Senior Clinical Psychologist – Autism Assessment Pathway

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Senior Clinical Psychologist – Autism Assessment Pathway

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Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesSee Person Spec and Job DescriptionMain duties include Specialist screening and assessment of children 0-5 and 0-8yr on the autism assessment pathwayLeading on service developmentSupervision of more junior psychologists inputting into the pathwayPerson specificationQualificationsEssential criteria

• 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, BPS and DoN
• Qualification in neurodevelopmental assessment for autism (ADOS-trained)
• Formal training in the supervision of other psychologists

Desirable criteria

• Postdoctoral training in psychological therapeutic approaches that can be applied to working with paediatric patients (e.g. ACT, CFT, EBMA)

ExperienceEssential criteria

• 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
• Substantial experience (minimum 3 years) of working as a qualified psychologist in a paediatric service.
• Experience of working in a neurodevelopmental assessment service
• 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
• Significant experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
• 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 criteria

• Experience in completing cognitive assessments and the use of key psychometric assessment tools such as the WISC-V, WPPSI-IV
• Experience of professional management and supervision of qualified and prequalified clinical psychologists and psychologists in training
• Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts

KnowledgeEssential criteria

• 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 criteria

• 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.
• Skilled in providing consultation and training to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to ‘hold’ the stress of others.
• Ability to identify and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material.
• Must be able to provide effective clinical leadership and to demonstrate leadership and managerial skills
• 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.
• Must be able to plan for delivery of a specialist service, both short/medium and long term

otherEssential criteria

• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS and HCPC

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:– The machine readable zone
– An ultra violet image
– An infra red imageAs part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.Disability Advice Line: SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our Confidential Disability Advice Line at:Telephone: 02082963786Text: 07501066267Email: esth.dal@nhs.net.Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm.Employer certification / accreditation badgesApplicant requirementsYou must have appropriate UK professional registration.This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.Documents to download

• 8b Lead for Neurodevelopmental Pathway (PDF, 424.4KB)
• Referee Contact details form (PDF, 200.6KB)

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Location

London

Job date

Sun, 09 Mar 2025 23:26:04 GMT

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