Partnership and you'll be part of an NHS trust that allows you to thrive and, in turn, thrives because of you. We believe in the vibrancy of our fantastic people. And how that leads to even better support for the people who use our services. Job responsibilities
To carry out specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the service, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations, and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members, and others involved in the clients care, in order to reach a psychological formulation of the clients difficulties. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To provide specialist assessments of clients presenting with cognitive impairment due to a variety of causes or organic conditions, including pre-assessment counselling and neuropsychological and functional assessments, and to be able to adjust psychological interventions to work effectively with people presenting with complex needs due to cognitive impairment and organic disorders. Person Specification
Qualifications
Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK], including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as approved by the HCPC. Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC). Knowledge/Experience
Experience of specialist psychological working (assessment, formulation and treatment) 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, inpatient and residential care settings, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse. Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of applied psychology. High level of knowledge and skills in neuropsychology and evidence of further practice and/or training since qualification. Experience of the application of applied psychology in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework. Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Chalkhill is an inpatient unit which supports young people presenting with complex and acute presentations. Formulations are developed in collaboration with the entire MDT and a wider network around the young person, leading to interventions which use a whole team approach. Joining the Chalkhill team offers a rare opportunity to work closely and intensively with the young person, their family/carers, and the MDT to support the young person. There is an opportunity to understand and apply the principles of legal frameworks when developing care plans and to develop consultation skills to support professionals working with young person and their families. The post-holder would be joining the team at a time of development, with a new eating disorder pathway and opportunities to receive training and develop skills in this area. Sussex CAMHS will also be launching the Hospital at Home, intensive home treatment pathway as an alternative to admission, which will work closely with the inpatient multi-disciplinary team. You will be working closely with nursing, psychiatry, occupational therapy, family therapy, social work, and mental health practitioners across the Chalkhill inpatient setting. Main duties of the job
To clinically supervise assistant psychologists, trainee psychologists, and junior psychologists, psychological therapists or counsellors and other staff as appropriate. To professionally supervise and, when appropriate, manage assistant psychologists and trainee psychologists. To provide consultation, mentorship, supervision, and advice about psychological issues to other members of the team/service and other professionals working with service users, across a range of agencies/settings as appropriate. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team. To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the team's operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation, and audit, and to advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing. To utilise research skills to undertake service evaluation, audit, and research as appropriate and disseminate the results in the service and nationally. To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the service. About us
Join Sussex Partnership and you'll be part of an NHS trust that allows you to thrive and, in turn, thrives because of you. We believe in the vibrancy of our fantastic people. And how that leads to even better support for the people who use our services. Job responsibilities
To carry out specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the service, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations, and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members, and others involved in the clients care, in order to reach a psychological formulation of the clients difficulties. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To provide specialist assessments of clients presenting with cognitive impairment due to a variety of causes or organic conditions, including pre-assessment counselling and neuropsychological and functional assessments, and to be able to adjust psychological interventions to work effectively with people presenting with complex needs due to cognitive impairment and organic disorders. Person Specification
Qualifications
Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK], including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as approved by the HCPC. Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council (HCPC). Knowledge/Experience
Experience of specialist psychological working (assessment, formulation and treatment) 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, inpatient and residential care settings, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse. Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of applied psychology. High level of knowledge and skills in neuropsychology and evidence of further practice and/or training since qualification. Experience of the application of applied psychology in different cultural contexts and experience of working within a multicultural framework. Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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