CAMHS Acute Senior Practitioner Psychologist

Chalkhill is an inpatient unit which supports young people presenting with complex and acute presentations. Formulations are developed in collaboration with the entire MDT and a wider network around the young person, leading to interventions which use a whole team approach. Given the need for this integrated approach, joining the Chalkhill team offers a rare opportunity to work closely and intensively with the young person, their family/carers and the MDT to support the young person. There is an opportunity to understand and apply the principles of legal frameworks when developing care plans and to develop consultation skills to support professionals working with young person and their families. The post-holder would be joining the team at a time of development, with a new eating disorder pathway and opportunities to receive training and develop skills in this area. Sussex CAMHS will also be launching the Hospital at Home, intensive home treatment pathway as an alternative to
admission, which will work closely with the inpatient multi-disciplinary team.

You will be working closely with nursing, psychiatry, occupational therapy, family therapy, social work and mental health practitioners across the Chalkhill inpatient setting., To clinically supervise assistant psychologists, trainee psychologists and junior psychologists, psychological therapists or counsellors and other staff as appropriate.

To professionally supervise and, when appropriate, manage, assistant psychologists and trainee psychologists

To provide consultation, mentorship, supervision and advice about psychological issues to other members of the team/service and other professionals working with service users, across a range of agencies/ settings as appropriate.

To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team.

To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the team's operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit, and to advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.

To utilise research skills to undertake service evaluation, audit and research as appropriate and disseminate the results in the service and nationally.

To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the service

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