Senior Clinical Psychologist - CFHD

• Provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations, and interventions for children, young people, and their families.
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary team working, sharing psychological thinking through consultation and joint work.
• Offer clinical supervision and support to colleagues within the Urgent Care pathway.
• Participate in service development, evaluation and quality improvement, aligned with the THRIVE framework.
• Support trauma-informed, developmentally sensitive practice across the pathway.
• Engage in CPD and training, with access to additional training opportunities depending on interest.
• Collaborate with young people, families, and professionals across systems to ensure joined-up care.

Essential

• A Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent e.g. Masters level qualification in Clinical Psychology if qualified before 1996.
• Active registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
• Post qualification specialist therapy/assessment training relevant to children and young people.
• Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in supervision

Essential

• Experience of undertaking specialist psychological assessments and therapeutic interventions for CYP with a wide variety of mental health problems and/or neurodiversity and/or learning disability, reflecting all levels of clinical severity; including risk assessments of self-harming/dangerous/challenging behaviour.
• Experience of teaching and/or training
• Experience of delivering clinical supervision

Desirable

• Experience of work in psychological interventions with children, young people and their families in a range of service settings or agencies
• Experience in undertaking leadership roles within clinical psychology services in the NHS, and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi-disciplinary, multi-agency contexts

Essential

• Specialist knowledge of child development and the impact of adverse childhood experiences.
• Broad knowledge of psychological services; and of the services in the NHS where psychology is applied to the needs of children and young people
• Extensive knowledge of the knowledge base, skills and practice of Clinical Psychology in relevant health settings.
• Able to travel and work across the area covered by the trust as requested by Line Manager