Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Principal Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist
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Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
Applications are invited for an experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to work in the Neurodevelopmental assessment team in North Tyneside CAMHS. The team caters for children and young people aged 0-18 and their families, who are affected by a variety of mental health difficulties.
About the Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated team player who can contribute to the delivery of psychologically informed assessment, formulation, and intervention across CAMHS neurodevelopmental service. The candidate must have substantial knowledge of neurodevelopmental conditions as well as being able to deliver intervention at a specialist level. The candidate must also have experience of supervising and training other professionals. We are keen to invest in training opportunities for the successful candidate, in order to develop skills and experience to improve service delivery and patient experience.
- Prior knowledge of cognitive assessments (e.g. WISC-V) is desirable as is some skill in delivering evidence-based interventions.
Responsibilities
The post will be based at Albion Road Resource Centre, North Shields but the post holder may be required to work at other sites within the Trust.
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The role will involve working in the neurodevelopmental team in CAMHS and managing all aspects of the delivery of service, including supporting all aspects of the delivery of psychological formulation and diagnosis across a range of neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions. The postholder will represent the wider service and the Trust as part of their role as a senior clinician and will be expected to engage fully in decisions around service modelling and delivery. The post holder will contribute to the day-to-day management of the Neurodevelopmental team. The successful post holder must be able to role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the Trust.
About the Organisation
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck, and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost-effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
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Contact Information
For further details/informal visits contact:
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Name: Melanie Teasdale
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Job title: Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
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Email address: melanie.teasdale@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
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Telephone number: 0191 2196670
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Name: Catharine Wright
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Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist
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Telephone number: 0191 2196670
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Email address: catharine.wright@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
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