Principal Clinical Psychologist

Northamptonshire Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Kettering, Wellingborough; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in the CMHTs in the North of the county is seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist to lead and supervise psychological therapies staff, work across CMHTs, and contribute to service development.

The post requires a clinical psychology doctorate, experience with severe enduring mental health difficulties, leadership and supervision skills, and a motivation to embed Community Psychology ideas and engage with local communities.

Qualifications

• Clinical psychology doctorate or equivalent.
• Experience with severe and enduring mental health difficulties.
• Interest in Community Psychology and service development.
• Supervision and leadership experience is desirable.
• Management and HR processes familiarity is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and line manage psychological therapies staff in CMHTs.
• Carry out clinical work with adults with severe mental health difficulties.
• Develop innovative practice and lead service development initiatives.
• Contribute at a senior level to the vision for the service.
• Embed Community Psychology ideas and engage with local communities.

Skills

Clinical psychology

Leadership

Supervision

Community psychology

Education

Clinical psychology doctorate or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

This role is based in Community Adult Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) in the North of the county. The psychological therapies staff who work in CMHTs North have a base at St Mary's Hospital Kettering and a room at Isebrook Hospital, Wellingbororuh and work across the North CMHTs. CMHTs are multidisciplinary teams that deliver specialist support and clinical interventions to people with a range of mental health difficulties. The post-holder will be part of the leadership team within the CMHTs as well as supervising and supporting other practitioner psychologists and team members. Psychologists are valued members of the MDT and are encouraged to play a key role in MDT working. You will work alongside other Principal Psychologists, working in both South and north CMHTs. The Principal psychologists are managed and supported by the Adult Mental Health Psychology Lead.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will supervise and line manage members of psychological therapies staff who work into the CMHTs. They will also carry out clinical work and we are keen to recruit someone with experience, specialist knowledge and skills of working with severe and enduring mental health difficulties such as complex trauma and psychosis. The postholder will also take a leadership role therefore leadership skills and the ability to develop innovative practice and play a lead role in service development. We are looking for someone who can contribute at a senior level to the vision for the service working closely with various stakeholders. In particular we are interested in embedding Community Psychology ideas and working with local communities.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description and person specification located under the Supporting Documents heading.

Qualifications

Essential

• clinical psychology doctorate or equivalent

Desirable

• other therapy training after qualifying

Experience

Essential

• experience working and carrying out therapy with adults with severe and enduring mental health difficulties
• 4 years plus post qualification
• interest in Community Psychology

Desirable

• experience working in AMH/CMHT
• experience in putting community psychology principles into practice
• training and experience in working with individuals experiencing trauma effects and who experience difficulties labelled as 'psychosis'

supervision experience

Essential

• supervisor training and supervisory experience

Desirable

• supervision of qualified psychologists, therapists and other staff
• management and leadership experience

management

Essential

• experience of line management

Desirable

• specific training or courses in management skills
• experience of HR processes and the use of policy to guide line management

service development

Essential

• experience and skills relevant to service development

Desirable

• experience supporting staff through service change and/implementing process or procedural change
• leading or participating in service evaluation and audit

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).