Specialist Child Clinical / Health Practitioner Psychologist

at  Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced Band 8B Clinical or Health Psychologist to join our developing Paediatric Psychology team in Lincolnshire. We also have a vacancy for a Band 7-8a within the same team, details of which can be found on our website.
You will be part of an experienced multi-disciplinary team working together to support the delivery of evidence-based assessment and interventions to children and young people (CYP) experiencing psychological impacts of living with diabetes.
This is a newly expanding service and the role will also involve leading the development of a new Long Term Conditions pathway with the aim of improving the mental health, physical health and quality of life of CYP with diabetes and other Long Term Conditions (LTC’s).
The post-holder we are seeking will be a highly experienced and highly skilled practitioner, fully registered with the appropriate professional body who can demonstrate leadership in professional and clinical arenas. You will have a breadth of experience in the psychological care of CYP and a passion for shaping service delivery to meet the needs of the local population and improve outcomes for patients.
If you have the background, experience and innovation in developing and delivering a high standard of therapeutic care for CYP and families, then this is the role for you.
There is an enticing package of support with travel and training for the successful applicant.
Please don’t hesitate in contacting Dr Emily Bell or Dr Elinor Butterfield prior to application.
You will provide highly specialist psychology assessments and interventions for children, young people and their families referred to the countywide ULHT Diabetes Team.
You will be expected to be able to engage with and work effectively with children and young people living with chronic health conditions and their carers. You will be able to support and advise multi-disciplinary team colleagues regarding psychological interventions and provide a psychological perspective on physical health provision for these young people. You will lead on the development of a new LTC pathway.
You will have highly specialist training and experience and will be expected to work autonomously within the Health Trust, HCPC and BPS professional guidelines, as well as liaise closely with other professionals and volunteers who work with children and young people and their carers and families.
You will provide supervision and consultation to other professionals as required. You will provide regular placements to trainee psychologists and will use their research skills to undertake research and development and audit activities. You will participate in CPD, LPFT’s annual staff appraisal and other developmental activities.
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life . Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more .
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for full details
To exercise full responsibility and autonomy for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children and young people referred to the Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust’s Core CAMHS, and their carers and families, where the presenting difficulties and concerns can be managed as a psychologically based intervention.
To exercise full responsibility and autonomy for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children and young people referred to the Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust’s CAMHS Service, and their carers and families, where the presenting difficulties and concerns can be managed as a psychologically based intervention.
To develop and provide a range of highly specialist clinical psychology assessments and interventions/intervention packages for children and young people and their carers and families referred to the LPFT core CAMHS. Specific areas of expertise to include working with children and young people with complex needs; experience of providing highly specialist developmental assessments, including specialist cognitive assessments and life skills and functioning assessments, to help more fully understand the underlying learning difficulties which may be impacting on a child / young person’s presentation at home and at school; providing group interventions to children, young people and their carers.
Expected to consider and cover the needs of Children in Care (CiC). This will include working with the CYP Complex Need Service Clinical psychologists to support new CiC Mental Health link workers to offer excellent in reach mental health support to Lincolnshire County Council’s Childrens Homes. This will involve being available to offer joint training and supervision and consultation sessions to the Childrens Homes as appropriate
To lead on overseeing the attachment pathway within CAMHS, offering highly specialist clinical psychology assessments and interventions as appropriate and overseeing agreed group and individual interventions on this pathway.
Experience in and ability to provide at least three of the following highly specialist therapeutic interventions: -
Behaviour Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
The use of a systemic approach with families
Solution focused interventions
Attachment therapy
The use of creative art therapies in individual and family work
Interventions for post traumatic stress
Relaxation and visualisation techniques
To devise and facilitate therapeutic and educational groups as part of the treatment approach
To exercise full responsibility for communicating on a regular basis with the referral agent and other services and individuals involved with the service user, taking into account guidance on client confidentiality.
To provide highly specialist clinical psychology expertise, knowledge, advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals working both within and outside the Health Trust, contributing directly to the formulation of an understanding of a child’s / young person’s presenting difficulties and the development of an evidence based intervention plan.
To contribute to the decision making process as regards treatment options for individuals and their families where appropriate.
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk managemen

Please refer the Job description for details