Clinical Psychologist inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 6 JUN 2024

Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity.
Job summary

We have two an exciting opportunities to join the Tic Service as a clinical psychologist. The postholder will primarily be based in the multidisciplinary team that provides assessment and treatment to children and young people with complex neurodevelopmental disorders (including Tourette syndrome and functional tics) alongside commonly co-occurring neurodevelopmental and mental health disorders.

This is a
part time (15 hours)

Permanent

Contract
Band 8a Senior Clinical Psychologist role.

Supervision and line management is provided by a principal clinical psychologist.

Training will be provided and there are research and development opportunities on the team.

Please contact Dr Tara Murphy or Maria Hadji-Michael for further information.

Closing date: June 27th 2024

Interview date: July 18th 2024

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as part of the team of clinical psychologists and wider psychosocial professionals within Psychological and Mental Health Services (PAMHS). The Tic Disorder Service was established to provide evidence-based assessment and treatment to children and young adolescents with complex tic disorders and other neurodevelopmental difficulties (e.g. autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and medical conditions with co-occurring mental health disorders at Great Ormond Street Hospital. They also provide assessment and treatment of children with complex tic symptoms in collaboration with local CAMHS services nationally. There are strong community links held by the team and close working with local mental health services and other agencies. There is a strong focus on evaluating best outcome within treatment with close collaboration with the Populations & Lifelong Health at the Institute of Child Health.

The post holder will ensure the systematic provision of a high quality clinical psychology service to patients and families, across all sectors of care, providing specialist psychological assessment, complex formulation and evidence based interventions.

The post holder will be expected to contribute to the flexible delivery of psychology services across the Trust, in response to new developments and organisational changes.

There is a requirement to utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.

About us

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.

We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women's staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust's mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

  • Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist at specialist level
  • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity
  • Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
  • Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts and of working in a multicultural framework
  • Experience and expertise with a specialist mental health client group
  • Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and young people and child protection.
Desirable

  • Experience of presenting psychology to multidisciplinary audiences at conferences or other educational settings.
  • Experience of teaching or training.
  • Experience of supervising trainee psychologists, qualified staff and/or other professionals
  • Experience and expertise in working with children who have neurodevelopmental conditions.
  • Experience of use of remotely delivered assessment and treatment within healthcare.
Skills/Abilities

Essential

  • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological and neuropsychological assessment, intervention and management.
  • Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their carers, and other professionals.
  • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
  • Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to distressing situations and challenging behaviours.
  • Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
  • Evidence of skilled and productive multidisciplinary team working
  • Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, including verbal abuse.
Desirable

  • Evidence of specialised psychological therapeutic skills as used in complex cases within child mental health
  • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological and neuropsychological assessment, intervention and management.
GOSH Culture and Values

Essential

  • oAlways welcoming oAlways helpful oAlways expert oAlways one team
  • Experience of working as part of a diverse team. Experience of contributing to an inclusive workplace culture.
Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential

  • 1st class Honours degree in Psychology or 2.1 Hons Psychology and post-graduate qualification/training (e.g. MSc) in neuropsychology or related subject
  • Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS/HCPC, including clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and lifespan developmental psychology.
  • Eligibility for Chartered status and membership of the Division of Clinical Psychology
  • Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council as Practitioner Psychologist.
  • Post-doctoral training and recorded CPD experience
Desirable

  • Further qualifications in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice, particularly CBT or neuropsychology
  • Experience of working with children with tic disorders.
Person Specification
Experience/Knowledge

Essential

  • Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist at specialist level
  • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity
  • Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
  • Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts and of working in a multicultural framework
  • Experience and expertise with a specialist mental health client group
  • Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and young people and child protection.
Desirable

  • Experience of presenting psychology to multidisciplinary audiences at conferences or other educational settings.
  • Experience of teaching or training.
  • Experience of supervising trainee psychologists, qualified staff and/or other professionals
  • Experience and expertise in working with children who have neurodevelopmental conditions.
  • Experience of use of remotely delivered assessment and treatment within healthcare.
Skills/Abilities

Essential

  • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological and neuropsychological assessment, intervention and management.
  • Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their carers, and other professionals.
  • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
  • Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to distressing situations and challenging behaviours.
  • Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
  • Evidence of skilled and productive multidisciplinary team working
  • Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, including verbal abuse.
Desirable

  • Evidence of specialised psychological therapeutic skills as used in complex cases within child mental health
  • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological and neuropsychological assessment, intervention and management.
GOSH Culture and Values

Essential

  • oAlways welcoming oAlways helpful oAlways expert oAlways one team
  • Experience of working as part of a diverse team. Experience of contributing to an inclusive workplace culture.
Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential

  • 1st class Honours degree in Psychology or 2.1 Hons Psychology and post-graduate qualification/training (e.g. MSc) in neuropsychology or related subject
  • Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS/HCPC, including clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and lifespan developmental psychology.
  • Eligibility for Chartered status and membership of the Division of Clinical Psychology
  • Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council as Practitioner Psychologist.
  • Post-doctoral training and recorded CPD experience
Desirable

  • Further qualifications in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice, particularly CBT or neuropsychology
  • Experience of working with children with tic disorders.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Great Ormond Street Hospital

Great Ormond Street

London

WC1N 3JH

Employer's website
Job summary

We have two an exciting opportunities to join the Tic Service as a clinical psychologist. The postholder will primarily be based in the multidisciplinary team that provides assessment and treatment to children and young people with complex neurodevelopmental disorders (including Tourette syndrome and functional tics) alongside commonly co-occurring neurodevelopmental and mental health disorders.

