Clinical Psychologist

Location: Wisbech

Contract: Part Time

Role Type:Permanent

Working hours per week: 24

Salary: £36,000; up to 60K (Full time)/Depending on experience (Equivalent to NHS pay scale Band 8a)

Are you an ambitious clinical psychologist looking for a new challenge, career development and a competitive salary?

The Cambian Group, the UK’s largest provider of specialist services in education, mental health rehabilitation, and learning disabilities, is looking for a dedicated, caring individual to join the company as a psychologist.

Cambian Meeko House is a 12-bedded children’s residential home catering for 12 – 18-year-olds with on-going mental health needs and challenging behaviours that may prevent them from functioning within the community without continued support. There is a school (Home Tree School) on site to support the educational needs of the young people.

Job Role

We are seeking to recruit a suitably qualified Clinical Psychologists (NHS band 78a equivalent posts to join our team, and can offer a varied and rewarding work in a number of contexts - with an opportunity to help to continue to shape the service and make further improvement.

We are keen to hear from qualified psychologists who are interested in working with children and young people with mental health problems, those who have experienced trauma and other adverse Childhood experiences, including Looked After Children. Ideally you will be confident to work independently as a Clinical Psychologist under supervision of a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and within a multidisciplinary team that includes Psychiatry, OT, Nursing, Teachers. You will be confident to supervise, train and oversee the work of others to improve psychologically informed practices within the home.

The post is advertised for a maximum of 32 hours part time, flexible and week days only.

The job role will include the followings:

• Providing a range of psychological interventions for children and young people using the latest evidence-based practices.


• Supervising assistant psychologists and psychology graduates (Therapeutic Practitioners) to provide psychological interventions


• To be responsible for assessments (including risk assessments), formulation and recommendations for psychological support.


• Formulation and delivery of care plans involving psychological treatment and management of cases.


• Training and guidance of support staff to provide psychologically informed practices across the home.


• To implement a range of evidence-based psychological interventions, making evaluations and decisions about treatment options, and monitoring outcomes to ensure effectiveness for your own caseload as well as supporting/supervising Assistant psychologist and other practitioners in relation to their caseload.


• To participate in making evidence-based recommendations to the multidisciplinary team regarding assessment, interventions and skills required to deliver the plan of care and expected health/social outcomes whilst also minimising risk.


• To provide clinical assessments and interventions in line with Cambian policies and procedures.


• To maintain adherence to NICE guidelines and best practice clinical standards.


• To attend and contribute to CMAP meeting, multi-disciplinary meetings and other professional reviews.


• To maintain accurate records of clinical input.


• To participate in regular clinical supervision


• To participate in service development initiatives

The clinical psychologist will be part of a wider MDT and will have access to a Consultant Psychologist working in our sister site in Newmarket.

For further inquiries please contact Anna Vizor, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on 07701 314672

Candidate Profile

Person Specification

Essential:

• Post graduate doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent)


• HCPC registration


• A working knowledge of child and adult safeguarding legislation


• Experience / knowledge of routine clinical outcomes monitoring


• Experience / knowledge of clinical risk assessment


• An excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills


• The ability to use a computer competently, with a broad base of IT skills


• The ability to work on your own initiative and prioritise workload


• Strong literacy and report writing skills, with excellent accuracy and attention to detail


• Experience of managing complex caseloads and applying a range of interventions

Desirable:

• Experience of delivering specialist assessments in Autism, ADHD, intellectual disabilities, complex needs and/or challenging behaviours


• Knowledge of developmental trauma and in supporting families with children who are looked after/adopted

To be successful in this role you will be excited by the Cambian vision and values and will relish an opportunity to make a difference. You will need to be a clear communicator, well-organised, confident and capable of managing a complex caseload in a demanding environment. Experience of supervising others and providing training to multi-disciplinary staff is required.

Successful candidates will have to meet the person specification in order to be offered this post. Cambian is committed to Safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks. Cambian is an equal opportunities employer.

Note:

Successful candidates will need to meet the person specification in order to be offered this post.

Cambian is committed to Safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care.

All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks. Cambian is an equal opportunities employer.

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