West London NHS Trust
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist / Team Lead
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An Exciting Opportunity for a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist / Team Lead
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist / Team Lead to join a highly-regarded Mental Health Support Team in Ealing.
About Ealing MHST
Ealing MHST is a well-established schools-based early intervention mental health offer for mainstream schools, mainly offering interventions for mild-to-moderate low mood, anxiety, and behaviours that challenge. We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced clinical professional to bring a breadth of clinical psychologist skills into a leadership role, and to contribute to service development initiatives within the team.
About the Role
You will be joining a welcoming psychology team in Ealing and West London who are committed to service improvement, staff well-being, and who value diversity in our workforce. We have strong links with the North London Clinical Psychology training courses and offer placements to trainees within our service. As part of our commitment to supporting the development of our staff and creating an environment that people want to work in, we offer good CPD opportunities, for example our staff have recently accessed the CYP-IAPT supervisor course, CYP-IAPT leadership, trauma-focused CBT, and other trauma-informed trainings. The post provides excellent opportunities for professional development and you will receive regular supervision from a Principal Clinical Psychologist.
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Main Focus
- Provide day-to-day senior operational management and leadership for the clinical functioning of the MHST’s whilst working alongside service leaders to develop and implement a wide range of interventions and projects with local schools.
- Lead on and directly providing comprehensive assessment, risk management, and interventions for young people experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties.
- Work with school staff and cultures in developing school environments that are more conducive to supporting sustainably better emotional health and wellbeing.
- Contribute to creative thinking and service development initiatives, and take a lead in particular areas for the team.
Benefits of the Role
This is a challenging and rewarding role that will provide a talented and ambitious manager with real scope to develop and influence practice. If you are interested in working with schools and want to help shape the new models of evidence-based support for CYP, this job could be for you!
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About West London NHS Trust
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England, and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow, and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits, contact:
- Name: Roya Afsharzadegan
- Job Title: Principal Clinical Psychologist
- Email Address: roya.afsharzadegan@nhs.net
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