CAMHS Clinician - CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Team
Posted 10 hours 2 minutes ago by Whittington Health
Permanent
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Public Sector Jobs
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
Band 7 Main area Clinical Psychology / Family and Systemic Psychotherapy / Child Psychotherapy / Counselling Psychology/ Speech & Language Therapy/ Occupational Therapy Grade Band 7 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term for 12 months from start date) Hours
Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Northern Health Centre Town London Salary £54,320 - £60,981 per annum including HCAS (pro-rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 05/05/:59 Interview date 13/05/2025
Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.
Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3 rd party recruitment providers - North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.
By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.
Job overview CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Clinician (Family & systemic psychotherapists, Clinical psychologists, Child psychotherapists, Counselling psychologists, Speech & language therapists, Occupational therapists)
1.7 WTE fixed term sessions within Islington CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Team for two or more clinicians to fill.
We are looking for proactive, creative and highly skilled colleagues to join a dynamic multi disciplinary neurodevelopmental diagnostic service for CYP age 5-18 years. The successful applicant(s) will be passionate about promoting a holistic and neuro-affirmative, strength based approach to the process of assessment and diagnosis of autism and ADHD, and associated conditions, and reaching vulnerable families in our borough.
Main duties of the job Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.
Working for our organisation Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities The Borough
Islington is a wonderfully diverse borough. Despite its relatively small size it is densely populated with a resident child population of 40,000, which is about 20% of the total population. The borough is a varied community with extremes of affluence and poverty. There is a broad cultural mix from a range of ethnic minority groups.
The Post
The post will involve leading and contributing to multi disciplinary assessments of autism, adhd and associated/overlapping conditions.
The NDT provides holistic assessments within a strong multi disciplinary framework which includes clinical psychology, psychiatry, paediatrics, speech and language therapy, family therapy and occupational therapy. Other opportunities could include: supporting and supervising of junior staff; contributing to the programme of post diagnostic support in the form of parent webinars and a young person's group; contributing to service developments and Quality improvement projects.
Person specification Education / Qualifications
To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
Your application form -
Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
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- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Northern Health Centre Town London Salary £54,320 - £60,981 per annum including HCAS (pro-rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 05/05/:59 Interview date 13/05/2025
Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.
Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3 rd party recruitment providers - North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.
By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.
Job overview CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Clinician (Family & systemic psychotherapists, Clinical psychologists, Child psychotherapists, Counselling psychologists, Speech & language therapists, Occupational therapists)
1.7 WTE fixed term sessions within Islington CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Team for two or more clinicians to fill.
We are looking for proactive, creative and highly skilled colleagues to join a dynamic multi disciplinary neurodevelopmental diagnostic service for CYP age 5-18 years. The successful applicant(s) will be passionate about promoting a holistic and neuro-affirmative, strength based approach to the process of assessment and diagnosis of autism and ADHD, and associated conditions, and reaching vulnerable families in our borough.
Main duties of the job Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.
Working for our organisation Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities The Borough
Islington is a wonderfully diverse borough. Despite its relatively small size it is densely populated with a resident child population of 40,000, which is about 20% of the total population. The borough is a varied community with extremes of affluence and poverty. There is a broad cultural mix from a range of ethnic minority groups.
The Post
The post will involve leading and contributing to multi disciplinary assessments of autism, adhd and associated/overlapping conditions.
The NDT provides holistic assessments within a strong multi disciplinary framework which includes clinical psychology, psychiatry, paediatrics, speech and language therapy, family therapy and occupational therapy. Other opportunities could include: supporting and supervising of junior staff; contributing to the programme of post diagnostic support in the form of parent webinars and a young person's group; contributing to service developments and Quality improvement projects.
Person specification Education / Qualifications
- Post-graduate/doctoral level qualification in a core profession and appropriate registration (e.g. HCPC)
- Able to confidently and competently take a generic developmental history.
- Ability to engage Children, YP and families with compassion and professionalism
- Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication
- Skills in the assessment of clinical risk and safeguarding concerns.
- Strong report writing skills; able to use Word and Excel and analyse/present basic data
- Competent in the use of clinical recording systems such as RiO
- Understands the importance of assessment that explores and considers individual cultural identity and associated support needs.
- Able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, actively engaging in and supporting rotas, peer support, training and skills development
- Understands the process for keeping safe, secure and relevant clinical records
- Experience of working with children in a mental health or neurodevelopmental context.
- Experience of carrying out assessment and formulation for children and young people.
- Experience of screening for neurodevelopmental conditions.
To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
- Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
- Ensure you are familiar and comply with theLondon Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
- Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
- Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
- Participate in required training and supervision.
- Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Your application form -
- Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
- Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.
- Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
- If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunatelythis means you have not been successfullyshortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
- Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems - occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
- Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.
- Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you areeligible under theUKVI points based system .
- Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
- In submitting an application form, you authorise WhittingtonHealth NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.
Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
. click apply for full job details