This is a
part time (15 hours)

Permanent

Contract
Band 8a Senior Clinical Psychologist role.

Supervision and line management is provided by a principal clinical psychologist.

Training will be provided and there are research and development opportunities on the team.

Please contact Dr Tara Murphy or Maria Hadji-Michael for further information.

Closing date: June 27th 2024

Interview date: July 18th 2024

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as part of the team of clinical psychologists and wider psychosocial professionals within Psychological and Mental Health Services (PAMHS). The Tic Disorder Service was established to provide evidence-based assessment and treatment to children and young adolescents with complex tic disorders and other neurodevelopmental difficulties (e.g. autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and medical conditions with co-occurring mental health disorders at Great Ormond Street Hospital. They also provide assessment and treatment of children with complex tic symptoms in collaboration with local CAMHS services nationally. There are strong community links held by the team and close working with local mental health services and other agencies. There is a strong focus on evaluating best outcome within treatment with close collaboration with the Populations & Lifelong Health at the Institute of Child Health.

The post holder will ensure the systematic provision of a high quality clinical psychology service to patients and families, across all sectors of care, providing specialist psychological assessment, complex formulation and evidence based interventions.

The post holder will be expected to contribute to the flexible delivery of psychology services across the Trust, in response to new developments and organisational changes.

There is a requirement to utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.

About us

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.

We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women's staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust's mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

  • Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist at specialist level
  • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity
  • Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
  • Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts and of working in a multicultural framework
  • Experience and expertise with a specialist mental health client group
  • Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and young people and child protection.
Desirable

  • Experience of presenting psychology to multidisciplinary audiences at conferences or other educational settings.
  • Experience of teaching or training.
  • Experience of supervising trainee psychologists, qualified staff and/or other professionals
  • Experience and expertise in working with children who have neurodevelopmental conditions.
  • Experience of use of remotely delivered assessment and treatment within healthcare.
Skills/Abilities

Essential

  • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological and neuropsychological assessment, intervention and management.
  • Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their carers, and other professionals.
  • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
  • Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to distressing situations and challenging behaviours.
  • Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
  • Evidence of skilled and productive multidisciplinary team working
  • Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, including verbal abuse.
Desirable

  • Evidence of specialised psychological therapeutic skills as used in complex cases within child mental health
  • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological and neuropsychological assessment, intervention and management.
GOSH Culture and Values

Essential

  • oAlways welcoming oAlways helpful oAlways expert oAlways one team
  • Experience of working as part of a diverse team. Experience of contributing to an inclusive workplace culture.
Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential

  • 1st class Honours degree in Psychology or 2.1 Hons Psychology and post-graduate qualification/training (e.g. MSc) in neuropsychology or related subject
  • Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS/HCPC, including clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and lifespan developmental psychology.
  • Eligibility for Chartered status and membership of the Division of Clinical Psychology
  • Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council as Practitioner Psychologist.
  • Post-doctoral training and recorded CPD experience
Desirable

  • Further qualifications in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice, particularly CBT or neuropsychology
  • Experience of working with children with tic disorders.
Person Specification
Experience/Knowledge

Essential

  • Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist at specialist level
  • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity
  • Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
  • Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts and of working in a multicultural framework
  • Experience and expertise with a specialist mental health client group
  • Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and young people and child protection.
Desirable

  • Experience of presenting psychology to multidisciplinary audiences at conferences or other educational settings.
  • Experience of teaching or training.
  • Experience of supervising trainee psychologists, qualified staff and/or other professionals
  • Experience and expertise in working with children who have neurodevelopmental conditions.
  • Experience of use of remotely delivered assessment and treatment within healthcare.
Skills/Abilities

Essential

  • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological and neuropsychological assessment, intervention and management.
  • Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their carers, and other professionals.
  • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
  • Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to distressing situations and challenging behaviours.
  • Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
  • Evidence of skilled and productive multidisciplinary team working
  • Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, including verbal abuse.
Desirable

  • Evidence of specialised psychological therapeutic skills as used in complex cases within child mental health
  • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological and neuropsychological assessment, intervention and management.
GOSH Culture and Values

Essential

  • oAlways welcoming oAlways helpful oAlways expert oAlways one team
  • Experience of working as part of a diverse team. Experience of contributing to an inclusive workplace culture.
Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential

  • 1st class Honours degree in Psychology or 2.1 Hons Psychology and post-graduate qualification/training (e.g. MSc) in neuropsychology or related subject
  • Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS/HCPC, including clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and lifespan developmental psychology.
  • Eligibility for Chartered status and membership of the Division of Clinical Psychology
  • Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council as Practitioner Psychologist.
  • Post-doctoral training and recorded CPD experience
Desirable

  • Further qualifications in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice, particularly CBT or neuropsychology
  • Experience of working with children with tic disorders.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Great Ormond Street Hospital

Great Ormond Street

London

WC1N 3JH

Employer's website


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