Job overview

Do you have a passion for supporting the CAMHS/psychological workforce to deliver best-practice care to children and young people with mental health difficulties?

Do you thrive in multi-disciplinary settings where psychological skills and expertise are highly valued?

Working in a very friendly and dynamic CAMHS Service, we have an exciting part-time opportunity for an experienced Clinical Psychologist based mainly in our Core CAMHS Chesterfield bases with some linking to our Buxton Core CAMHS Team also.

This exciting post includes direct clinical work with young people with more complex needs in Core CAMHS.  The post will also include indirect lead roles with supporting and co-ordinating clinical supervision processes, and co-ordinating and delivery of the Psychology Consultation Offer across the Service.

Our Service has 10 teams with excellent track records working closely together, with lots of opportunities for gaining different experiences to develop your portfolio.  Our internal training programme for staff is positively-rated and clinical supervision practice is highly valued.  We value the diversity of our clinicians, and the different skill sets that they bring.  We offer flexible working and have a special leave policy. 

We have well established links with the training courses and regularly have trainees on placement.

Main duties of the job

As an experienced Clinical Psychologist in Core CAMHS you will:

·       Provide specialist psychological/therapy-based assessments, formulations and interventions for children and young people with the most complex need in Core CAMHS and take a lead role in the provision of services to this client group

·     Provide a significant leadership role along with the Team Leads for Core CAMHS.

·    Provide specialist knowledge, expert advice and support the delivery of evidence-based therapeutic interventions.

·       Manage and help the development of other Clinical Psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists.

·        Offer training and clinical supervision to CAMHS Professionals

· Carry out complex neuropsychological and neurodevelopmental assessments as appropriate, particularly where there is co-morbidity and/or complexity to the presentation

·    Be a member of a multi-disciplinary service and contribute to team and service developments.

Across the service you will:

·        Lead and co-ordinate and deliver the Psychology Consultation Offer to CAMHS professionals.

·        Lead and co-ordinate the Clinical Supervision processes

Working for our organisation

We are firmly rooted in the founding principles of the NHS, and we have built on this by “Leading the Chesterfield Way”, and with our Proud to CARE values.  This means leading with care, openness, integrity and embedding an inclusive culture. We know that people have a life and responsibilities outside of work and we offer flexibility and a whole raft of support to care for your physical and mental wellbeing.  This role is hugely important to us and we look forward to hearing from you.

Our main hospital base is on a greenfield site with abundant countryside, lovely views, beautiful landscaping and outdoor gym- it's easy to access green space at break times which offers an opportunity to de-stress.  We also have a newer base  located near the local train station.  Both sites are in the historic market town of Chesterfield, and on the doorstep of Sheffield, a vibrant, multi-cultural/cosmopolitan city; and are easily accessible from the M1 and the A61.

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

COVID19 Vaccination

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

 UK Points-based immigration system

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.  Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route.  Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form.  Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.  Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be  eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.

Communications 

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.

Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.

This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.

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