We are excited to be recruiting into NHS Children and Young People Gender Service (South West) CYPGS SW as part of the continued growth and development of the new service. We are looking for a thoughtful, compassionate Mental Health Practitioner (MHP) to join our committed and supportive multi-disciplinary team.
CYPGS SW sits within the wider Psychological Health Services. It is provided by a large multi-disciplinary team (MDT). As part of this team the MHP will provide specialist assessments, deliver and evaluate interventions and be part of the evolving evidence base for the field of gender care. All staff working in the CYPGS SW are very well supported through multi-disciplinary working, individual supervision, drop in case discussion, Academy of Royal Colleges specialist children’s and young people’s gender service training programme. We value the provision of evidence-based care delivered by highly skilled compassionate clinicians.
Our service has purpose-built accommodation with high quality clinical space for face to face and remote appointments. We offer outreach clinics in Devon and Cardiff. The opportunity for hybrid working would make this post suitable for clinicians from outside the Bristol area.
Responsibilities
- To work as part of a highly specialist team to contribute to the holistic assessment of children and young people
- To offer support and clinical interventions from evidence-based models used with children and young people and their families eg CBT, Family Therapy, ACT
- To be the responsible clinician within the service during these episodes of care using appropriate service support procedure like supervision and safeguarding.
- To deliver these services in out-patient and for non CYPGS ward based settings as needed.
- Provision of psychological advice, consultation, training, and support for other professionals in the team and in other agencies like education.
- To support research and audit relevant to care pathways.
- To attend and contribute by presenting cases and entering case discussion in multidisciplinary team meetings
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: FAO Clinical Lead Job title: Clinical Lead – CYP Gender Service Email address: cypgsadmin@uhbw.nhs.uk
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