Clinical Psychologist

Job summary

This is an exciting role located in our CAMHS Inpatient Unit, The Beacon Centre. This General Adolescent Unit sits within our CAMHS Crisis Pathway, which offers services to young people on the edge of crisis or in crisis. There is a dynamic therapies team (psychology, systemic therapy, art therapy and music therapy) who work within a multi-disciplinary team, supporting young people (13-18yrs) with complex needs including trauma. The Unit is expanding to offer 15 beds to young people, and the therapies team is growing to meet that increased need. The role will be supervised by a senior psychologist within the unit and supported by a wider MDT of experienced practitioners. There is an opportunity to supervise an assistant psychologist on the Unit. The job is ideal for someone who is interested in working to engage young people who are in crisis and need support to draw out their strengths and hope for the future. The role involves building consistent, supportive relationships with young people and being able to help a young person generalise those relationships to other adults around them. There will be some psychological assessment, for the purposes of formulation driven intervention with young people on the unit.

Main duties of the job

To conduct psychological assessment, formulation and care planning with young people in mental health crisis who require a hospital admission, in conjunction with other team members.

To deliver individual and group psychologically informed interventions, either jointly with the therapies team, or autonomously.

To engage young people on the ward, and implement cognitive-behavioural and emotional regulation approaches, aimed at helping service users to improve their well-being and functioning.

Support with risk assessment and safety planning, in conjunction with the wider inpatient team.

To use skills in service evaluation and audit to evaluate and inform service development within the team. To lead on or contribute to quality improvement projects

To contribute to MDT discussions, formulations, and CPD sessions and to provide teaching where required, as well as providing formal and informal consultation to other staff, to contribute positively to the therapeutic milieu

To engage with the rest of the therapies team to consider packages of care offered to young people, and the development of a well-rounded therapies 'offer'

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

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• We Are Proudly Diverse

• Doctoral level qualification in Clinical Psychology. Professional Registration with HCPC to qualify as a Clinical Psychologist in the UK

• Skills in psychological assessment and treatment of children and young people, including developing individualised formulations.Excellent interpersonal skills & demonstrable ability to work flexibly and respectfully with others.Well-developed oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS

• Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties. Experience working with children and young people 0- 18 yrs. Experience working with young people at risk to themselves or others. Experience of working with and knowledge in processes around managing risk and safeguarding

• Demonstrable ability to work under pressure and respond to demanding situations as appropriate.Ability to recognise own limits & seek support re supervision as appropriate. Ability to use clinical supervision effectively for personal development. The ability to engage and work with clients in differing environments in line with the needs of the service

• Doctoral level qualification in Clinical Psychology. Professional Registration with HCPC to qualify as a Clinical Psychologist in the UK

• Skills in psychological assessment and treatment of children and young people, including developing individualised formulations.Excellent interpersonal skills & demonstrable ability to work flexibly and respectfully with others.Well-developed oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS

• Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties. Experience working with children and young people 0- 18 yrs. Experience working with young people at risk to themselves or others. Experience of working with and knowledge in processes around managing risk and safeguarding

• Demonstrable ability to work under pressure and respond to demanding situations as appropriate.Ability to recognise own limits & seek support re supervision as appropriate. Ability to use clinical supervision effectively for personal development. The ability to engage and work with clients in differing environments in line with the needs of the service