Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required. Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential Criteria
Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS. Desirable Criteria
Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology. Further specialist training and experience in the administration and interpretation of the ADOS (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule); a range of neuropsychological tests including the WISC, WIAT and NEPSY (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children; Wechsler Individual Achievement Test; Neuropsychological Assessment of development); CARS (Childhood Autism Rating Scale) and knowledge and experience of assessment and intervention of complex feeding difficulties. Experience
Essential Criteria
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children with neurodevelopmental disorders across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings. Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity 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 teaching, training and/or supervision. Desirable Criteria
Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts. Skills
Essential Criteria
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. Competent neuro-psychological and psychometric assessment skills. Competent informal [play based] assessment skills. Knowledge about the application and adaptation of psychological approaches when working with children & adolescents with complex neuro-developmental difficulties. Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology. Desirable Criteria
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc). High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies. Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health. Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification. Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job. Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date. At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks: Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN) Race Equality Network Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff. Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH. The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk) We work Flexibly. Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges
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. Documents to Download
Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 496.3KB) CLCH TRUST VALUES (PDF, 720.3KB)
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Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required. Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential Criteria
Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS. Desirable Criteria
Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology. Further specialist training and experience in the administration and interpretation of the ADOS (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule); a range of neuropsychological tests including the WISC, WIAT and NEPSY (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children; Wechsler Individual Achievement Test; Neuropsychological Assessment of development); CARS (Childhood Autism Rating Scale) and knowledge and experience of assessment and intervention of complex feeding difficulties. Experience
Essential Criteria
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children with neurodevelopmental disorders across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings. Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity 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 teaching, training and/or supervision. Desirable Criteria
Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts. Skills
Essential Criteria
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. Competent neuro-psychological and psychometric assessment skills. Competent informal [play based] assessment skills. Knowledge about the application and adaptation of psychological approaches when working with children & adolescents with complex neuro-developmental difficulties. Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology. Desirable Criteria
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc). High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies. Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health. Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification. Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job. Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date. At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks: Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN) Race Equality Network Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff. Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH. The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk) We work Flexibly. Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges
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. Documents to Download
Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 496.3KB) CLCH TRUST VALUES (PDF, 720.3KB)
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