CAMHS Acute Senior Practitioner Psychologist
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CAMHS Acute Senior Practitioner Psychologist
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Are you a Practitioner Psychologist, currently working in CAMHS or Acute Adult Services, and looking for a challenge in leading on the development of a new CAMHS service?
We are seeking to recruit an experienced and creative Psychological Practitioner to provide clinical intervention, leadership, supervision and training to the Psychological Professions to the CAMHS Acute Care Service. You will be involved in an exciting new development of the enhanced crisis / home treatment 7 day a week service, as an alternative to inpatient admission for Children and Young People experiencing acute mental health difficulties.
You will be part of developing the service to give children and young people living in Sussex a more appropriate and integrated range of services to meet their clinical needs. As the Practitioner Psychologist, you be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team ensuring that young people and their families receive timely, targeted assessment and effective Psychological interventions as part of an overall crisis / home treatment care plan.
The aim of the Sussex CAMHS 'hospital at home' is to provide an alternative to admission to support the local network around the young person (aged 12-18) whilst they are in the acute stage of mental health difficulties. You'll be working closely and supporting the Psychological Professions staff, as well as nursing, psychiatry, occupational therapy, family therapy, social worker, mental health practitioners and support workers.
* To clinically supervise assistant psychologists, trainee psychologists and junior psychologists, psychological therapists or counsellors and other staff as appropriate.
* To professionally supervise and, when appropriate, manage, assistant psychologists and trainee psychologists
* To provide consultation, mentorship, supervision and advice about psychological issues to other members of the team/service and other professionals working with service users, across a range of agencies/ settings as appropriate.
* To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team.
* To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the team’s operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit, and to advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.
* To utilise research skills to undertake service evaluation, audit and research as appropriate and disseminate the results in the service and nationally.
To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the service
Join Sussex Partnership and you'll be part of an NHS trust that allows you to thrive and, in turn, thrives because of you. We believe in the vibrancy of our fantastic people. And how that leads to even better support for the people who use our services.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Chantal Lardner Job title: CAMHS Acute Principle Psychologist Email address: chantal.lardner2@nhs.net
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Mid-Senior level
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Full-time
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Health Care Provider
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Mental Health Care
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