Lead for Psychological Practice - Adult Mental Health

The Methodist Church in Britain; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development with ongoing培训 and支

Career development with ongoing培训 and支

Job summary

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Lead for Psychological Practice within the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Care Group. This consultant-level role combines strategic clinical leadership with personal caseload management across community, crisis, inpatient and dementia services.

You will oversee psychology governance, lead service development, and work with senior leaders and other professionals to shape high-quality mental health care for adults within the group.

Qualifications

• Doctoral-level training in clinical or counselling psychology accredited by the BPS (or equivalent)
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
• HPC registration as a clinical or counselling psychologist with Chartered Status
• Experience as a qualified applied psychologist to consultant level across diverse services
• Experience working at a strategic level on clinical and management issues
• Proven leadership of professionals within psychology teams

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and governance leadership for psychological practice across the Care Group
• Carry a personal caseload of highly specialist care for clients with complex conditions
• Lead service development and represent psychology on strategic groups
• Represent psychology at governance sub-committees and ensure governance of practice
• Ensure coherent psychological leadership across localities with locality responsibilities
• Take professional responsibility for delivery of the designated service
• Provide teaching and training for all psychologists in the service
• Offer expert advice and clinical supervision to colleagues and external agencies
• Support strategic planning and service development with senior leaders
• Meet the needs of clients, carers and families with compassion

Skills

Influencing skills

Communication skills

Education

Doctoral-level training in clinical or counselling psychology

Post-doctoral training in specialized areas

Job description

This Lead for Psychological Practice post sits within the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Care Group at Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and covers the adult mental health services. The job gives strategic clinical leadership and governance over all psychological practice across the group, from community and crisis teams to inpatient and dementia services. It is a consultant-level role that keeps a personal clinical caseload alongside leading a psychology workforce and working with the Lead in Family Services, CAMHS and Physical Health Psychology. Visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Provide clinical and governance leadership for all psychological practice across the Care Group, setting strategic direction for applied psychology
• Carry a personal caseload of highly specialist care for clients with complex, severe or enduring mental health conditions or learning disabilities, including significant challenging behaviour and risk of physical…
• Lead Trust-wide service development and represent psychology on strategic groups
• Represent psychology at the General Management Team, Quality & Governance Sub-Committee and Mental Health QERG, ensuring systematic governance of psychological practice
• Ensure coherent psychological leadership across localities through Consultant Clinical Psychologists with locality responsibilities
• Take professional responsibility for delivery of the designated service across all localities
• Provide teaching and training for all psychologists in the service
• Act as a highly specialist resource, giving expert advice and clinical supervision to less experienced colleagues, other healthcare professionals and external agencies
• Support strategic planning and service development with senior leaders and Applied Psychologists
• Meet the needs of clients, carers and families with compassion

What's required

Qualifications

• Doctoral-level training in clinical or counselling psychology accredited by the BPS (or equivalent before 1996), covering psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological…
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

Registration & licences

• HPC registration as a clinical or counselling psychologist with Chartered Status

Experience

• Working as a qualified applied psychologist to consultant level in the designated service, across a wide range of client groups, the whole life course, the full range of clinical severity and all care settings
• Working at a strategic level on clinical and management issues
• Providing clinical and professional leadership to qualified and non-qualified members of the profession

Skills & knowledge

• Strong influencing and communication skills

What's offered

• Career development with ongoing training and support