Senior Clinical Psychologist

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for a 12-month fixed term position for senior Clinical Psychologist to join our service. We have vacancies across our specialist mental health CAMHS service as well as in our Children's Community Learning Disabilities Team.

We are able to offer split posts to develop your expertise in different areas if you would like this opportunity.

To provide a highly specialist clinical psychology service to children and young people and families with complex and severe mental health problems. Clinically, the post-holder will be responsible for individual case management and will be expected to conduct highly specialist psychological assessments, produce highly complex formulations, and deliver direct therapeutic work. They will also provide specialist advice and consultation to a range of multi-agency professionals and non-professional carers, and utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development. The post holder will be expected to work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will complete comprehensive assessments and work within our evidence-based pathways to deliver clinically effective, child/young person and family focused services. Successful applicants will receive excellent support and opportunities for continuing professional development, training and therapeutic model accreditation, in line with service objectives, and be part of a well-established and supportive multi-disciplinary team. Within the Children's Community Learning Disability Team, interventions will draw upon Positive Behaviour Support, Attachment Theory, and Family and Systemic Therapy, amongst others. Clinical supervision is available on an individual basis as well as some group-based model supervision for those delivering specific interventions within the service (eg EMDR, CBT). Clinical leadership and service development opportunities are actively encouraged and supported.

To successful candidates we can also offer:

• Regular management supervision and appraisal
• Flexible working patterns and hours, which will include some virtual working
• Opportunities for creative specialised or shared roles
• Participation in reflective practice and complex case discussion groups
• Friendly experienced MDT settings
• Development of leadership skills through in-service experience and training
• Strong links with local Doctorate courses / opportunities to supervise trainees

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• Staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job responsibilities

Applicants are encouraged to contact us to find out more about the CAMHS and Children's Learning Disability Services to explore how you would like your future to look within it. Please get in touch with Dr Lisa Lloyd, Principal Clinical Psychologist (Core CAMHS) lisa.lloyd@covwarkpt.nhs.uk or Dr Helen Peckett, Principal Clinical Psychologist (Children's Community Learning Disability Team) helen.peckett@covwarkpt.nhs.uk to have a chat or arrange a visit.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registration with the HPC in Clinical Psychology

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialist psychological assessment methods and therapeutic approaches in relation to the client group.
• Well developed communication skills, suitable to the specialty.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group.
• Knowledge of research and audit methodology suitable to the job.

Experience

• Experience of working with a range of clients, presenting a range of clinical severity and maintenance of professionalism in challenging circumstances.
• Experience of tailoring psychological assessment and intervention to individual needs.
• Experience in providing consultancy to colleagues, postgraduate experience/training and skills in supervision including the supervision of doctoral trainees.
• Experience of supervision of others.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.