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Senior Clinical Psychologist

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
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Location
Salary
£61,927 - £68,676 PA inclusive of HCAS / Pro-rata
Profession
Psychologist
Grade
Band 8
Deadline
24 Oct 2024
Contract Type
1 year (Fixed term)
Posted Date
10 Oct 2024

Job overview

The post holder will be required to work in a flexible and outreach way in order to best meet the needs of the families and young people referred to the team.

You will maintain a high standard of clinical records, producing and maintaining good communications with referrers and other professionals involved, liaising with the referrers where appropriate, including liaison with local services and participating in outreach meetings

The post holder will contribute to the quality, safety and continuous improvement of services provided to service users and their families.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will hold a complex caseload within the multi-disciplinary team, undertaking a range of clinical assessments and offering highly skilled treatments or therapies that are outcome focused and evidence based, using appropriate therapeutic modalities. You will review cases where patients have impasses, complaints or disputes with their clinical care. The post holder will communicate complex information in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, at times dealing with service users who may be hostile or present challenging behaviours.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see job description for full duties and responsibilities.

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