Clinical or Counselling CAMHS Psychologist PLT

We are seeking an enthusiastic and creative Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the Paediatric Liaison Team at Newham CAMHS. We provide a specialist service for children and young people who present with psychological difficulties related to physical illness or those with psychological problems presenting initially with physical symptoms. The successful candidate will be part of a creative and supportive multi-disciplinary team. Members of the teams have interests in a variety of areas, including systemic practice, mind body approaches, narrative therapy, EMDR and CBT. The post has one day with the Emotional & Behavioural Team to provide assessment and intervention - there is some flexibility in how this time can be used. The post holder will form part of the duty rota at Newham CAMHS.
The Paediatric Liaison Team (PLT) is based in Newham CAMHS with close links to Newham Hospital. We have regular meetings with the paediatric liaison teams based at the Royal London Hospital and at Hackney CAMHS/Homerton Hospital. This will be an interesting and varied job working with children, young people and their families/carers., provide specialist mental health service to children, young people and their families, carers and their network in the PLT.
- provide highly specialist CAMHS assessment, therapy assessment, treatment and consultation to client systems, including children, young people, their families, carers and professional networks. This requires skills in assessing complex client systems, appropriate formulation, engagement and interventions.
- provide specialist advice and consultation regarding diagnoses and treatment of children and young people with a range of presentations to other professionals including CAMHS colleagues and external agencies.
- manage, plan and prioritise own clinical caseload and to exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment including management of risks. This is done independently within appropriate clinical/professional guidelines.
- work collaboratively with CAMHS colleagues to develop and improve the work of the service.
- develop and support the mental health work of other staff groups in designated partner agencies through teaching, training and consultation.
- Formulate and undertake clinical audit and research activities as required.
- Participate in CPD and other developmental activities, keeping up to date with relevant mental health research and national guidance.
- Follow broadly defined policies and pursue agreed objectives but exercise considerable freedom in deciding on how best to implement or achieve them., Please see attached job description, which will identify the direct and indirect responsibilities related to this role.
This document will also contain all of the essential and desirable attributes required for this role.
Making Things Better
Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don't stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.
We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.
Our Community
We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.
Aiming High
We were rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC in 2016, were proud to be rated 'Outstanding' again in 2018 and continue to be rate 'Outstanding' in 2021.. We were named in the HSJ's Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.
Staff and Service Users United
We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.
We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.
Diversity
ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve. Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.
Other reasons to apply
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.
As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you with offering up to £10,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations., Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.