Clinical Psychologist

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 63,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Professional development opportunities

Employee discounts and wellbeing

Job summary

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Band 8a Clinical Psychologist for the Children and Young People’s specialist service. The role focuses on specialist assessments, case management, complex formulations and direct therapy for young people and families with severe mental health needs.

Part-time (0.8 WTE) options are available. A Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and HCPC registration are essential for eligibility, with opportunities to progress via a Band 7

Qualifications

• Doctoral-level clinical psychology qualification required.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by HCPC.
• Experience working with a wide range of client groups and severity levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide a highly specialist clinical psychology service to children, young people and families with complex and severe mental health problems.
• Manage individual cases and carry out highly specialist psychological assessments.
• Produce highly complex psychological formulations.
• Deliver direct therapeutic work.
• Provide specialist advice and consultation to multiagency professionals and carers.
• Apply research skills for audit, policy and service development.
• Work autonomously within guidelines and team policies.

Skills

Complex formulations

Multiagency collaboration

Psychotherapy models

Autonomous work

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Tools

HCPC registration

Job description

Senior Band 8a clinical psychologist post in the children and young people's specialist service at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust. The work centres on case management, specialist assessment, complex formulation and direct therapy for young people and families with severe and complex mental health problems. Part-time working at 0.8 WTE is available, and newly qualified clinicians may apply for a Band 7 development route to 8a. A doctorate in clinical psychology and HCPC registration are essential.

What the job involves

• Provide a highly specialist clinical psychology service to children, young people and families with complex and severe mental health problems
• Manage individual cases
• Carry out highly specialist psychological assessments
• Produce highly complex psychological formulations
• Deliver direct therapeutic work
• Give specialist advice and consultation to multiagency professionals and non-professional carers
• Use research skills for audit, policy and service development
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines and team policies and procedures

What’s required

Qualifications

• Postgraduate doctorate in clinical psychology

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC

Experience

• Working with a wide range of client groups across the lifespan and the full range of clinical severity
• Collaborative multidisciplinary and multi-agency working
• Teaching, training and/or supervision
• Working knowledge of psychotherapy models and evidence of their use

Skills & knowledge

• Complex psychological assessment, intervention and management
• Analysing complex multi-factorial information into formulations from varied psychological perspectives
• Working within two or more therapeutic models, with detailed knowledge of each
• Working autonomously and prioritising complex tasks to deadlines
• Doctoral-level research design and complex multivariate data analysis

Other

• Psychometric test construction, development and interpretation
• Knowledge of confidentiality principles and of legislation for clinical practice and professional management in mental health
• Knowledge of the principles and practice of the Care Programme Approach
• Providing consultation and advice to colleagues on the psychological aspects of their practice

What’s offered

• Generous annual leave that increases with length of service
• Learning and development, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, and gym membership
• Discounts through the Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service and external helpline
• Staff networks and support groups
• Flexible working patterns and hours, including some virtual working
• Individual and group clinical supervision, reflective practice and complex case discussion groups