Principal Clinical Psychologist

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Sheffield is seeking a Principal Clinical Psychologist to join their acute mental health service. The role involves providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy in a psychiatric intensive care unit, supervising fellow practitioners, and leading team initiatives. Applicants should hold a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and have significant experience in acute mental health settings. The position emphasizes compassionate care and human rights.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration required.
• Significant experience in acute mental health.
• Formal training in supervision of psychologists.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological services to PICU.
• Conduct assessments and formulate therapeutic plans.
• Provide clinical supervision and coordinate team activities.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Team leadership

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Crisis management

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Principal Clinical Psychologist to join their acute mental health service. The role is an exciting opportunity to develop clinical skills, leadership, and service development.

The post will provide the opportunity to support service users with intensive psychiatric care needs within an established psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) through direct work, consultation, formulation, supervision, and care planning. The successful candidate will support other staff on the ward, including CAPs, to deliver patient care within the MDT.

The Trust is dedicated to providing compassionate care and is part of NHS England's Culture of Care developments aimed at assuring safe, effective, compassionate care. The Trust has a strong focus on human rights and restriction reduction, and the successful candidate will be supported to lead in these areas.

Main duties of the job

To provide a qualified, highly specialist clinical psychology service to service users of the psychiatric intensive care unit, Endcliffe ward. This includes providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy, as well as offering highly specialized advice and consultation on service users' psychological care to psychologist colleagues, non-psychologist colleagues, and non-professional carers.

The successful candidate will also provide clinical supervision to less experienced practitioner psychologists, therapists, assistants, trainees, or other professionals. They will be responsible for the coordination and organization of the work of other psychologists and clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.

Responsibilities and Requirements

The successful candidate will have a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, be HCPC registered, and have formal training in supervision of other psychologists. They will also have significant experience in working with acute mental health, risk, or behavioral distress, and experience in leading multidisciplinary teams.

• Significant experience in psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention of complexity
• Experience of reducing restrictive practice
• Significant experience of team formulation and care planning of complex presentations
• Experience of adapting psychological work to include patients from diverse backgrounds

What we offer

We prioritize the well-being and safety of both our service users and employees. The Trust has a strong focus on human rights and restriction reduction, and the successful candidate will be supported to lead in these areas.

Please note that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.