Band 8b Principal Clinical Psychologist

• Deliver specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for people with complex CoSUM presentations.
• Provide specialist consultation in relation to the mental health needs of CoSUM service users to staff in both treatment systems
• Support referral pathways and access to mental health services.
• Facilitate joint case management and integrated care planning.
• Supervise and oversee the work of qualified and trainee Psychologists working in their CGL clinical roles.
• Contribute to service development, audit, evaluation and workforce training.
• Support the strategic work of the Lead Psychologist.
• Help shape culture change and improve the experience of care for people with co-occurring conditions across the local system.

• HCPC registered as a Practitioner Psychologist.
• Experienced in working with adults with complex mental health needs including significant substance use.
• Skilled in psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
• Passionate about reducing stigma and improving access to care.
• Motivated to influence practice beyond individual clinical work and contribute to wider system transformation.
• Committed to co-production of training and services.
• Able to be creative and flexible with how care is delivered to best meet the needs of our service users.

• Deliver specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for people with complex CoSUM presentations.
• Provide specialist consultation in relation to the mental health needs of CoSUM service users to staff in both treatment systems
• Support referral pathways and access to mental health services.
• Facilitate joint case management and integrated care planning.
• Contribute to service development, audit, evaluation and workforce training.
• Supervise and oversee the work of qualified and trainee Psychologists working in their CGL clinical roles
• Support the strategic work of the Lead Psychologist
• Help shape culture change and improve the experience of care for people with co-occurring conditions across the local system.

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or its equivalent, including eligibility for chartered status with the BPS
• Further post-qualification, post-graduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
• Registered as a practitioner psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Essential

• Specialist complex psychological assessment and treatment of people with a wide range of mental health problems, of varying severity and complexity.
• Extensive experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist and evidence of specialist knowledge gained through practice and ongoing training.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.

Essential

• Use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
• Assessment, evaluation and management of risk associated with mental ill health and related psychopathology.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively complex, highly technical and clinically highly sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS

Desirable

• Production of reports suitable for public presentations and presentation in medico-legal setting.
• High level knowledge in the assessment and evaluation of psychological therapies.

Essential

• Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities etc.)
• Practitioner level knowledge of at least two models of psychological therapy.
• Legislation and its implication for clinical practice and the appropriate management of people presenting with mental health problems

Essential

• Commitment to continuing professional development, to partnership working and to reflective clinical practice.
• Able to identify, and employ appropriate clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice.
• Ability to travel Independently
• Undertake physical intervention training and remain trained in techniques, as required by role