Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Location
Barnstaple, Devon | United Kingdom
Job description
Location: Barnstaple, EX31 3UD, Exeter, EX2 4NU&Dartington, TQ9 6JE
Salary: £43742.00 to £50056.00
Date posted: 23rd February 2024
Closing date: 11th March 2024
Our professional responsibility is to reduce the risk of infection to others as far as possible. Getting vaccinated against diseases that can be passed person-to-person in healthcare settings is part of this responsibility. The Trust will provide advice, guidance and support on vaccinations and access to vaccinations where requested.
Child Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be! Our services forchildren and young people are transforming. We are developing an innovative,integrated model of childrens community services and looking for enthusiasticindividuals to join our friendly and dedicated pathways. Come and join us inbeautiful Devon!
In line with transformation, we are excited to be advertising a number offantastic opportunities for Band 7 Clinical Psychologists to joincolleagues in our highly skilled and innovative multi-disciplinary teams acrossthe clinical pathways in CFHD.
We have opportunities across Devon to join us in ourmental health provision within the Mood Emotions and Relationships (MERS)Pathway in Exeter, North Devon and Torbay & South Devon.
Its an exciting time of change as we developneeds-led pathways under iThrive and invest in training opportunitiesacross the workforce to support this. We are passionate about our work and arecommitted to providing high quality services across Devon to improve outcomesfor children and young people.
We would love to hear from qualifying colleagues and those withmore experience seeking a new role in an innovative serviceat an exciting time of change.
Clinical Psychology roles are also being advertisedin other pathways so please view additional CFHD adverts. If you wish to apply for more than one, please submit one form with yourpreferences / interest listed.
Relocationfunds may be available for these roles
As a Clinical Psychologist, you will be offering high-qualitypsychological care to children and young people experiencing significant andcomplex mental health difficulties and their families. You will bring advancedformulation skills and consultation to your team alongside wider servicedevelopment contributions.
There will be CPD opportunities to support you. These may be toconsolidate and develop knowledge and skills or to support you in transferringskills from another specialism. We encourage interest from candidates withdiverse backgrounds and experiences, both personal and professional.
You will have regular clinical supervision and separate line management.You will be supported with a job plan and opportunities to develop supervisionand leadership alongside using research skills and engaging in servicedevelopment. There is a strong and friendly network of Clinical Psychologistsworking across CFHD, enjoying shared CPD and professional support. We also haveexcellent links with local Doctoral courses for teaching and Traineeplacements.
Please submit one application and provide detail in your statement aboutwhich role(s) you are interested in from this or the other Band 7 adverts.
We are able to consider applications for part time as well as full timeroles, and we can consider combining part time opportunities into one rolewhere possible, please note this on your form and discuss with us
Successful applicants will be employed by Devon Partnership Trust ( )
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.
CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users and communities.
CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.
Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.
We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.
You will be a qualified Clinical Psychologist with passion for workingwith children, young people and families. You will have the knowledge andskills to deliver evidence-based and outcome monitored psychological therapies.You will be a reflective practitioner with strengths to bring to amulti-disciplinary team. You will be committed to service user participationand collaborative working with children, young people, parents, carers andfamilies. You will have a good understanding of safeguarding across thelifespan. You will have, or be willing to develop skills and knowledge tosupport the development of others, such as supervision and training, as well asclinical leadership skills to contribute to quality improvement and servicedevelopment.
Information regarding the different pathways is detailed below:
Mood, Emotions and RelationshipsPathway
In this pathway, Clinical Psychologists work within a strongmulti-disciplinary team, providing assessments and therapy to children withsevere, chronic and enduring mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety-baseddisorders and Trauma.
You would be expected to work with children, young people and familiesto understand their experiences and presenting concerns in order to provide anappropriate evidence-based intervention.
You would have opportunity to provide consultation, clinical supervisionand training. There are also opportunities for involvement in servicedevelopment and research as well as activities to support developing leadershipskills.
The multi-disciplinary teams arediverse including; Clinical Psychology, Systemic Psychotherapists, Child andAdolescent Psychotherapists, CBT Therapists, Psychiatrists, Speech and LanguageTherapists and Mental Health Practitioners from a range of backgroundsincluding Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Creative Therapies.
Main contacts:
Helen Russell, OperationsManager for MERS East (Exeter) [email protected]
Sarah Screech,Operations Manager for MERS North [email protected]
Rosemary Preston,Operations Manager for MERS Torbay&South [email protected]
Lynn McClelland,Principal Clinical Psychologist for MERS [email protected]
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.
Principal Clinical Psychologist for MERS
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