Principal Psychologist - Service Lead for MHTR
| Posting date: | 28 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £70,396.00 to £80,837.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £70396.00 - £80837.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 September 2025 |
| Location: | Dartford, DA2 7AF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9277-25-1108 |
Summary
To lead on psychological models of care and on effective and efficient psychology service provision in ongoing sectors of responsibility. Where new services or psychology posts are formed, to assist new clinicians in developing and embedding psychological practice and integrating with the wider psychology service. To contribute to thinking and writing for tender documents for new contracts; specifically in relation to designing psychological and mental health service provision but also in relation to overall service design. To ensure psychological services are subject to appropriate governance processes. That they provide activity and outcome data to commissioners as appropriate for contract monitoring and service evaluation. To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the services through the development of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit. To identify and to advise service managers on those aspects of the service where psychological or organisation matters need addressing. To have oversight of the caseloads and workloads of all in psychology team.