Clinical Applied Psychologist

You will provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and consultation for people with severe and enduring mental health needs, supporting the delivery of psychologically informed, recovery-focused care.

Delivering specialist psychological assessments, formulations, evidence-based interventions and positive risk management for individuals, families, carers and groups.

Providing expert consultation and psychological advice to multidisciplinary colleagues, contributing to care planning, clinical decision-making and pathway development.

Promoting recovery, hope and social inclusion through compassionate, collaborative working with service users and carers.

Providing clinical supervision, leadership and support to psychologists, psychological therapists, assistant psychologists, trainees and wider multidisciplinary staff.

o Developing and delivering training, reflective practice and psychologically informed approaches across the service.

o Contributing to service leadership, quality improvement, audit, governance, NICE benchmarking, service redesign and innovation.

o Leading and supporting service evaluation, outcome monitoring, research and project work to improve quality and effectiveness.

o Maintaining high standards of safeguarding, information governance, professional practice and continuing professional development in line with Trust and HCPC requirements.

This senior clinical and leadership role within CERT provides highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and consultation for people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties, including psychosis, trauma, personality difficulties and co-existing needs. You will lead psychologically informed practice across the service, supporting recovery-focused and trauma-informed care.

Key responsibilities include delivering specialist assessments, evidence-based therapies and positive risk management; providing consultation and psychological leadership to multidisciplinary teams; leading care planning and pathway development; and working collaboratively with service users, carers and partner agencies.

You will provide clinical supervision, line management and professional leadership to psychologists, trainees and psychological therapists, while promoting reflective practice and developing the psychological skills of the wider workforce.

The role includes contributing to service development, quality improvement, benchmarking, governance, audit, service redesign and cultural change. You will also lead and support research, service evaluation, outcome monitoring and innovation projects to improve quality and patient outcomes.

The post holder will maintain high standards of safeguarding, information governance and professional practice in line with HCPC and Trust requirements

Employees, workers, and / or contractors will be expected to uphold the values of the Trust and exhibit the expected Trust behaviours aligned to the Trust's values. Individuals have a responsibility to ensure that they display the Trust values and behaviours in carrying out their job and that individuals feel able to challenge (or raise a challenge) when other colleagues' behaviours breach the spirit of Trust values.

Education/Qualifications

Desirable: - Registration with BPS

Experience

Desirable: - Project management

Knowledge

Skills/Personal Qualities

Desirable: - Project manage