An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced Band 8B Clinical or Health Psychologist to join our developing Paediatric Psychology team in Lincolnshire. We also have a vacancy for a Band 7-8a within the same team, details of which can be found on our website.

You will be part of an experienced multi-disciplinary team working together to support the delivery of evidence-based assessment and interventions to children and young people (CYP) experiencing psychological impacts of living with diabetes.

This is a newly expanding service and the role will also involve leading the development of a new Long Term Conditions pathway with the aim of improving the mental health, physical health and quality of life of CYP with diabetes and other Long Term Conditions (LTC's).

The post-holder we are seeking will be a highly experienced and highly skilled practitioner, fully registered with the appropriate professional body who can demonstrate leadership in professional and clinical arenas. You will have a breadth of experience in the psychological care of CYP and a passion for shaping service delivery to meet the needs of the local population and improve outcomes for patients.

If you have the background, experience and innovation in developing and delivering a high standard of therapeutic care for CYP and families, then this is the role for you.

There is an enticing package of support with travel and training for the successful applicant.

Main duties of the job

You will provide highly specialist psychology assessments and interventions for children, young people and their families referred to the countywide ULHT Diabetes Team.

You will be expected to be able to engage with and work effectively with children and young people living with chronic health conditions and their carers. You will be able to support and advise multi-disciplinary team colleagues regarding psychological interventions and provide a psychological perspective on physical health provision for these young people. You will lead on the development of a new LTC pathway.

You will have highly specialist training and experience and will be expected to work autonomously within the Health Trust, HCPC and BPS professional guidelines, as well as liaise closely with other professionals and volunteers who work with children and young people and their carers and families.

You will provide supervision and consultation to other professionals as required. You will provide regular placements to trainee psychologists and will use their research skills to undertake research and development and audit activities. You will participate in CPD, LPFT's annual staff appraisal and other developmental activities.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life . Visit beinlincolnshire.comto find out more.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please dont hesitate in contacting Dr Emily Bell or Dr Elinor Butterfield prior to application.

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for full details

To exercise full responsibility and autonomy for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children and young people referred to the Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trusts Core CAMHS, and their carers and families, where the presenting difficulties and concerns can be managed as a psychologically based intervention.

To exercise full responsibility and autonomy for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children and young people referred to the Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trusts CAMHS Service, and their carers and families, where the presenting difficulties and concerns can be managed as a psychologically based intervention.

To develop and provide a range of highly specialist clinical psychology assessments and interventions/intervention packages for children and young people and their carers and families referred to the LPFT core CAMHS. Specific areas of expertise to include working with children and young people with complex needs experience of providing highly specialist developmental assessments, including specialist cognitive assessments and life skills and functioning assessments, to help more fully understand the underlying learning difficulties which may be impacting on a child / young persons presentation at home and at school providing group interventions to children, young people and their carers.

Expected to consider and cover the needs of Children in Care (CiC). This will include working with the CYP Complex Need Service Clinical psychologists to support new CiC Mental Health link workers to offer excellent in reach mental health support to Lincolnshire County Councils Childrens Homes. This will involve being available to offer joint training and supervision and consultation sessions to the Childrens Homes as appropriate

To lead on overseeing the attachment pathway within CAMHS, offering highly specialist clinical psychology assessments and interventions as appropriate and overseeing agreed group and individual interventions on this pathway.

Experience in and ability to provide at least three of the following highly specialist therapeutic interventions:-

• Behaviour Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• The use of a systemic approach with families
• Solution focused interventions
• Attachment therapy
• The use of creative art therapies in individual and family work
• Interventions for post traumatic stress
• Relaxation and visualisation techniques

To devise and facilitate therapeutic and educational groups as part of the treatment approach

To exercise full responsibility for communicating on a regular basis with the referral agent and other services and individuals involved with the service user, taking into account guidance on client confidentiality.

To provide highly specialist clinical psychology expertise, knowledge, advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals working both within and outside the Health Trust, contributing directly to the formulation of an understanding of a childs / young persons presenting difficulties and the development of an evidence based intervention plan.

To contribute to the decision making process as regards treatment options for individuals and their families where appropriate.

To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BPS accredited honours degree in Psychology
• A Postgraduate Qualification in Clinical Psychology accredited by the BPS and HCPC
• Additional specialist training related to working with children, young people and their families and carers, including additional specialist training in assessment
• Clinical supervision training for doctorate clinical psychology trainees
• Registered member of HCPC
• Eligible for chartered status as a clinical psychologist

Desirable

• Other related academic qualifications to Masters or Doctorate level
• Additional training in systemic therapy

Experience

Essential

• Extensive post-qualification experience of working as a specialist clinical psychologist with children, young people and their carers and families where there are psychological concerns
• Extensive post qualification of working as a specialist clinical psychologist
• Extensive post qualification experience of working with children and young people from pre school age to school leaving age
• Extensive post qualification experience of working with children and young people with a range of disabilities and special needs from mild to extensive difficulties including learning difficulties physical difficulties chronic and acute health problems
• Extensive experience of working with looked after children and their carers with children who have experienced abuse - physical, sexual, emotional.
• Extensive post qualification experience of providing specialist clinical psychology assessments of children and young people in the context of their living situations which may include - living with biological parents with separated parents with other relatives with foster carers in residential children's homes in-patient settings EBD schools - residential or non-residential
• Experience of running therapeutic groups and psycho educational groups for children, young people and carers.
• Extensive post qualification experience of providing specialist clinical psychology advice to parents and carers and staff concerning the care and/or therapeutic provision for children and young people.
• Extensive knowledge and experience of safeguarding and child sexual exploitation issues and procedures
• Extensive knowledge and experience of issues for children and young people with learning difficulties, developmental concerns.
• Extensive supervisory and consultative experience - to other psychologists to other professions to other agencies
• Extensive experience of working within multi-disciplinary and multi-agency settings
• Experience of providing teaching and training to other psychologists and other unqualified and qualified people.
• Extensive specialist clinical psychology assessment skills which include: use of psychometric assessments of intelligence, memory, reading, social functioning executive functioning use of behavioural assessments use of observational methods of assessment assessment by interviewing assessment by analysis of archive material
• Extensive post qualification experience of developing and providing specialist clinical psychology interventions and intervention packages for use with children, young people and their carers and families. Specific expertise in the use of at least 3 of the following:- cognitive-behaviour therapy, behaviour therapy, systemic therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Attachment Therapy, Therapies for Post-Traumatic Stress, creative therapies, solution focused interventions

Desirable

• Experience of working with young offenders.
• Experience of working with children and young people who present with sexually concerning behaviours.

Skills

Essential

• Masters or doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology
• Knowledge of relevant child protection, safeguarding and mental health legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management when working with children, young people and their families/carers
• Evidence of continuing professional development as dictated by the HCPC and the BPS

Desirable

• Experience of developing and providing a specific psychology service with clear policies and measurement of outcomes. Experience of doing this as sole organiser and in conjunction with other professionals and agencies
• Experience of line managing staff.
• Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books.

Special requirements

Essential

• Knowledge of professional guidelines set out by: - HCPC, the BPS the Health Trust. Capable of interpreting these guidelines and policies and taking action as appropriate to provide specific aspects of LPFT CAMHS.

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Homer House Horizon Centre

Monson Street

Lincoln

LN57RZ

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