Senior Clinical Psychologist in Paediatric Clinical Psychology inYork inYork PUBLISHED TUE 17 DEC 2024

We were delighted to be chosen as one of seven national pilot projects for integrating mental health support into children and young people's epilepsy care. This innovative project, which began in March 2023, is focused on the implementation of mental health screening and psychological intervention for children and young people in our region.

The project seeks to make a real change for children and young people with epilepsy across our ICS and we are looking for a Clinical Psychologist with a passion for driving change and innovation who can continue the valuable work that has been started on this project (newly qualified Psychologists with strong leadership skills would also be considered for this position).

You would be working within a team of experienced Clinical Psychologists based at York Hospital. Integral to the post is networking with of CYP services across the ICS. The successful post holder will also hold a clinical caseload to support the wider remit of the paediatric psychology service.

The focus of the role is to continue embedding the screening and psychological interventions into routine practice and to support the evaluation of the project through data collection and reporting.

Further detail of the post can be seen in the addendum to the job description.

To provide a qualified Clinical Psychology Service to children and young people with Epilepsy and their families.

• To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing to patients' formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plans
• Using research skills for audit, policy and service development and leading on research projects
• To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to the specific patient group, mental health, clinical paediatric psychology, health psychology and neuropsychology in general
• To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry, recording, report writing
• Working within professional guidelines, overall frameworks and policies and procedures for Psychology in Child Health.
• Variable working conditions including in a patient's own home, school and outpatient setting.

About us

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You areadvised to submityour application at the earliest opportunity.

Please ensure you have the permission of your current line manager if you are applying for a secondment opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive fromdifferent backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please

As part ofseekingto become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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