CAMHS Highly Specialist Psychological Professional - Band 8a

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Job summary

Gloucester Core CAMHS Team is looking for a highly skilled and motivated Clinical Psychologist or Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist to join our MDT. The Gloucestershire Core CAMHS Team provides high quality assessments and interventions to children, young people and families within Gloucestershire. CAMHS is part of a wider Children and Young People's Directorate where we are developing integrated ways of working with physical health colleagues, including Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists and School Nurses. Our service is embedded in strong values which put children and families at the heart of what we do.

Main duties of the job

You will be part of the Psychological Services Team in Gloucestershire, which includes CBT, Systemic, Creative and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists as well as Clinical Psychologists. We work in teams across the directorate and there are many opportunities for shared learning and development.

About us

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards. The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.

Our Staff Survey results showed people at our Trust feel they are engaged, part of a team and work for a compassionate and inclusive organisation.

Our overall scores were better than average in eight of nine themes and level in one - the best overall results for a community, mental health and learning disabilities Trust in the south west and first equal amongst all sector NHS providers within the region too.

Date posted

26 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year Per Annuam

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-23-1071

Job locations

Acorn House

Horton Road

Gloucester

GL1 3PX


Job description

Job responsibilities

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

Job responsibilities

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Post Graduate Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology, as accredited by the BPS OR Professional Post Graduate qualification in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy recognised by the Associate of Child Psychotherapists (ACP)
  • Registered as Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC / ACP

Length & / Or Nature of Experience

Essential

  • Experience of maintaining working relationships and a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical aggression
  • Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues, both within and outside the NHS.

Desirable

  • Broad range of post-qualification experience, preferably working at a highly specialist level in an increasingly autonomous capacity

Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge

Essential

  • According to Professional qualification a Highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, including how to integrate complex (and potentially contradictory) aspects of development, functioning and presentation into a formulation. Knowledge of research methodology and design (consistent with Chartered Psychologist status where professionally appropriate).
  • Advanced knowledge: For Psychologists: HCPC Registration qualifies Psychologists to work in any of a wide range of disciplines. For Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists: The application of a range of psychoanalytic interventions and clinical practice in line with the Association of Child Psychotherapist's (ACP) Specialist Competencies Framework and Code of Practice.

Desirable

  • 140 hours post qualification CPD

Personal Skills Abilities and Attributes

Essential

  • Emotional robustness to frequently work with the intense distress of others.
  • Ability to adapt style and/or assessment and intervention strategies to meet the challenges of complex clients / situations

Other REquirements

Essential

  • This is a community-based post and therefore a valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential.
  • Some CAMHS posts will require working from community sites or other CAMHS satellite bases on a routine basis

Qualifications

Essential

  • Post Graduate Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology, as accredited by the BPS OR Professional Post Graduate qualification in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy recognised by the Associate of Child Psychotherapists (ACP)
  • Registered as Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC / ACP

Length & / Or Nature of Experience

Essential

  • Experience of maintaining working relationships and a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical aggression
  • Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues, both within and outside the NHS.

Desirable

  • Broad range of post-qualification experience, preferably working at a highly specialist level in an increasingly autonomous capacity

Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge

Essential

  • According to Professional qualification a Highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, including how to integrate complex (and potentially contradictory) aspects of development, functioning and presentation into a formulation. Knowledge of research methodology and design (consistent with Chartered Psychologist status where professionally appropriate).
  • Advanced knowledge: For Psychologists: HCPC Registration qualifies Psychologists to work in any of a wide range of disciplines. For Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists: The application of a range of psychoanalytic interventions and clinical practice in line with the Association of Child Psychotherapist's (ACP) Specialist Competencies Framework and Code of Practice.

Desirable

  • 140 hours post qualification CPD

Personal Skills Abilities and Attributes

Essential

  • Emotional robustness to frequently work with the intense distress of others.
  • Ability to adapt style and/or assessment and intervention strategies to meet the challenges of complex clients / situations

Other REquirements

Essential

  • This is a community-based post and therefore a valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential.
  • Some CAMHS posts will require working from community sites or other CAMHS satellite bases on a routine basis

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Acorn House

Horton Road

Gloucester

GL1 3PX


Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Acorn House

Horton Road

Gloucester

GL1 3PX


Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Manager

Martha Upton

martha.upton@ghc.nhs.uk

01452894300

Date posted

26 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year Per Annuam

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-23-1071

Job locations

Acorn House

Horton Road

Gloucester

GL1 3PX


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