Principal Clinical Psychologist

NHS; Colwyn Bay; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Wales is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to lead the development of a specialised service for children in care. The role involves providing high-quality psychological assessments and therapy, managing staff, and contributing to service quality improvements. Candidates should have a Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and experience in the field. This position offers the chance to make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable children and young people.

Qualifications

• Eligibility for British Psychological Society Chartered status.
• Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology accredited by the BPS.
• Clinical supervision training required.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of specialised multi-agency service for Children Looked After.
• Provide clinical psychology service with assessment and therapy.
• Manage and supervise staff, ensuring quality of clinical services.

Skills

Eligibility for British Psychological Society Chartered status

Advanced specialist knowledge of clinical psychology

Psychological assessment and therapy

Clinical supervision training

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Registration with Health and Care Professions Council

Job description

An exciting career opportunity in our Integrated CAMHS-Social Care Partnership for Children in Care in Conwy. This is an innovative, one-of-a-kind service with integration at its core. By bringing Social Work and Psychology together in practice, we believe we can achieve more for the children and young people we care for.

There is opportunity to practice in diverse ways, drawing on the multiple skills of clinical psychology, from leadership, supervision and consultation, to on-going service design, research, assessment and formulation, direct and indirect intervention.

We work with children and young people and their carers to strengthen placements for children in care. The complexity of the work benefits from our integrated approach, bringing perspectives from Social Work practice together with those of psychology and mental health. This role is embedded into the EIPPS (Early Intervention, Prevention and Promotion Service) team in CAMHS and Conwy Social Care; offering early psychological interventions for children, young people and families in conjunction with our local authority partners. The position can bring strong working relationships with colleagues in both teams and opportunity to influence practice within and between the organisations.

This is an innovative, challenging, stimulating role, with great scope for creativity and professional growth. The successful candidate will be able to make a real difference to the lives of children in care in Conwy.

Main duties of the job

Lead on the development and operation of a highly specialised multi-agency, multi-disciplinary service for Children Looked After within Conwy Children's Services; providing consultation, training, assessment and direct intervention.

Provide a highly specialised clinical psychology service to clients within the service, providing specialised psychological assessment and therapy.

Work autonomously in accordance with The BPS Code of Conduct, Ethical Principles and Guidelines 2004, and Health and Care Professions Council.

Hold designated responsibility within the team, for the governance of staff's psychological practice, in order to ensure the delivery of high quality clinical psychology services

Exercise delegated responsibility for the management and supervision of designated staff ie staff appraisal/PADR, and informal grievance.

Contribute to the development of local team policies and procedures and to support improvements in service quality.

Provide clinical placements and supervision for trainees and to deliver training to other professionals.

Act as a panel member in the recruitment of designated staff, as appropriate.

Assist the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, in conjunction with other senior staff, in the efficient day-to-day management of the service.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Eligibility for British Psychological Society Chartered status.
• Post-graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the British Psychological Society.
• Registration with Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.
• Clinical supervision training for supervising Doctoral trainees.
• Doctoral level advanced specialist knowledge of clinical psychology theory and practice, psychological therapies and their application, neuropsychological and psychometric assessment and interpretation.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practised within clinical psychology.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development as recommended by the BPS and HCPC.
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
• Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult-to-treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
• Recognised qualification in supervision.
• Record of publications in peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books.

Experience

• Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified and senior clinical psychologist, normally including significant post-qualification experience within the designated speciality where the post is located, or relevant transferable skills.
• Assessed experience of working effectively as a qualified and senior level clinical psychologist in the designated speciality, or relevant transferable skills. Demonstration of further specialist training/experience through having received extensive and demonstrable clinical supervision of working as a specialist Clinical Psychologist or an alternative agreed by the Director of Psychology.
• Experience of specialised psychological assessment and treatment of a range of clients across a wide range of care settings
• Experience of working with client groups across an increasing range of clinical severity.
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care, with experience of co-ordinating care within the context of multi-disciplinary care-planning.
• Experience of providing teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
• Experience of professional management of qualified clinical psychologists and other staff.

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.

£65,424 to £76,021 a yearper annum, pro rata