Senior Clinical Psychologist

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly specialist clinical psychologist to join the Psychological and Mental Health Services department at Great Ormond Street Hospital (PAMHS). You will be working in a senior role within the rheumatology psychology team offering psychological assessment, formulation and intervention to children, young people and families living with a range of rheumalogical disorders.
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and innovative Clinical Psychologist who is confident working within physical health and/or work with children and young people and who is keen to develop clinical skills in the psychology of dermatological conditions and in offering clinical supervision. Experience in providing supervision and line management is essential as is working with and within teams supporting individuals with life-limiting conditions is essential.
You will be working with the Specialist Health Conditions Stream (a team of paediatric clinical psychologists) who offer psychological input to children under the care of six medical specialties: dermatology, rheumatology, endocrinology, urology, gastroenterology and neurology.
In addition to your work with the rheumatology team you will contribute to the flexible delivery of psychology services across the stream, in response to new developments and organisational changes., We are one of three paediatric psychology streams within the hospital and sit within the wider psychological and mental health services (PAMHS). It is an exciting time to join PAMHS after the recent launch of the PAMHS strategy and as we settle in to our new clinical and office space.
As a psychology team we draw on a range of therapeutic modalities including Narrative therapy, CBT, Systemic, ACT, Compassion focussed therapy, attachment and mentalisation based approaches. There are opportunities to work in creative formulation driven ways with young people and families and you will have the opportunity to offer individual, family, parent and group psychological intervention as part of this role as well as the opportunities to work with external agencies and within GOSH MDT's.
There is a strong commitment to, and opportunities for, continuing professional development and different ways of working, in line with job planning. A range of academic teaching is offered within the department as well as special interest groups in medicalised trauma, medically unexplained symptoms, narrative therapy, cognitive assessment, and others. Utilisation of research skills for audit, policy and service development and research is encouraged.

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