Principal Psychological Professional - CFHD

Job description

Job summary

We are excited to be advertising for a fixed term 0.6WTE PrincipalPsychological Professional (Clinical Psychologist / Child and AdolescentPsychotherapist / Systemic Psychotherapist) Clinical Lead in our UrgentCare Pathway. We are looking for an experienced colleague to workcollaboratively with the Operational and Medical Leads in leading thismulti-disciplinary pathway forwards.

Our Urgent Care Pathway is a community pathway forchildren and young people who require responsive and/or intensive support withrisk and mental health presentations. The Pathway has strong links withother CFHD pathways of care as well as the regular interface with acute caresystems.

The Pathway is guided by Adaptive Mentalisation BasedIntegrative Therapy (AMBIT), a model that emphasises the importance ofthe well-connected team supporting practitioners working with higher riskneeds.

We would love to hear from experienced colleagues who canbring advanced level clinical thinking and formulation, skills in supervisionand consultation and compassionate leadership to this progressive, responsivepathway.

Main duties of the job

As a Principal Psychological Professional, you will hold aClinical Lead role within Urgent Care, working jointly with Operational andMedical Leads, as well as providing lead contributions to service developmentsacross CFHD.

You will offer advanced formulation, strong supervisory andconsultation skills as well as high-quality psychological care to young people.You will have proven experience in working positively with inter-agencycolleagues, able to mentalize, contain and respond to multi-layered needs instruggling networks.

You will join a group of multi-disciplinary clinical leadersacross CFHD who will be your peers, your phone a friend network and yourinspiring colleagues. As part of a collaborative structure of leadership, youwill be well supported as you work together with colleagues to lead forwardhigh-quality care.

There is a strong, friendly and connected network of PsychologicalProfessionals working across CFHD, enjoying shared CPD and professionalsupport.

We encourage interest from candidates with diversebackgrounds and experiences, both personal and professional.

The Pathway is county-wide with flexibility of basepossible.

About us

At Children and Family Health Devon, we are dedicated toimproving the mental and physical health of children and young people acrossDevon and Torbay. We aim to create an environment where children and youngpeople can thrive and are committed to reducing health inequalities andproviding specialised support, empowering them to lead healthy, fulfillinglives.

Our children and young people say

We would like the people who work for Children and FamilyHealth Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should betrustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that theyuse their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising andnon-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to createan environment that is informal and without pressure.

We are an alliance of NHS organisations led by Torbay andSouth Devon NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with Devon Partnership Trust.We are a group of professionals including psychologists, psychiatrists,occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists,nurses and many other professions.

Join us in beautiful Devon

With access to moors, sea and cities, there are plenty ofopportunities to enjoy Devon. Whether you enjoy spending time in the culturalhub of Exeter, exploring the Jurassic coastline or discovering the worldsurfing reserve in North Devon there really is something for everyone.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached JobDescription/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the postin your supporting information from the role requirements or personspecification and ensure you evidence essential criteria in your application.

Information regarding the Urgent Care Pathway can befound on the Children and Family Health Devon website.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached JobDescription/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the postin your supporting information from the role requirements or personspecification and ensure you evidence essential criteria in your application.

Information regarding the Urgent Care Pathway can befound on the Children and Family Health Devon website.

Person Specification

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential

• Willingness and ability to travel across Devon
• Highly developed ability to integrate complex clinical information into a coherent formulation and share this with others including service users and professionals
• The ability to work as an autonomous senior clinician, make decisions under pressure and seek support as appropriate.
• The ability to communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner with children and young people, parents, carers and others as appropriate, conveying information that may be contentious or highly distressing concerning assessment, clinical formulation and treatment, at times during emotionally difficult situations
• The ability to present complex, often sensitive information in a variety of formats, both written and verbal, in a professional, clear and organised manner, including public speaking to a range of audiences

Qualifications

Essential

• A Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy or Masters Level training in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy or equivalent.
• Active registration with the HCPC, or Association of Child Psychotherapists, or with the UKCP as a Systemic and Family Therapist
• Post qualification training or equivalent experience in supervision.
• Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in leadership or management
• Post qualification specialist therapy/assessment training relevant to children and young people

Experience

Essential

• Experience of delivering effective evidence-based, outcomes-informed psychological therapy interventions with children, young people and families, including risk assessment and risk management
• Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including shared decision making and the use of both clinician and patient rated outcome measures
• Experience of working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary services and across organisational boundaries
• Experience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems, across the whole age range, reflecting all levels of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
• Experience of obtaining service user feedback and data to improve outcomes and services
• Experience in teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.
• Experience of safeguarding children and ensuring the safety of young people in partnership with other agencies as appropriate.
• Experience of using an equality and diversity framework in clinical, supervisory and leadership practice
• Experience of initiating, chairing, attending and contributing to multi-professional and interagency meetings.
• Experience of working as an autonomous individual, taking on responsibility, making decisions and seeking support as needed.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision, undertaking appraisals, developing job plans, recruitment, managing performance, absence and staff development.

Person Specification
Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential

• Willingness and ability to travel across Devon
• Highly developed ability to integrate complex clinical information into a coherent formulation and share this with others including service users and professionals
• The ability to work as an autonomous senior clinician, make decisions under pressure and seek support as appropriate.
• The ability to communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner with children and young people, parents, carers and others as appropriate, conveying information that may be contentious or highly distressing concerning assessment, clinical formulation and treatment, at times during emotionally difficult situations
• The ability to present complex, often sensitive information in a variety of formats, both written and verbal, in a professional, clear and organised manner, including public speaking to a range of audiences

Qualifications

Essential

• A Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy or Masters Level training in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy or equivalent.
• Active registration with the HCPC, or Association of Child Psychotherapists, or with the UKCP as a Systemic and Family Therapist
• Post qualification training or equivalent experience in supervision.
• Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in leadership or management
• Post qualification specialist therapy/assessment training relevant to children and young people

Experience

Essential

• Experience of delivering effective evidence-based, outcomes-informed psychological therapy interventions with children, young people and families, including risk assessment and risk management
• Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including shared decision making and the use of both clinician and patient rated outcome measures
• Experience of working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary services and across organisational boundaries
• Experience of working with a wide variety of child mental health problems, across the whole age range, reflecting all levels of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems
• Experience of obtaining service user feedback and data to improve outcomes and services
• Experience in teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice.
• Experience of safeguarding children and ensuring the safety of young people in partnership with other agencies as appropriate.
• Experience of using an equality and diversity framework in clinical, supervisory and leadership practice
• Experience of initiating, chairing, attending and contributing to multi-professional and interagency meetings.
• Experience of working as an autonomous individual, taking on responsibility, making decisions and seeking support as needed.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision, undertaking appraisals, developing job plans, recruitment, managing performance, absence and staff development.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Address

Children & Family Health Devon

Unit 1

Capital Court, Bittern Road, Sowton Industrial Estate

EXETER

EX2 7FW

United Kingdom

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