Senior Clinical Psychologist

Overview

We are offering an 8a Senior Clinical Psychology post in our community CAMHS team. The position is based in Conwy or Denbighshire and offers a development route from Band 7 to the senior 8a role.

The post-holder will join a diverse and vibrant multidisciplinary team in a fully integrated Early Intervention and Prevention and Tier 3 Specialist CAMH service, delivering primary and secondary mental health care for children and young people. The service provides a range of therapeutic interventions including DBT, CBT, EMDR, Systemic Family Psychotherapy, Art Psychotherapy, CAT, the Maudsley Model for Anorexia and Child Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.

We value personal and professional development and the post will provide opportunities to develop and utilise clinical leadership skills.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Responsibilities

• Provide a specialised clinical psychology service to clients, including assessment and therapy.
• Work autonomously in accordance with the British Psychological Society Code of Conduct, Ethical Principles and Guidelines 2004, and Health and Care Professions Council regulations.
• Exercise delegated responsibility for the management and supervision of assistant psychologists and trainee workload within the team/service policies.
• Contribute to the development of local team policies and procedures to improve service quality.
• Advise service and professional management on psychological and organisational matters.
• Provide professional and clinical supervision for designated staff.
• Provide clinical placements and supervision for Doctoral level trainee clinical psychologists and deliver training to other professionals.
• Utilise specialised research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
• Act as a panel member in the recruitment of designated staff when required.
• Welsh language ability is desirable; candidates speaking Welsh and/or English are equally welcome to apply.

Person Specification

• Good honours Degree in Psychology.
• Eligibility for British Psychological Society Chartered status.
• Post graduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent accredited by the British Psychological Society).
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.
• Clinical supervision training for Doctoral Trainees.
• Knowledge of clinical psychology theory and practice, psychological therapies, neuropsychological and psychometric assessment and interpretation.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including multivariate data analysis.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice and professional management.
• Post doctoral training courses in specific areas of clinical psychology.
• Knowledge of specialised psychological therapies for specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, and people with additional disabilities).
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies.

Experience

• Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist, normally including significant post qualification experience within the designated speciality where the post is located, or relevant transferable skills.
• Demonstration of further specialist training/experience through extensive and demonstrable clinical supervision of work as a clinical psychologist.
• Experience of specialised psychological assessment and treatment of a range of clients across a wide range of care settings.
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care, including coordinating care within multidisciplinary care planning.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of applying clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of representing psychology within a multidisciplinary care context.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.