Senior Clinical Psychologist (Possible Band 7 with Preceptorship) inBurnley inBurnley PUBLISHED
TUE 26 NOV 2024
Organization: Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Location: East Lancashire Child and Adolescent Service (ELCAS), Burnley General Hospital
Overview:
This role offers an opportunity for both experienced and newly qualified clinical psychologists to join a dynamic, multidisciplinary Complex Community Care Team focused on supporting young people facing complex mental health challenges. The team, which includes Consultant Child Psychiatrists and various mental health practitioners, aims to enhance the psychological and social development of children and adolescents.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver high-quality psychological assessments, evidence-based therapies, and evaluations for clients up to 18 years old within a caseload of complex cases.
- Collaborate with team members across different professional backgrounds to offer psychological insights into treatment plans.
- Supervise assistant and trainee psychologists, and provide guidance to non-psychological colleagues.
- Work autonomously within professional guidelines, contributing to service development, training, and potential leadership in a specialist area.
- Utilize research skills to support audit and policy development.
Qualifications:
Candidates may apply at Band 7 if not fully prepared for Band 8a, with progression contingent on competency demonstration and job performance.
Ideal Candidate:
Enthusiastic, dedicated individual with strong relational skills and a commitment to working with children, young people, and families. The role requires flexibility to work across various clinical settings within East Lancashire.
Additional Information:
For further details, candidates are encouraged to refer to the complete job descriptions and person specifications provided.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Clinical Psychologist (or a newly qualified psychologist interested in a preceptorship role) to join one of the Complex Community Care Teams based at East Lancashire Child and Adolescent Service (ELCAS), Burnley General Hospital. The Complex Community Care Teams are innovative and dynamic multidisciplinary CAMHS teams, that provide essential mental health support to enhance the social and psychological development of young people who are experiencing complex mental health difficulties.
The multi-disciplinary teams (MDT) are made up of Consultant Child Psychiatrist's and mental health practitioners who have skills in a range of therapeutic modalities/specialisms, including but not limited to CBT, Family Therapy, SFP, IPT-A, art psychotherapy, counselling and non-medical prescribing. The successful candidate will also be working alongside other clinical psychologists within ELCAS and will join a large network of clinical psychologists as part of the Specialist Network in LSCFT.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking individual, who has excellent relational and interpersonal skills and a genuine commitment to working with children, young people and families.
Candidates not yet meeting all requirements for appointment at Band 8a can be considered for appointment at Band 7. Progression to the 8a pay band would be conditional upon demonstration of the required competencies via evaluation and job performance.
The successful candidate will work in one of the Complex Community Care Teams, delivering the highest quality, evidence-based clinical care and treatment for children, young people and their families. The post holder will work closely with other team members from a variety of professional and therapeutic backgrounds and will provide a psychological perspective to cases. The successful candidate will manage a caseload of complex young people with a variety of mental health disorders up to the age of 18. The post holder will work across East Lancashire and will be expected to travel and work from various clinical locations as required.
The role will involve but is not limited to:
- Providing high-quality specialist psychological assessment, formulation, evidence-based psychological therapy and evaluation, including ROMS.Supervising assistant, trainee and clinical psychologists, as well as other colleagues (band 8a).
- Offering advice and consultation to non-psychological colleagues and to other non-professional carers, where psychological intervention is a key aspect of treatment programmes.
- Working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.
- Utilising research skills for audit, policy and service development within the area served by the service.
- Contributing to service development, training and work towards leading on a specialist area of interest (band 8a).
About us
Please see the attached job descriptions and person specification for more information about the role.
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