Clinical Psychologist

Clinical Psychologist

Location: London , South East Salary: From 27,000 to 43,000 per annum Date posted: 15/04/2012 16:02 Job type:Permanent Company: Care Recruitment Specialists Ltd Contact: Samantha Warring-Davies Ref: Totaljobs/SWDCP Job ID: 53334078

My Client is looking to recruit an OCD/BDD Therapy Team Leader / Managerfor their Hospital in London with their specialist experience within Mental Health. This is a fantastic opportunity within a national treatment refractive service for patients with Obsessive Compulsive and related disorders in adults and some adolescents.

Main Purpose
You will manage a single therapy service or programme within a unit, ensuring the therapy service/programme is delivered to quality standards, within budget and to agreed timescales while complying with current legislation, statutory regulations and professional codes of practice.

To work autonomously within professional guidelines, and exercise responsibility for ensuring the provision of high quality evidence based psychological service to clients of both the national BDD & OCD serviceTo provide consultation services to patients and professionals and to clinically supervise practitioners, nursing staff and trainees.To undertake audit, service development and supervision in Obsessive Compulsive and related disorders.

Key Accountabilities

To work with the Therapy Service Manager and Clinical Lead to manage the effective implementation of a key therapy/service programme for patients requiring therapeutic interventionsManage, monitor and review caseload through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of therapeutic interventionsTo conduct highly specialist clinical work in the area of cognitive behaviour therapy for anxiety disorders, with particular emphasis on BDD and OCD. To supervise and manage staff in the department which will include therapists and nursing staffResponsible for your own budget within the overall therapy/programme

Experience

It is essential that you hold a Post-graduate masters/doctoral level training in clinical psychology and proficient in cognitive behaviour therapy.

BABCP Accreditation or working towards it is desirable

Previous experience of working as a qualified clinical or counselling psychologist

Experience of delivering CBT to patients with Obsessive Compulsive and related disorders to adults and adolescents

Training or mentoring in supervision of other professionals

The Role

This is a full time permanent position 37.5 hours per week

Salary (grade 8) 27,410 - 41,114

If you feel that you meet the skills and requirement s for this post please email your cv to samwd@carerecruitmentspecialis ts.com for an informal discussion please call Sam Warring-Davies on 01274 733227

You will be required to undergo an Enhanced CRB disclosure check. CRS work closely with the Home Office who may check your documents, please ensure you are eligible to work in the UK before applying. We, and our client, are Equal Opportunities organisations.