Clinical Psychologist - Children and Young ; CYP Diabetes

Values

To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service. Our values are:
Include, Respect, Improve.

Include:
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect:
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve:
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

• Provide a qualified clinical psychology service to children, adolescents and their families with complex psychological difficulties associated with diabetes.
• Work within a multi‑disciplinary team in the Children and Young People's Diabetes Service to assess and meet the psychological needs of the client group.
• Offer psychological assessment and treatment for children, adolescents and their families with a diagnosis of diabetes and medically related emotional problems under the care of the service.
• Formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a patient's mental health needs, based on an appropriate conceptual framework.
• Implement a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining formulations and maintaining provisional hypotheses.
• Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options, taking into account theoretical models and highly complex factors such as historical, physiological/medical, social and developmental processes.

This is a developmental post for applicants at band 7, with growth to band 8A when competencies are met.

We welcome applications from 3rd‑year clinical psychology trainees who are due to qualify this year.

If advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. Should the vacancy become permanent towards the end of the specified period, the successful applicant may not need to re‑apply and may be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

Internal applicants applying for a temporary arrangement should see attached notes on secondments.

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We encourage applications from candidates with disabilities and from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are under‑represented in our workforce.

We support flexible working where possible and provide adjustments for candidates with disabilities. If you require an alternative format of the advert or adjustments to the interview process, please contact us by emailing web.car

We also support armed forces, Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment, and we provide a carer‑friendly environment with support for carer responsibilities.