Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Alongside direct clinical work, there will be an expectation to provide leadership, consultancy, and training to CAMHS and partner agencies in relation to Brief Solution Focused therapy and other psychological interventions, as required.

Candidates will be committed to partnership working, hold excellent communication, engagement, and people skills, and have experience of working within the acute hospital settings, as well as working within an emergency care service.

Work within the CAMHS Emergency Care Service

Conduct emergency assessments and 7 day follow up assessments.

To provide advice and consultation on care and treatment for children and young people who present in crisis settings.

Provide specialist advice, guidance, and consultation to other professionals.

contributing directly to the care and treatment plan for the child/young person

To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people and to provide advice to other professions on risk assessment and risk management

Support the team with formulation work.

Offer therapeutic engagement and systemically informed work with families who are struggling to support children and young people in crisis.

Consult with Tier 3 CAMHS and the Adolescent Outreach Team to identify the most appropriate care pathway for a child or young person in crisis.

Co-ordinate care for children and young people who need multi-disciplinary network involvement in discharge planning.

Participate in the service Leadership Triad alongside the Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Service Manager

Support with development of the service to offer short term crisis intervention, to potentially include parenting support and emotional distress tolerance/DBT skills, in collaboration with borough Tier 3 CAMHS to ensure equity of access, efficient use of staff and resources, and sustainability.

Manage risk within team, Directorate and Trust structures.

Work to relevant professional and ethical guidelines, and within the framework of Directorate and Trust policies and procedures.

Use screening and outcome measures in clinically meaningful ways to develop the service and seek feedback about user experience.

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We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

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