Clinical Psychologist

Job Description

Full Time Permanent Band 8a Clinical Psychologist at Inspire CAMHS inpatient serviceThe Inspire CAMHS inpatient service opened in Hull in January 2020 and we are excited to be able to expand the team to include an experienced clinical psychologist. You will work alongside a full time consultant clinical psychologist and assistant psychologist providing psychological assessment, formulation and intervention to young people and their families admitted to the 9 bed General Adolescent Unit and 4 bed PICU wards. Previous experience of working in inpatient settings is desirable but not essential.The successful candidate will be skilled in psychological assessment (including psychometrics), working therapeutically with young people and families, providing clinical supervision, reflective practice and staff support. Further training in systemic practice (to intermediate level) and experience in neurodevelopmental assessment are desirable. The opportunity to complete further training in systemic practice (Intermediate level training) and neurodevelopmental assessment will be supported.The Inspire unit delivers inpatient care working in partnership with the local community as well as being part of a wider network of agencies supporting the mental health and emotional wellbeing needs of young people and families. The service is working towards providing a whole system trauma informed approach with the focus being on the desire to build upon individual and community strengths, wherever possible, and ensures that young people and their families are active decision makers in the process of choosing what will work for them.Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust provides comprehensive child & adolescent mental health services across the whole of Hull & East Riding. The services are a CYP IAPT organization and Thrive Community of Practice, working within the Thrive conceptual framework to develop a localized need led model that enables care to be provided flexibly.We also have a strong focus on evidence based practice and the use of routine outcome measures. There is a commitment to ongoing staff training to enable practitioners to have accredited therapeutic and supervisory skills. We are also working towards having more participation from young people and their families in directing service development.The successful candidate will hold a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and be eligible for registration with the HCPC. There are strong links with the Hull University Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training Course and other local training course, including Leeds and Sheffield. We encourage psychologists to develop links with others throughout the region by promoting attendance at PQT and SIG events and we are a research-active Trust with a well-established Research Department and host an annual research conference. The trust also has a significant role in the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Clinical Research Network.Whilst we are seeking an experienced clinician, applications from candidates who are currently working at Band 7 level and would like to be considered for the post as a developmental opportunity, are welcomed.Why work for usHumber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust provides a broad range of community and inpatient mental health services, community services (including therapies), learning disability services, healthy lifestyle support and addiction services to approximately 600,000 people.We employ approximately 2,500 staff across more than 70 sites at locations throughout Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Whitby and Scarborough. We deliver mental Health Services, specialist services for children, Forensic Services, Community and Learning Disability Services, as well as having eight GP practices across the locality.Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust - a multi-specialty health and social care teaching provider is committed to Caring, Learning and Growing. We aim to be a leading provider of integrated health services, recognised for the care compassion and commitment of our staff and known as a great employer and a valued partner.As a teaching Trust, we work closely with our academic partners, including Hull York Medical School (HYMS) and Hull University, nurturing and developing a workforce of doctors, nurses and other health and social care professionals of the future.At Humber we believe our people are our greatest asset and therefore we are committed to developing, growing and rewarding our workforce. As an employee at Humber you will benefit from pay in line with Agenda for Change, NHS pension, training and development, annual appraisal, generous annual leave entitlement and flexible working options to enable you to achieve a healthy work/life balance.LocationHumber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust serves the rural populations of Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. Hull has benefitted from being included The Guardian’s ‘Hot List’ of places to visit and rated by Rough Guides as one of the top ten cities in the world to see. The nearby town of Beverley was named by The Sunday Times as one of the ten best places to live in the north. The area boasts a wide array of diverse property from coastal cottages to riverside apartments. Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire offer some of the most competitive house prices in the country, with access to excellent schools and further and higher education providers.The region has transport connections with a direct train service to London that takes less than three hours, as well as an hour commute to York or Leeds. Want to go further afield There are daily ferry crossings from Hull to Belgium and the Netherlands and from Humberside Airport you can reach destinations across Europe and – via Schiphol – worldwide.For further information please contact Dr