Clinical Psychologist

Job overview

Highly Specialist CAMHS Clinician (Clinical Psychologist or Family & Systemic Psychotherapist) Feeding and Eating Disorders Service, GOSH

Band 7 (.8 wte)

Permanent

Closing date: 3rd February   Interview date: 11th February

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Feeding and Eating Disorders Team. There are excellent opportunities to develop skills in working with children and their families across the full age range, and simultaneously develop skills, knowledge and expertise across a number of different areas of psychological practice including paediatrics, neurodevelopmental conditions and co-occurring mental health conditions.

You will be part of a diverse MDT, with opportunities to work with psychotherapy, systemic and family therapy, clinical nurse specialists, dieticians, psychiatrists, paediatricians, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists.

As a national specialist service, there are opportunities for teaching and training to improve knowledge, care and understanding for this cohort.  We have regular reflective practice sessions, teaching, and academic research meetings with key researchers in the field, where there are opportunities to contribute to the evidence base.

Main duties of the job

The team sits within the Mental Health Psychology Stream within Psychological and Mental Health Services PAMHS. There are approximately 90 members of psychology staff, who participate in special interest groups (SIGs), an anti-racism practice group and other service wide initiatives. There are weekly clinical academic departmental presentations, opportunities to observe other teams and contribute to department and trust wide activities.

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 welcome applications from current trainees and would be delighted to share more about the post please contact Dr Danielle Lambert, Principal Clinical Psychologist or Jessica Miller, Principal Systemic and Family Psychotherapist

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description attached.

This job description is intended as an outline of the areas of activity and can be amended in the light of the changing needs of the service and will be reviewed as necessary in conjunction with the post-holder.