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About
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is one of the largest trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. We have approximately 7,000 staff who provide healthcare to a third of London's population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.
As a Foundation Trust we involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run and our future development. If you are interested in becoming a member of our Foundation Trust please visit: www.cnwl.nhs.uk
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Assistant Psychologist
Closed for applications on: 14-Feb-2025 09:43
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 14-Feb-2025 09:43
Key details
Location
- Site
- Lavender Walk Adolescent Unit
- Address
- 1 Nightingale Place
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SW10 9NG
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (May be required to work one late clinic 11am-7pm one day per week.)
Salary
- Salary
- £31,944 - £34,937 per annum inc HCAS (pro rata if P/T)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 4)
Specialty
- Main area
- Assistant Psychologist
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page
Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Job overview
Lavender Walk is a 12 bed General Adolescent Unit (GAU) that cares for young people between the ages of 13-18 years old, with complex mental health needs and emotional difficulties. We are a busy and friendly service which welcomes new skills and new ideas. It is part of Central & North West London (CNWL) Foundation Mental Health Trust and is situated in the borough of Kensington & Chelsea and located within the South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre (1 Nightingale Place, London, SW10 9NG). There are good transport links and a variety of local shops and amenities.
The Lavender Walk team is made up of two Consultant Psychiatrists (one of whom is the Clinical Lead), Consultant Clinical Psychologist (Therapies Lead), Matron (Clinical Unit Manager), Ward Manager, Qualified Nurses, Nurse Associates, Health Care Assistants, Speciality Doctors Junior Doctors, Clinical Psychologists, Systemic Family Psychotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Art Therapist, Speech and Language Therapist, Dietician, Social Worker and Teaching staff. We also regularly have students and trainees from the above professional disciplines on placement with the team.
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This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team and take on the role of Assistant Psychologist in a Tier 4 CAMHS unit. This is a new post for the Lavender Walk Adolescent Unit and you will have a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the development of the role which we hope will become an integral part of the therapeutic provision provided by the ward.
We are looking for a motivated individual who is enthusiastic, forward thinking, and adaptable to work within our well established and welcoming multi-disciplinary team. The post-holder will have a passion for supporting the psychological well-being of our patients and they will become part of the Lavender Walk Therapies Team who were recent finalists for the Team of the Year at CNWL’s Therapies Awards. The post-holder will work alongside their colleagues, receiving support and supervision from a qualified Clinical Psychologist, on ensuring the provision of highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
To find out more about working in CAMHS please CLICK HERE for one of our CAMHS video
Working for our organisation
CNWL have a pioneering history improving health outcomes in people’s lives, by providing physical and mental health services at GPs, clinics, hospitals, and in the community.
Our base is in the Chelsea area, next to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Thanks to the heavy NHS influence many local cafes, restaurants and bars give discounts at 10-20% to all NHS staff. As well as Better Gym offering a 50% discount to all staff.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and patients when working on our healthcare settings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To assist practitioner psychologists in the delivery of a specialist applied psychology service in a Tier 4 inpatient CAMHS unit.
· To provide clinical work as required by the service, under the direct guidance, close clinical and professional supervision of a practitioner psychologist. This includes both individual and group interventions with young people and their parents/carers.
· To assist in clinically related administration, including but not limited to, collection of routine outcome measures/statistics, taking minutes of clinical and professional meetings, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.
Please see the separate detailed job description for further information.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • A First-class or Upper-second-class Bachelor’s degree with Honours in Psychology that is accredited by the British Psychological Society and confers the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society.
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Sufficient post-graduate experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs in a child and adolescent setting to be able to work clinically with close direct supervision.
- • Post-graduate experience of conducting research projects or audits.
- • Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience.
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of administering either ADOS-2, ADI-R, 3Di, WISC-V or any other specialist psychology / cognitive assessments.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Graduate level knowledge of psychological research methodology and statistical analysis.
- • Good theoretical knowledge of the problems experienced by and needs of adolescents and of methods of assessment and treatment.
- • Awareness of racial and diversity issues through attendance of relevant training.
Desirable criteria
- • Knowledge of acute mental crisis presentations and the reasons an inpatient admission may be required.
- • Knowledge of risks and safeguarding concerns affecting an adolescent population.
- • Knowledge of neurodiversity and how the needs of this population can impact on mental health.
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Skills in relevant psychological assessment and interventions that enable working as a pre-qualified practitioner with close clinical supervision.
- • Well-developed verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex, information to clients, families and colleagues.
- • Skills in providing supporting teaching and training provided by psychologists or others to other professional groups.
- • Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.
Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, participating in effective team functioning and holding team roles.
- • Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour.
- • Ability to communicate complex, sensitive or contentious information to people who may have impediments to understanding.
- • Ability to manage verbal abuse and hostility directed at self.
- • Ability to manage physical aggression directed at self, including use of physical interventions as prescribed by Trust policies.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Barry Starr
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Therapies Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07784239504
- Additional information
For additional information or to discuss the role further please contact Dr Barry Starr.
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