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Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Job summary
A specialist recruitment consultancy in the UK seeks a Locum Consultant Clinical Psychologist to provide autonomous psychological services for the Ministry of Defence. The role involves conducting psychological assessments and therapies, maintaining high standards of clinical documentation, and collaborating within a multidisciplinary team. Competitive pay rates are offered along with various benefits. This position requires significant experience and relevant qualifications in psychology.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Eligible for Graduate Membership of the BPS.
- Minimum of six years post-qualification experience in Adult Mental Health.
- Evidence of having carried out clinical research.
Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality clinical psychology services as an autonomous practitioner.
- Conduct specialist psychological assessments and therapy.
- Maintain accurate record keeping including reports and activity returns.
Skills
Education
Locum Consultant Clinical Psychologist to cover an assignment with the Ministry of Defence (MoD), at Donnington DCMH, in Telford, Shropshire. Work pattern: Monday - Friday (15 hours).
Pay Rate: Payee – £43.45 per hour; Umbrella - £49.97 per hour.
- To provide a high quality, specialist, qualified Consultant Clinical/Counselling psychology service as an autonomous and independent practitioner within the defined service sector and as determined by the Head of Service, Defence Clinical Psychology Service (Hd DCPS).
- To provide a specialist psychological assessment and therapy service, while demonstrating clinical leadership, offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to others, contributing to the provision of clinical supervision, and working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the relevant teams’ policies and procedures.
- To maintain the highest standards of record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing, activity returns and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance via supervision and continuous professional development.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development within the defined service sector and as agreed with Hd DCPS.
- To work with a range of professional groups within a multidisciplinary environment. Work may encompass joint assessments, individual outpatient work or a co-ordinated team approach to patient care.
- The post holder will be primarily based as agreed with the Head of Service but will also be expected to see clients at other locations, as appropriate. Such locations may vary from time-to-time dependent upon clinical and operational need and may include a requirement to attend DCPS business and in-house CPD events.
- Must be eligible for Graduate Membership of the BPS.
- Must have post-graduate doctoral level training in Clinical/Counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
- Must have HCPC registration under Practitioner Psychologist domain.
- Must have a minimum of six years post-qualification experience working as a Clinical/Counselling psychologist within the designated specialty (Adult Mental Health).
- Must be able to evidence having been permanently employed for a minimum of two years at a Consultant grade.
- Must be able to evidence having carried out clinical research (either implementation or supervision).
- Must have evidence of delivery of teaching, training and clinical supervision.
- Must have evidence of having provided consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Must be in date and able to provide certification for Safeguarding children and Young People and Safeguarding Adults up to and including Level 3 training.
Military Medical Personnel (MMP) is a specialist recruitment consultancy dedicated exclusively to providing locum civilian medical, dental and healthcare professionals to the Ministry of Defence. We are a contracted supplier to the MOD and have locum vacancies on military bases throughout the UK and occasionally overseas locations.
Military Medical Personnel offer an attractive package for candidates which may include the following:
- Attractive rates of pay with weekly payments and choice of payment model
- A generous “Refer a Friend” bonus scheme
- Flexibility of long- and short-term assignments to suit your availability
- Free uniforms provided (if required)
- A PVG membership (Disclosure Scotland) or an Access Northern Ireland certificate is required for this role.
- Free mandatory training
- Weekly payments
- Assigned an experienced consultant who will support you throughout your application and will continue to look after you during your assignment
All job placements are subject to the receipt of satisfactory compliance requirements.
We reserve the right to remove this requirement once a suitable candidate has been selected.
Please note that MMP does not sponsor work visas. Applicants must have valid leave to remain in the UK.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.
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