Clinical Psychologist
- Employer
- Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 to £60,981 per annum inclusive pro rata
- Closing date
- 2 Nov 2024
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- Profession
- Mental health, Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Hours
- Part Time
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Post: Fixed Term Contract Band 7 Clinical Psychologist *We have two posts available within our team (Permanent and Fixed term).
Applicants are encouraged to apply for both posts, as Fixed term WTE may be negotiable for successful applicants .
This fixed term post presents an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist to join the Tic Disorder Service.
The post holder will be based in a multidisciplinary team that provides assessment and treatment to children and young people with complex neurodevelopmental disorders (including Tourette syndrome and functional tics) alongside commonly co-occurring neurodevelopmental and mental health disorders.
Supervision and line management is provided by a Principal Clinical Psychologist. Training will be provided and there are strong research and development opportunities on the team.
Please contact Tara Murphy (Tara.Murphy@gosh.nhs.uk), Maria Hadji-Michael (Maria.Hadji-Michael@gosh.nhs.uk) or Anthony Harrison (Anthony.harrison@gosh.nhs.uk) for further information or discussion about the role.
Interviews will be held online on the 14th November.
Main duties of the job
About us
GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.
We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.
We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.
We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women's staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust's mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential
Desirable
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Skills/Abilities
Essential
Employer details
Employer name
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Great Ormond Street
London
WC1N 3JH
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
271-BBM-6679918
Applicants are encouraged to apply for both posts, as Fixed term WTE may be negotiable for successful applicants .
This fixed term post presents an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist to join the Tic Disorder Service.
The post holder will be based in a multidisciplinary team that provides assessment and treatment to children and young people with complex neurodevelopmental disorders (including Tourette syndrome and functional tics) alongside commonly co-occurring neurodevelopmental and mental health disorders.
Supervision and line management is provided by a Principal Clinical Psychologist. Training will be provided and there are strong research and development opportunities on the team.
Please contact Tara Murphy (Tara.Murphy@gosh.nhs.uk), Maria Hadji-Michael (Maria.Hadji-Michael@gosh.nhs.uk) or Anthony Harrison (Anthony.harrison@gosh.nhs.uk) for further information or discussion about the role.
Interviews will be held online on the 14th November.
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for providing a systematic and autonomous clinical psychology service, within the Tic Disorder Service
- To provide psychological assessments of patients in person and using telemedicine
- To provide specialist diagnostic cognitive evaluation in collaboration with the MDT
- To assess and evaluate information from the child and family relating to medical condition, developmental status and mental health
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options
- Delivering evidence based psychological interventions in relation to tics and a range of co-occurring disorders
- To deliver psychological intervention groups to children and those involved in their care
- To adapt and apply evidence-based intervention protocol
- To ensure that patients have research-quality base-line and session outcome measurement, in line with national IAPT policy
- To contribute to the dissemination of psychological research and theory
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patient
- To act as lead clinician on certain cases
- To communicate effectively in a sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of patients
- To attend case conferences, reviews and other meetings as appropriate
- To attend and contribute to weekly referrals and meetings as required
- To ensure that reports are entered into the relevant notes and communicated
About us
GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.
We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.
We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.
We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women's staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust's mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential
- Our Always values ? Always welcoming ? Always helpful ? Always expert ? Always one team
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential
- Good honours degree in Psychology
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS/HCPC, including clinical psychometrics and cognitive assessment, and lifespan developmental psychology
- Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council as Practitioner Psychologist
Desirable
- Recorded CPD experience and /or further qualifications in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts and of working in a multicultural framework
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and young people and child protection
- Experience in delivering evidence -based interventions for a range of child and adolescent mental health problems
- Knowledge and Understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives
- Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace
- Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
Desirable
- Experience and expertise in working with children with tic disorders with neurodevelopmental disorders
- Experience of presenting psychology to multidisciplinary audiences at conferences or other educational settings
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Well -developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their carers, and other professionals
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non -professional groups
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to distressing situations and challenging behaviours
- Evidence of skilled and productive multidisciplinary team working
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, including verbal abuse
- Ability to administer, score and interpret a range of cognitive assessment tools
Employer details
Employer name
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Great Ormond Street
London
WC1N 3JH
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
271-BBM-6679918
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