Clinical Psychologist

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust ,
London, Greater London
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About the role: We are seeking to recruit a experienced Clinical Psychologist. We would like to recruit someone who has: * Experience of assessing, formulating and offering interventions to young people with complex mental health needs as described above. * The applicant would ideally have experience of formal therapeutic training post clinical doctorate; ideally in evidence-based interventions such as CBT for trauma and / or psychosis, and / or Dialectical Behaviour Therapy or Systemic Therapies. * The person would be experienced and confident to be able to offer complex neuropsychological assessment. Ideally, the applicant would have training in ADi, 3DI, DISCO or ADOS and be confident in assessing social communication difficulties. They would have a key role in disseminating complex psychological formulation to the wider team and networks, occasionally offering a consultative role. * The applicant would be working alongside the current 8b Clinical Psychologist in the team during a period of transition and there will be direct clinical supervision offered within the team. About the location: The LYPS team is located at 78 Lewisham Park, SE13 6QJ. Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth. The Lewisham Young People's Service is a Multi-disciplinary Tier3 CAMHS Service that works with adolescents who present with severe and enduring mental health difficulties (including Psychosis, Bipolar Disorder, Severe Depression, Anxiety, Complex Trauma and Emotional Instability including self harm and suicidal behaviour). The team is composed of a Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, CAMHS Nurse including an Early Intervention in Psychosis worker, Family Therapist, Psychologist and CBT Therapist. Often the team are working with young people and family systems in the community where the young person may have complex needs including moderate to high levels of risk and / or safeguarding issues. The team offers intensive psychiatric and psychological support in an assertive model to support young people in the community, often to avoid or step down from hospital admission. We work closely alongside wider tier 3 CAMHS teams, specialist tier 4 services and inpatient settings as required. The team work in collaboration with complex networks around the child including social care, education, residential services and other healthcare providers. Many of the young people we work with have LAC experience and or / underlying complex neurodevelopmental conditions. Benefits : We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer Some of our benefits are highlighted here: * Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service. * Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing. * Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes * Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars * Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites * NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website. Other benefits include: * Counselling services * Wellbeing events * Long service awards * Cycle to work scheme * Season ticket loan * Childcare vouchers * Staff restaurants We look forward to receiving your application. For further details / informal visits contact: John Lincoln, Team Manager or Nicole Krokidis, Clinical Psychologist on 0203 228 1000. Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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