Clinical Psychologist – Getting Help and Clinical Pathway Leadership

This fixed-term Clinical Psychologist post for 18 months sits within the CAMHS Disability Service in Community CAMHS at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on senior clinical and pathway leadership, chiefly leading brief Getting Help (Tier 2) interventions and group pathways across Community CAMHS. The post also contributes senior clinical leadership to the SCAC autism assessment pathway for children and young people aged 5 to 18. Fit depends on HCPC registration and a doctorate in clinical psychology or an equivalent.

What the job involves

• Lead Getting Help (Tier 2) interventions and group pathways across Community CAMHS
• Strengthen timely, evidence-based Getting Help interventions
• Develop and coordinate group-based offers
• Support consistent clinical pathways across Community CAMHS
• Contribute senior clinical leadership to the SCAC autism assessment pathway for ages 5-18
• Support the strategic leadership, quality and flow of that autism pathway

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, or BPS-approved Statement of Equivalence (or equivalent for those qualified before 1997)
• Evidence of post-qualification clinical experience and continuing professional development
• Additional clinical and/or leadership knowledge and skills from formal training, supervision and experience

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration

Experience

• Post-qualification work with children, young people and families in CAMHS or a comparable children's mental health service
• Neurodevelopmental assessment pathways for children and young people aged 5-18
• Delivering and/or leading evidence-based interventions, including groups
• Teaching, training, supervision and consultation across staff groups; multidisciplinary and multi-agency working
• Managing clinical risk and safeguarding concerns; contributing to pathway development or service improvement

Skills & knowledge

• High-level clinical assessment, formulation, intervention, communication, consultation and facilitation with children, young people, families and professionals
• Leading brief Getting Help (Tier 2) interventions; designing, coordinating and clinically overseeing group pathways
• Senior clinical leadership, supervision and consultation to staff; working autonomously and collaboratively; handling complex, stressful, high-risk situations sensitively
• Analysing complex clinical and service information into practical pathway improvements; strong planning, organisation and project-development skills
• Knowledge of autism and neurodevelopmental presentations, evidence-based autism assessment and multidisciplinary diagnostic pathways; advanced CAMHS, psychological development and thrive model knowledge
• Knowledge of clinical governance, outcome monitoring and service evaluation; confidentiality, safeguarding and relevant legislation

Other

• Commitment to Trust values and to equality, diversity and inclusion; flexible, collaborative and creative approach to work

Nice to have

• Further training in an evidence-based therapeutic approach for children and young people
• Training in supervision, leadership or service development; project or programme management skills
• Training or experience in autism assessment and neurodevelopmental pathways, including multidisciplinary diagnostic decision-making
• Quality improvement or service redesign experience; competence in data and IT systems to monitor pathway activity and outcomes
• Service data used for waiting-list, demand/capacity or pathway improvement; knowledge of those improvement approaches
• Strategic or clinical leadership across more than one pathway or team
• Knowledge of group-based therapeutic approaches and factors for safe group delivery
• Contribution to research, audit, publication or wider professional development in children's mental health; ability to travel between Community CAMHS sites

What’s offered

• Staff development and support
• Range of staff benefits

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