Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site. We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year. As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit. You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including: Great flexible working opportunities Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme Generous annual leave and pension scheme Extensive staff health and well-being programmes Job overview Right to work: We actively promote diversity and inclusion. This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Health and Care route. We recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit Health and Care Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK Sunflower house at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital are looking to recruit a Band 8a Clinical Psychologist to work into the Sunflower house Tier 4 mental health unit. The post holder will be welcomed into the experienced, supportive, and innovative Mental Health facility with opportunities to engage in further training, CPD, and research. Applicants should hold the relevant professional qualifications and demonstrate a range of skills and expertise. Experience of working in a health setting (in-patient and out-patient) with individuals with complex mental health conditions is required. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, motivated and demonstrate a commitment to ongoing personal and professional development. Advert The Sunflower House is a national children’s tier 4 service that is currently based at Alder hey In West derby, Liverpool. It is a part of Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. The service provides a tier 4 service to children 5-13 years of age and their families. This includes an inpatient service, consultation to CAMHS teams and other professionals and second opinions. The post holder will be expected to provide a highly specialist Psychology service to children and young people, their families and carers. The post holder will work as a part of an interdisciplinary team to provide specialist psychological assessments and therapeutic intervention for children and young people referred to the service and psychological consultation to other professionals involved in their care. The post holder will link with other professionals and agencies in the wider system to ensure integrated care provision across health, social care, education services to optimise the outcomes for young people and their families. The post holder will be expected to offer Trainee Psychologist placements. The post holder would also be expected to undertake service development projects as agreed with the service manage other clinical and management leads. The post is open to applied psychologists registered with the HCPC as a Clinical Psychologist. Working for our organisation Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest and busiest children’s hospitals in Europe. The Trust has a world class reputation for providing general and specialist health care for children and a proud history of achievement and clinical innovation. As part of the Community Division, Clinical Health Psychology is a hospital-based mental health service providing psychological support to patients and their families experiencing emotional difficulties in relation to acute trauma, chronic health conditions and/or its treatment. We work closely with our multi-disciplinary colleagues and in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local authorities, other agencies, voluntary organisations, carers and users of our services. We have strong links with the Clinical Psychology doctoral training courses in the North West. Detailed job description and main responsibilities To provide a highly specialist psychological assessment of children, including cognitive · To provide biopsychosocial formulations, with both children and their families/carers and with the team and network around the child. · To exercise responsibility for implementing a range of psychological interventions with children and their families/carers, both through direct work and indirect work, adjusting, interpreting and reformulating the psychological models based upon the feedback and monitoring of the intervention. · To undertake risk assessments and support the development of risk management plans for individuals who present with a range of risks that include risk to self/ to others/ from others. · To communicate highly complex and confidential information obtained through assessment, formulation and interventions to children their families/carers and the professionals involved in their care. · To join multi-disciplinary term members and provide a psychological perspective in consultations provided to CAMHS colleagues and professionals involved in the care of referred children. · To provide clinical supervision to team members and other professionals within the unit and beyond. · To provide placements as appropriate for Trainee Clinical Psychologists · To contribute to the development of team members through reflective practice and teaching and training. We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. Should you require any assistance during the application stages please contact recruiting manager of vacancy or the recruitment team at [email protected] or call 0151 282 4599 Please declare within the supporting information if artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in your application. Please note, the selection processes at Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.