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Trosolwg o'r swydd

This is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist to join the SARC at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust. This is a full-time, permanent position.

The Clinical Psychology Team supporting the SARC is a small team consisting of one Lead Clinical Psychologist and one Clinical Psychologist. The SARC sits within Safeguarding and Statutory Services which includes a wider team of Paediatricians, Specialist Nurses, Psychologists, Managers, HCAs, and Administrators.

The paediatric SARC at the Rainbow Centre is available for all children under the age of 16 from across Merseyside who have experienced sexual abuse (recent or non-recent). We are looking for a Clinical Psychologist with strong clinical skills and experience relevant to working with children and young people. The successful candidate should possess strong interpersonal skills and personal qualities which will support them to work with children and young people who may be in acute distress or be from a diverse range of backgrounds.

They must be able to communicate effectively with a range of professionals, including the Police, Social Care, Education and the Voluntary Sector. Experience of research and facilitating service developments is beneficial. The successful applicant will access clinical supervision from a Senior Clinical Psychologist in the Trust, and will have opportunities for ongoing personal and professional development.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

The Clinical Psychologist for the Paediatric Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) provides highly specialist psychological assessment to children and young people, who have been or are suspected to have been experienced sexual abuse.

This role includes:

• Offering advice and consultation on the psychological care of children and families to non-psychologist colleagues in health, social care, education, and other agencies.
• Being clinically responsible for complex therapeutic, and risk management work with clients who are often highly vulnerable and at risk, and who sometimes present with risk to self and others.
• Undertaking work autonomously within the professional guidelines and overall framework of the services policies and procedures.
• Utilising research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the service.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.