Clinical Psychologist – Adolescent Inpatient – Newham

Pulse are now working with a well-established private client who currently require a Clinical Psychologist to join their Adolescent inpatient, on a full-time basis. Our client is looking for a candidate who has a commitment to delivering high-quality care and who has excellent communication and organisational skills. This is an NHS trust based in London, Newham.

The candidate appointed will be working within a fantastic MDT team who work closely with patient’s families, to ensure maximum support is achieved. This is a band 7 role offering full time hours for an initial 6-month period.

Key responsibilities:

• To undertake high-quality direct and indirect specialist psychological interventions making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
• To formulate and implement plans of specialist psychological treatment or management of client’s mental health problems.
• Preparation of reports and assessments.
• Liaison with families, commissioners, medical professionals and suppliers in respect of the provision of services.
• Responsible for providing a specialist psychological perspective in the multidisciplinary assessment of service users and their families of carers.
• To undertake psychologically based risk assessment and risk management for relevant clients and provide advice on the psychological aspects of risk to the multidisciplinary team.

The successful applicant will be fully qualified and hold current registration with the HCPC, with a minimum of 1 years post graduate experience. Previous experience of working with young people and adults with eating disorders would be beneficial.

If this role is suited to you, please apply today or contact us for more information.

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