Job title:
Clinical Psychologist – Autism Assessment Pathway
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Job description
Job summaryThis is a new post that will form an essential part of the neurodevelopmental and autism diagnostic pathway MDT, ensuring compliance with national guidelines .The post holder is expected to contribute to a highly specialist clinical psychology service for children (0-8yrs) seen within the autism and ADHD assessment pathways. This will involve undertaking screening assessment, specialist psychological assessment and providing psychological consultation, advice and expertise to other clinical staff.The post holder will be required to work with clinicians at St George’s Hospital, and at other connected agencies across South West London and within the local integrated care system (ICS) to ensure that the evolving service complements current local service provision and fits the vision for improved neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people.Main duties of the jobSee Person Spec and Job DescriptionMain duties include the provision of specialist screening and assessment of children 0-5 and 0-8yr with a range of neurodevelopmental conditions including ADHD and AutismAbout usSt George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesSee Person Spec and Job DescriptionMain duties include the provision of specialist screening and assessment of children 0-5 and 0-8yr with a range of neurodevelopmental conditions including ADHD and AutismJob description
Job responsibilitiesSee Person Spec and Job DescriptionMain duties include the provision of specialist screening and assessment of children 0-5 and 0-8yr with a range of neurodevelopmental conditions including ADHD and AutismPerson SpecificationQualificationsEssential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- Registered with the HCPC
Desirable
- Postdoctoral training in neurodevelopmental assessment (for Autism and ADHD)
- Postdoctoral training in psychological therapeutic approaches that can be applied to working with paediatric patients (e.g. ACT, CFT, EBMA
ExperienceEssential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity indicating the ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Experience in applying psychological therapy within a family context
- Experience of contributing to and managing MDTs
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
- The ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Desirable
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of working in a neurodevelopmental assessment service
- Experience in completing cognitive assessments and the use of key psychometric assessment tools such as the WISC-V, WPPSI-IV
KnowledgeEssential
- Doctoral level or post-qualification knowledge of systemic and organisational working within a health care setting.
- Doctoral level knowledge of clinical Psychology, showing sophisticated understanding of models of assessment and intervention related to neurodevelopmental conditions.
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the patient population and mental health.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
SkillsEssential
- Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management that frequently require sustained and intense concentration.
- A high level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to ‘hold’ the stress of others.
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations.
- Ability to articulate and interpret clearly the role of the profession of clinical psychology based upon a good understanding of the framework of government and national professional policy.
Desirable
- Skilled in providing consultation and training to other professional and non-professional groups.
Person Specification
QualificationsEssential
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- Registered with the HCPC
Desirable
- Postdoctoral training in neurodevelopmental assessment (for Autism and ADHD)
- Postdoctoral training in psychological therapeutic approaches that can be applied to working with paediatric patients (e.g. ACT, CFT, EBMA
ExperienceEssential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity indicating the ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
- Experience in applying psychological therapy within a family context
- Experience of contributing to and managing MDTs
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
- The ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Desirable
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of working in a neurodevelopmental assessment service
- Experience in completing cognitive assessments and the use of key psychometric assessment tools such as the WISC-V, WPPSI-IV
KnowledgeEssential
- Doctoral level or post-qualification knowledge of systemic and organisational working within a health care setting.
- Doctoral level knowledge of clinical Psychology, showing sophisticated understanding of models of assessment and intervention related to neurodevelopmental conditions.
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the patient population and mental health.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
SkillsEssential
- Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management that frequently require sustained and intense concentration.
- A high level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to ‘hold’ the stress of others.
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations.
- Ability to articulate and interpret clearly the role of the profession of clinical psychology based upon a good understanding of the framework of government and national professional policy.
Desirable
- Skilled in providing consultation and training to other professional and non-professional groups.
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please seeAdditional information
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please seeEmployer detailsEmployer nameSt George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
AddressSt Georges HospitalLondonSW17 0QTEmployer’s website
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Location
London
Job date
Wed, 26 Feb 2025 23:48:08 GMT
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