Specialist Child Clinical Psychologist (NHS AfC: Band 8a) – Core CAMHS – Lincolnshire Partnersh[…]

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Full time
Employer Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Meridian Centre Town Louth Salary £53,755 - £60,504 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 03/01/2025 23:59 Specialist Child Clinical Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Job overview

Exciting times! A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our award winning Louth Core CAMHS team. We are looking for candidates who share our values related to creative and critical thinking, valuing everybody, holistic patient-centred care, integrated working and providing evidence-based interventions in a compassionate way. We have an 8a position available, which we are offering as a preceptorship (from band 7-8a). You will receive the clinical supervision and training required to meet the needs of this role and we welcome final year clinical psychology applicants and those recently qualified. You will be able to claim mileage costs from their CAMHS base. You will have the opportunity to complete additional training, which includes Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), along with regular clinical supervision and guidance from a Highly Specialist Child Clinical Psychologist. We offer a generous relocation package for those applicants keen to move to Lincolnshire for the post. Main duties of the job

Our psychology team provides consultation, training, and clinical supervision to professionals based in health and social care. Psychologists in the Louth CORE team also provide specialist assessment and intervention to children/young people and their families, experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties, using evidence-based interventions. As a psychologist in the Louth CAMHS team, you will be an integral part of a team which includes psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and mental health nurses. Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do. You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this! We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff. Detailed job description and main responsibilities

If you would like any further information about the post please contact Amanda Curtis ( Team Coordinator) or Rachael Nuttycombe ( Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist) 01507 606843. We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include: Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy Competitive annual leave allowance Car leasing scheme Free eye tests Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants Person specification

Qualifications

A Doctorate in Clinical Psychology accredited by the BPS; HCPC Registered member of HCPC Other related academic qualifications to Masters or Doctorate level. Clinical supervision training for doctorate trainees Additional specialist training related to working with children, young people and their families and carers Additional training in working with children and young people affected by abuse Additional training in neuropsychology assessments and interventions Registered member of BPS Eligible for chartered status as a clinical psychologist Experience

Experience of working as a trainee clinical psychologist with children and families where there are psychological concerns Experience of providing psychological assessment of children and young people Experience of developing and providing psychology interventions and intervention packages for children, young people and their families – individually; in groups; to whole families Experience of providing psychological advice to parents and carers and staff concerning the care and/or therapeutic provision for children and young people Knowledge of and experience of child protection and safeguarding issues and procedures Experience of working within multi-disciplinary and multi-agency settings Pre and post qualification experience of working with children, young people and their families and carers where there are psychological concerns Post qualification experience of providing clinical psychology assessments of children and young people Post qualification experience of developing and providing clinical psychology interventions and intervention packages for children, young people and their families Post qualification experience of providing clinical psychology advice to parents and carers and staff concerning the care and/or therapeutic provision for children and young people Pre or post qualification experience of working with children and young people affected by sexual abuse Pre or post qualifying experience of working with children and young people who are presenting with sexually concerning behaviours Experience of providing neuropsychology assessments of children and young people Experience of providing neuropsychology advice and guidance to parents, carers and staff concerning the care and treatment for children and young people Supervisory and consultative experience – to other psychologists; to other professions; to other agencies Skills

Ability to prioritise and organise commitments to meet deadlines Able to assess, provide, develop and implement specialist clinical psychology interventions; provide expert clinical psychology advice and opinion Ability to contribute to policy and service development forums and propose changes and developments Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology Knowledge of relevant child protection, safeguarding and mental health legislation and its implications for clinical practice when working with children, young people and their families / carers Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC and the BPS Experience of contributing to policy and service development forums and proposing changes and developments Experience of supervising more junior psychologists; volunteers; other professionals As an ethical recruiter we will not pursue applications from red list countries as defined by the World Health Organisation. In order to pursue and apply for this role you must have UK NHS experience. 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.

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