Principal Clinical Psychologist- Clinical Lead MHTR

North Thames Genomics Laboratory Hub; Derby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting part-time role for a Principal Clinical Psychologist to lead the Mental Health Treatment Requirement Service, offering psychological treatment as an alternative to incarceration. The role includes managing Assistant Psychologists while contributing to a supportive and growing forensic rehabilitation service in Derby.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Incremental pay progression

Free employee assistance programme

Structured learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a clinical or forensic psychologist, preferably four years.
• Formal training in supervision and clinical practice.
• Expertise in psychological assessment tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to the team.
• Conduct psychological assessments and formulate treatment plans.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support client care.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

Post-graduate doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Chartered status with the BPS

Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council

Job description

Principal Clinical Psychologist- Clinical Lead MHTR

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part time Principal Clinical Psychologist to clinically lead the Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) Service. The MHTR programme is part of the Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion Team which offers suitable clients psychological treatment in the community as an alternative to incarceration.

The successful candidate will be offering support , supervision and management of 3.0 FTE Assistant Psychologists. As clinical lead you will be able to combine direct clinical work, supervision, training, consultation, programme development, research and service evaluation/ development.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and appreciative of the challenges of working with multi agencies. You will be committed to team working, have excellent relationship building skills and be capable of managing varied work demands.

You would be joining a growing forensic/ rehabilitation service which is part of a large, Derbyshire-wide supportive Clinical Psychology service where there are excellent opportunities.

Informal enquiries are very welcome.

For further information please contact Dr Alice Levee, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on 07905 195157.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for autonomously clinical leadership to the team and clinical supervision to the staff, in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, for adults with a wide range of mental health problems and criminal justice involvement.

You will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of team policies and procedures. You will be responsible for offering advice, consultation and training to the team, other colleagues, and non-professional carers, on matters related to the psychological needs and issues relevant to the service and its users. You will supervise clinicians, assistant psychologists, and psychologists during their postgraduate training and other psychologists as appropriate. To utilise research skills for audit, policy, and service development and research relating to the MHTR in Derbyshire.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include ( 0.5 FTE pro rata):

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBTI+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctorate in Clinical Psychology or forensic psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or those in lateral transfer) as accredited by the B.P.S., and giving eligibility for Chartered including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan development psychology
• Chartered status with the BPS
• Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists
• Training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
• Eligibility for full chartered status in Clinical Psychology
• Formal training and/or accreditation in risk assessment tools
• Other training in a relevant area e.g. MSc forensic psychology or another applied psychology subject

Experience

• Experience of working as a qualified clinical or forensic psychologist including at a highly specialist level (usually for a minimum of four years, including two years at a highly specialised level).
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment (including risk assessment), formulation and treatment of clients across a broad range of settings
• Experience of working with staff teams to support the delivery of therapeutic care
• Experience of providing teaching, training and supervision
• Experience of contributing to service development and delivery
• Use of specific assessment tools appropriate to service including neuropsychological and standardised risk assessment or personality assessment tools
• Experience of working with clients with challenging behaviour
• Experience of working with clients with dual diagnosis (including substance misuse)

Knowledge and Skills

• Very high level of interpersonal and communication skills enabling written and oral presentation and receipt of complex and sensitive information, to facilitate acceptance and relate effectively in an emotive and hostile environment
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation & intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Ability to adapt communication and use specialist communication approaches to aid service user understanding
• Ability to make judgements involving highly complex facts or clinical situations through assessment, analysis and interpretation of information and deciding on appropriate action from a range of options. This may involve situations where options are conflicting and where expert opinion differs or some information is unavailable.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership and service development skills
• Publications relevant to forensic / clinical psychology

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.