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    Consultant Clinical Psychologist - London, United Kingdom - Great Ormond Street Hospital

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    Job overview

    This is an exciting opportunity to join Psychological and Mental Health Services (PAMHS) at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The post is split within Pain and Rehabilitation and across PAMHS.

    PAMHS is a large, multidiscipinary service providing both paediatric psychology services to GOSH and specialist CAMHS services nationally.

    The successful postholder will join the team on a permanent contract and will lead Pain and rehabilitation Services ( sessions) – approximately 4 WTE staff members. The post will involve providing input into the existing Chronic Pain Service, overseeing the development of a new rehabilitation service, and acting as a consultant-level member of the overall Pain Service at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The postholder will also provide oversight of more general services across PAMHS ( sessions, to be discussed). The postholder will work closely with other Consultant Clinical Psychologist leads across PAMHS to lead the effective provision of services to children with medical conditions.

    Candidates willing to take up the entire amount of sessions are preferred, though candidates wanting or sessions would be considered

    For discussion, please contact Dr Helen Griffiths, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Head of Psychological Services:

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    Main duties of the job

    This post combines Consultant Clinical with specialist managerial lead responsibilities. The clinical responsibilities and sessions will be agreed with the postholder on appointment, but are envisaged to be about 40% of the role. Lead responsibilities are as follows:

    To provide leadership of the Pain and Rehabilitation Psychology stream, including line management, both managerially and clinically

    To work with the other Trust Psychology Leads and the Head of Psychological Services on professional, clinical and managerial issues in psychology to ensure effective functioning of the clinical psychology provision across the Trust.

    The post holder will be expected to have specialist clinical expertise including knowledge and experience of clinical psychology in a paediatric setting, pain management, and strategic leadership. Experience of managing clinical psychology provision in a paediatric setting is an advantage.

    Working for our organisation

    GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.
    We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.
    We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.
    We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
    We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women's staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust's mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.

    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. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.

    Person specification

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    Essential criteria

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    Education, training and qualifications

    Essential criteria

    • Minimum 2:1 honours degree in Psychology.
    • Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or educational psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996).
    • Registered with HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist
    • Eligibility for Chartered status and membership of Division of Clinical Psychology

    Desirable criteria

    • Post graduate education or training in the field of Neurodevelopmental Psychology or Paediatric Neuropsychology

    Experience/Knowledge

    Essential criteria

    • Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist (or equivalent qualification)
    • 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.
    • Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan.

    Desirable criteria

    • Experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist in a Paediatric Setting

    Skills/Abilities

    Essential criteria

    • Must be able to provide effective clinical leadership.
    • Experience of supervision and management of qualified clinical psychologists
    • Must be able to plan for delivery of a specialist service, both short/medium and long term
    • Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
    • Able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information in the context of significant barriers to acceptance, hostility, antagonism or highly emotive atmosphere. Communicating at times highly complex condition related information to patients

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