Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS - Clinical Psychology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term or secondment opportunity for internal candidates)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 201-25-251-A
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Hive
- Town
- Poole, Camborne
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist - CAMHS Learning Disability Team
Band 7
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
Working as a Band 7 Clinical Psychologist in our Community CAMHS Learning Disability Team, involves working with children and young people who are diagnosed with moderate to severe learning disabilities, their families, carers, staff teams, including schools and other health and social care professionals. You will be working as part of a Professional specialist Multi Disciplinary team, where hearing the voice or view of the child or young person means we take a person centred approach to improving quality of life, emotional wellbeing and working to reduce behaviours which challenge. Liaison, supervision, formulation and consultation are key parts of this role, and the the post holder will be involved in opportunities to develop a diverse range of skills. With responsibility for assessment, formulation and intervention for children with additional mental health needs. Our Community team facilitates learners from all clinical disciplines and the post holder will gain valuable experience with opportunity for learning and teaching, supervising and being supervised, with opportunity to be involved in research, service development and innovation. We pride ourselves on excellent team working because we are all passionate about making a real difference to the lives of children with learning disabilities.
Main duties of the job
To provide a clinical psychology service to children and adolescent and their families with complex psychological problems, across all sectors of care, through supportive and professional Multi Disciplinary working. The post holder will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and supervision and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Just over 532,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience as a psychologist, working with children in either clinical or community settings.
- Experience of working with young children with severe emotional/behavioural difficulties.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for client’s psychological care and treatment, both as professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multi-agency care plan.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
- Knowledge of the Children Act 1989 + 2004.
- experience of working with children and young people with moderate to severe learning disability
Training and Education
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology
- Eligibility for registration Clinical Psychologist HCPC
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
- Evidence of undertaking training in supervision.
knowledge and abilities
Essential criteria
- Experience as a psychologist, working with children in either inpatient or community settings as a registered clinical psychologist
- Experience of working with young children with severe emotional/behavioural difficulties.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for client’s psychological care and treatment, both as professionally qualified care co-ordinator and within the context of a multi-agency care plan
- Experience of working with children and young people with moderate to severe Learning Disability.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Theresa Sired
- Job title
- Operational Lead LDA
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07551231769
- Additional information
Informal conversations about the role are welcome.
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