[ref. i87262821] Clinical Psychologist or CBT Specialist | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
We are currently looking to recruit an experienced Band 8a Clinical Psychologist or CBT Specialist to lead on an NIHR funded randomised controlled trial of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in very young children aged 2-8 years old.
The postholder will be associated with our CAMHS team – a multi-disciplinary team offering a diverse range of professional approaches, including Family Therapy, Nursing, Occupational therapy. Psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychiatry, Social work, and Mental health Practitioners.Our team works with young people with who are experiencing moderate to severe emotional, behavioural, or mental health difficulties.
As a team we believe that service user participation and feedback is an integral part of the development and delivery of services and supports care which is person centred and inclusive
We are seeking an experienced Clinical Psychologist/CBT Specialist with experience of working with victims of trauma suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for a time-limited appointment to work on an NIHR funded clinical trial.They will be responsible for the administration of a Trauma-Focused CBT Intervention for young children aged 2-8 years with PTSD, for comparison to usual care.
The post holder will also act as the Trail Lead, coordinating other trial related activities and leading the evaluation and dissemination of the findings from the trial. The post holder will manage one assistant psychologist and work closely with another Therapist based in London at the South London and Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Trust.
The post is available from 1st February 2025 for a fixed-term of 3 years.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
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Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities- To provide evidence based assessment of participants who were referred to the trial after providing informed consent.
- To formulate and implement treatment plans for psychological treatment in line with the treatment protocol and considering the participant’s problems. The post holder needs to have the capacity to recognize and identify participants for whom the protocol may not be appropriate. These participants should be allocated to suitable service providers.
- To exercise professional responsibility for the assessment, psychological formulation, treatment and discharge of participants.
- To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to participants’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan within the trial protocol.
- To communicate, in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, to participants and others (e.g., the participant’s GP) as appropriate, information that may be contentious or highly distressing concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of participants under their care.
- To maintain clinical records and produce clinical reports as appropriate, which adhere to the trial protocol.
- Reliably establish on-going consent throughout a participant’s trial participation.
- To deal with risk issues.
- To participate in the multidisciplinary systems for monitoring and managing workload as agreed by the professional and line manager.
- To work within levels of professional competence.
This advert closes on Monday 24 Feb 2025