Specialist Paediatric Clinical Psychologist

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a senior clinical psychologist to join the Psychological and Mental Health Services department at GOSH (PAMHS).

The successful candidate will provide a specialist clinical psychology service to children and families referred to the Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)  team at GOSH, working closely with paediatric consultants and allied health professionals. The role includes provision of psychological assessment, formulation and evidence based interventions on a predominantly outpatient basis, and contribution to complex multidisciplinary decision-making and treatment planning.

You will be working with the Surgery & Development Stream who offer psychological input to children under the care of twelve medical specialties. including spinal surgery, orthopaedics, plastics, craniofacial, etc.  In addition to your work with the OI team you will contribute to the flexible delivery of psychology services across the stream, in response to new developments and organisational changes.

We draw on a range of therapeutic modalities including Narrative therapy, CBT, Systemic, ACT, Compassion focussed therapy, attachment and mentalisation based approaches. There are opportunities to work in creative formulation driven ways with young people and families and you will have the opportunity to offer individual, family, parent and group psychological intervention as well as the opportunities to work with external agencies and within GOSH MDT.

Main duties of the job

• To be responsible for providing a specialist systematic and autonomous clinical psychology service within the specialist clinical area, in accordance with objectives agreed with clinical and professional managers. The post will require independent management of caseload and provision of a psychology service with appropriate supervision and professional management, as per BPS and HCPC guideline.
• To provide clinical supervision and line management to more junior  psychologists and trainees, as appropriate.
• To contribute to and help put into practice new or revised policies that improve the quality of the service by participating regularly on working parties and committees to develop policies and services relevant to the profession and/or medical specialties, in agreement with the Consultant Psychologist and Head of Psychology.
• To take part in the evaluation, monitoring and development of the multidisciplinary team’s operational policies through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit and ensuring incorporation of psychological frameworks for understanding and provision of high quality care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.