Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist to join the CAMHS Early Intervention in Psychosis Service. The post-holder will provide high quality specialist assessments, consultations, and evidence based therapeutic interventions for children and young people presenting with Early Onset Psychosis. The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of evidence based psychological therapy for young people on the pathway, working alongside psychiatry and CAMHS practitioners who work specifically on this pathway.
The role sits within the Adolescent pathway in Greenwich CAMHS. This is a multi-disciplinary team, developing a mentalisation-based approach to working with children and young people experiencing a broad range of complex and persistent mental health difficulties. There will be opportunities to work with young people outside of the EIP pathway.
Training in CBT-P is desirable, however we are keen for anyone interested and willing to undertake the training to apply. If the successful applicant does not have CBT-P training, they will be supported to access this provided there are available places.
This is an exciting time to be working in this field which is undergoing a period of rapid growth and development and you will become part of a well-established team. There are regular opportunities to link with clinicians in equivalent roles in our partner boroughs., Key Task and Responsibilities
· To provide specialist expertise to all Greenwich CAMHS teams about identifying, assessing and providing interventions for young people with First Episode Psychosis (FEP).
· To provide specialist consultation to Greenwich CAMHS staff around identifying, assessing and providing interventions for unusual experiences (including hearing voices, seeing visions, paranoid beliefs).
· To provide highly specialist assessments of children and young people referred to the Early Intervention in Psychosis pathway, and other complex presentations in the Greenwich Adolescent Team, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care
· To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client's FEP and other comorbid issues, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
· To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans under CPA including clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved in the network of care., The post-holder will be part of a large psychology team within Greenwich CAMHS. We offer excellent support, supervision, and opportunities for continued professional development. There are also established links within psychology across the three Oxleas boroughs with quarterly psychology CPD events. The team offers placements for trainee clinical psychologists and the post holder will have opportunities to supervise psychology colleagues.
Management Responsibilities
+ To ensure that teams across Greenwich have sufficient information and training to accurately identify young people who need to be assessed within the Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) pathway and know how to make appropriate referrals to the EIP pathway
+ To provide professional, clinical supervision to less senior clinical psychologists, CAMHS practitioners, assistants and trainees. To support supervisees in professional development including accreditation where applicable and in agreement with the organisation.
+ To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish, by working to create an inclusive and supportive environment.
+ To contribute to developing strong joint working relationships and practices across Greenwich CAMHS and with the adult EIP teams, between clinical and non-clinical staff at all levels of the organisation
Leadership
+ To support a psychologically informed framework for the adolescent team and EIP pathway.
+ To contribute to ensuring the EIP pathway and Greenwich adolescent team's ability to deliver accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.
+ To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.
+ To create an inclusive and supportive environment with equal access to services for young people and carers from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds experiencing FEP. This would include establishing links with community organisations in line with NICE guidance for Management of Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Children and Young People.
+ To advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients, focused on working with FEP and unusual experiences.
+ To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans, focused on working with FEP and Unusual Experiences
+ To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
+ To liaise with the service/s MDT and other professionals.
+ To provide leadership to practitioners and other professionals in the service.
+ To advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.
+ To manage the workloads of clinical psychologists, trainee and assistant psychologists, within the framework of the team/service's policies and procedures.
Clinical
+ To plan, organise and ensure the delivery of effective clinical work across Greenwich CAMHS in relation to identifying and assessing young people with suspected First Episode Psychosis.
+ To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients within the EIP pathway and others in the Adolescent Team and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
+ To undertake complex clinical work with young people with First Episode Psychosis
+ To hold a caseload and provide highly specialist assessments and therapeutic interventions to children and young people, and to provide clinical supervision and consultation in relation to complex casework.
+ To support the Greenwich Adolescent Team as an AMBIT-informed team (Adaptive Mentalisation Based Clinical Treatment) and contribute to training and CPD in relation to AMBIT.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
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