CAMHS Principal Clinical Psychologist (N&S MCCAED ARFID)

CAMHS Principal Clinical Psychologist (N&S MCCAED ARFID) NHS AfC: Band 8b Main area: Applied Psychology Grade NHS AfC: Band 8b

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 334-CLI-

Site: Michael Rutter Centre

Town: London

Salary: £70,387 - £80,465 per annum inclusive of HCAs

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 04/02/:59

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links, and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth, and Richmond.

We are committed to providing high-quality specialist care to our service users, recognized for the care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission rates our services as 'good'.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021, together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to positively impact patient care, outcomes, and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will have the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported by learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.

The trust recognizes the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen, and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.

As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job Overview We are inviting applications from enthusiastic and experienced Clinical Psychologists for a Band 8b post in our ARFID Team, as part of our eating disorders service for children and young people. Are you someone who enjoys working with young people, is a team player, and is willing to be flexible according to client needs? Do you have experience working with children and young people with eating difficulties or neurodiversity? Do you love to learn and want to make a real contribution to developing excellent standards of care? If so, we are keen to meet you and welcome applications from those who may be newly qualified.

We are a friendly, welcoming, innovative, national, and specialist eating disorders team (ARFID) working with young people (2 - 18 years) and their families. We offer inclusive and supportive team environments and are keen to support your professional development and wellbeing. Our multi-disciplinary team includes Clinical Psychology, Nursing, Dietetic, Psychiatry, Art Therapy, and Paediatric posts, supported by a friendly Admin Team.

Main Duties of the Job The post-holder will provide a specialist service including assessment, treatment, monitoring of outcomes, and the provision of clinical supervision, consultation, and training. The post-holder will also contribute to service evaluation, research, and policy development. There are many opportunities available within the service in relation to continued professional development.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Provide specialist psychotherapeutic/clinical intervention services to the MCCAED ARFID team including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation, and monitoring of outcomes.
2. Contribute to enabling other staff, service users, and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by creating a psychologically safe environment.
3. Provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a specialist in eating disorders in children and young people.
4. Work as an autonomous professional within BPS, HCPC, and other professional guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with the support of a clinical supervisor.

Working for Our Organisation Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2) and is within walking distance from the beautiful green spaces of Ruskin Park and the vibrant high street that offers great shopping opportunities and a wide range of restaurants.

As one of the few Trusts in London, we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role, you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 08:00 to 18:00, giving you the very best of good work-life balance. (This may include working early mornings or late evenings and some Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post).

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities The main purpose of this post is to fulfil the role of a band 7 Clinical Psychologist (or counselling psychologist, family therapist, clinical nurse specialist) delivering the highest quality care in a national and specialist service for children and young people with eating disorders. The post-holder will be expected to:

1. Provide specialist psychotherapeutic/clinical assessments and interventions to the ARFID team, MCCAED, based at the Michael Rutter Centre, part of the National and Specialist Services, supporting children and young people with eating disorders and their families.
2. Contribute to enabling other staff, service users, and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by creating a psychologically safe environment.
3. Provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate.
4. Undertake service evaluation, audit, and research.
5. Work as an autonomous professional within BPS, HCPC, and other professional guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with the support of a clinical supervisor.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training) that has been accepted by the HCPC for purposes of professional registration. (A/I)
• Additional training in a specialised area of psychological practice (eating disorders) through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma. (A/I)
• Completed training course in clinical supervision. (A/I)
• Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC. (A/I)

Experience

• Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in eating disorders. (A/I)
• Experience of supervising assistant and trainee psychologists having completed the relevant training. (A/I)
• Experience of proposing and implementing service development projects within own service area. (A/I)
• Experience providing supervision to Band 8a and 7 psychologists, trainee psychologists, and other staff members in the field of eating disorders (A/I)

Understanding and Knowledge

• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for child and adolescent eating disorders (A/I)
• Advanced knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics in eating disorders. (A/I)

Skills

• To deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences. (A/I)
• To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers, and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information. (A/I)
• To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and to organise meetings such as CPAs and case reviews, and joint activities with staff of partner agencies. (A/I)

Abilities

• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles. (A/I)
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate. (A/I)

The Trust is committed to providing services that embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect, and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice.
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment.
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers, and our staff should be treated with compassion, respect, and dignity.

Please Note:

• All applications for this post will need to be made online . click apply for full job details