Clinical Psychologist

The post-holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team across three rehabilitation wards (neurological and complex care including frailty and polytrauma), offering specialist psychological assessment and intervention, advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to the wider team, and contributing to discharge planning. The Clinical Psychologist will provide both direct input to service users, as well as working with staff and teams to offer consultation and training around mental health presentations they may commonly find present in their daily work with service users. The post-holder will be expected to work autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the service's policies and procedure and to utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development., The caseload is comprised of adults who have been referred for rehabilitation and may present with multiple complex health needs. The post-holder will be working alongside Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Nurses and other medical staff, carrying out therapeutic interventions for patients presenting with psychological barriers to progress in rehabilitation, including low mood, anxiety and difficulties with adjustment to diagnosis. There will be additional opportunities for consultation to the team, service development and teaching, particularly to non-psychology colleagues. The post-holder will attend multi-disciplinary meetings to discuss and feedback patient care, contribute to family meetings and discharge planning. The post-holder will be provided with the opportunity to develop clinical and leadership skills through the support of senior colleagues, and will be part of a wider team of psychologists working in rehabilitation within Camden, who
meet regularly for peer support and with an emphasis on continuing professional development.

If you come and work with us, we will ensure you are able to follow your clinical and leadership development priorities identified through your personal development and appraisal plan. We will equip you for mobile working and actively support flexible working practice.

You will enjoy the rewards of working with a client group for whom you can make a significant difference every day, and you will experience the strong motivation of being part of a supportive multi-agency effort which includes Medical, Mental Health, Nursing, Allied Health Professional, Social care and Reablement staff.

We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we'll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across community services, whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.