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8b Principal Clinical Psychologist - Development Opportunity

Job details
Posting date: 26 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £58,972 - £68,525 pro rata
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 26 May 2024
Location: Leamington Spa, CV31 1JQ
Company: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6264565/444-5933494D-CG

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Summary

A Vacancy at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust.


Exciting opportunity for psychologists who are committed to working with children and young people.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, committed and enthusiastic Principal Clinical Psychologist to be part of RISE core mental health services.

We will consider offering this opportunity a development post to clinicians currently working at an 8a level, helping you progress to an 8b via a supported process of professional development.

RISE is Coventry and Warwickshire’s specialist mental health service for children and young people, previously known as CAMHS. You will work within our evidence-based pathways to deliver clinically effective, person-centered services to the young people we support. You will receive excellent support and opportunities for continuing professional development, training and therapeutic model accreditation, in line with service objectives. You will have access to individual clinical supervision as well as some group-based model supervision for those delivering specific interventions within the service (eg EMDR, CBT). Clinical leadership opportunities are actively encouraged and supported. You will be part of a rich and supportive multi-disciplinary team consisting of child and adolescent psychotherapists, nurses, children’s wellbeing practitioners, psychiatrists, art therapists, assistant psychologists, social workers and trainees and students from a range of psychological professional backgrounds.

You will be enthusiastic and motivated with excellent clinical skills ready to meet the challenges of delivering the best possible services across RISE. We can offer flexibility in terms of working patterns and hours.

This is an exciting time to join the RISE service and CWPT! There is extensive development within the psychological professionals workforce and involvement of psychological professionals in service development. We have been able to create new and exciting posts within the RISE service as a result and would love for you to join us in this journey!

To successful candidates we can also offer :-
• Regular management supervision and appraisal
• Flexible working patterns and hours, which will include some virtual working
• Opportunities for creative specialised or shared roles
• Participation in reflective practice and complex case discussion groups
• Friendly experienced MDT settings
• Opportunities to contribute to service transformation and innovation eg home treatment team for eating disorders and specialist tailored mental health provision, such as for ARFID and Gender Identity
• Involvement in the development of the local DClinPsy training programme as well as opportunity to teach on the course
• Development of leadership skills through in-service experience and training
• A chance to be part of a service with a “Good” CQC rating

RISE is Coventry and Warwickshire’s specialist mental health service for children and young people, previously known as CAMHS. You will work within our evidence-based pathways to deliver clinically effective, person-centered services to the young people we support. You will receive excellent support and opportunities for continuing professional development, training and therapeutic model accreditation, in line with service objectives. You will have access to individual clinical supervision as well as some group-based model supervision for those delivering specific interventions within the service (eg EMDR, CBT). Clinical leadership opportunities are actively encouraged and supported.

You will be enthusiastic and motivated with excellent clinical skills ready to meet the challenges of delivering the best possible services across RISE. We can offer flexibility in terms of working patterns and hours.

This is an exciting time to join the RISE service and CWPT! There is extensive development within the psychological professionals workforce and involvement of psychological professionals in service development. We have been able to create new and exciting posts within the RISE service as a result and would love for you to join us in this journey!

Please visit our CWRise website (https://cwrise.com/) and and What is Rise? - YouTube for further information regarding our service model. Find out what it is like to work for RISE at What are the benefits of working for Rise? - YouTube

We would welcome a conversation with you to speak about the role and how your future might look at RISE. Please do get in touch or arrange a visit with us.

Please contact Dr Nisheela Baxter, Consultant Clinical Psychologist –nisheela.baxter@covwarkpt.nhs.ukor Christine Heydon, Service Manager –christine.heydon@covwarkpt.nhs.uk.


This advert closes on Friday 10 May 2024

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