Principal Clinical Psychologist - ISF Clinical Lead

Band 8b

Main area : Principal Clinical Psychologist

Grade : Band 8b

Contract : Permanent

Hours : Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref : 350-SEC5664593-AB

Site : Bridges Learning Centre

Town : Widnes

Salary : £62,215 - £72,293 per annum

Salary period : Yearly

Closing : 30 / 12 / 2024 23 : 59

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore, we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Halton & Warrington Community Learning Disability Teams (CLDT) for a Principal Clinical Psychologist to clinically lead the Intensive Support Function of our Teams. The post holder will provide strategic and clinical leadership for the delivery of the ISF function across the Halton & Warrington CLDT.

They will contribute specialist psychological knowledge and leadership to support the teams in the provision of specialist assessment, therapy, risk assessment and risk management plans to individuals with learning disabilities and complex presentations.

The job requires the post holder to lead on and utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development within the area served by the teams / service.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to work in an evolving team and at the same time be part of well-established community learning disability teams. We are looking for a confident individual who will provide strategic and clinical leadership. In return, you will receive clinical and managerial supervision, links to peer psychology meetings, appropriate training and CPD opportunities, and an annual personal development review.

The ability, means and willingness to travel between multiple sites is essential. The role will involve regular travel across multiple sites in the Mersey Care Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust catchment area.

Working for our organisation

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide strategic and clinical leadership for the delivery of the Enhanced Intensive Support (EIS) function within the Community LD Teams. The post holder will contribute specialist psychological knowledge and leadership to support the team in the provision of specialist assessment and therapy for individuals with learning disabilities and complex presentations.

Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical :

• To be a member of the service team and adhere to the guidelines and policies of that service.
• To provide the Enhanced Intensive Support (EIS) service function at a highly specialist level.
• To ensure interpretation and integration of complex data from various sources including psychological tests and interviews.
• To carry a specialized caseload of clients with complex, severe and enduring challenging behaviour and other psychological problems.

Person specification

Qualifications

Knowledge / experience

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As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum criteria for the role in the person specification.

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