Lead Clinician - Practitioner Psychologist

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Job Title:       Lead Clinician - Practitioner Psychologist

Location:       Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (within one hours commute of Newquay airport)

Salary:           £50,000-£60,000 DOE 

Contract:       Permanent, 52 weeks

Essential:      Full UK Driving Licence and access to own vehicle required

We understand the value of helping our employees to achieve their Continued Professional Development goals and offer a £2,000 training allowance to allow you to complete role specific training tailored to your individual requirements.

We’re looking for a Lead Clinician - Practitioner Psychologist with demonstrable leadership skills to join our clinical service. This is a fantastic opportunity to support the developing clinical service and to work closely with the Clinical Locality Lead to develop the clinical provision in line with Outcomes First Groups clinical model.

This is a wide and varied role ideal for those looking for a new challenge where you can truly have an impact on shaping a service and driving transformational change.

About the role

Working independently within the overall framework of the service policies and procedures you will work within existing services to support the embedding of our clinical governance structures to support the services in future development and ensuring quality assurance.

Our clinical teams help to develop empowering environments where our pupils can flourish, always putting them at the forefront of everything they do. All our settings maintain a strong safeguarding culture, and the pupils we support are heard, respected and involved in decisions that affect them wherever possible.

Location: Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (within one hours commute of Newquay airport)

About the Group

Outcomes First Group is the largest independent provider of high-quality education and special needs education. We are a vital part of local communities in England, Scotland and Wales with a renowned reputation for quality and positive outcomes for the people we educate for.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

Our divisional brands include Acorn Education and Options Autism.

For more information on the group please visit: https://

Essential Criteria:

• Post-graduate doctoral level qualification in Psychology (clinical, counselling, forensic).
• Registered with the HCPC and own professional body.
• Experience in managing multi-disciplinary teams
• Experience of working with people who have an intellectual disability and/or autism with additional needs (e.g. complex trauma, mental health needs, behaviours of concern)
• Demonstrable ability to lead and manage strategically
• Ability to work collaboratively with a range of key partners
• Able to work sensitively with people and resolve conflict effectively
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the setting
• Substantial and relevant post-qualification experience with adults.
• Experience of lecturing/teaching/training
• Full valid UK driving licence and access to a car
• Skills in the management of data are also important as the role includes collecting and analysing data to inform various pieces of service delivery, development and project work.

For further information on this role please refer the Job Description and Person Specification attached. To discuss this role in more detail, please contact  or Kate Boot, Clinical Locality Lead, .

What’s in it for you?

You will be working with an ambitious and driven service that’s really going places, supported by an exceptional team of likeminded individuals who are keen to learn from you. This role will be key to the development of the service, working closely with the Clinical Locality Lead and Head of Clinical Operations (South). This is an opportunity to enrich the lives of the people we support and make a positive difference, in a role where you have autonomy.

We offer a friendly and inclusive working environment where our people are heard, respected and hugely valued. We want our employees to come to work with energy, determination and most importantly we want them to be happy in their work. We are well aware that it is our highly skilled teams that make Outcomes First Group the success it is, and we want this to continue. This is why we provide a range of benefits designed to support you, not just in your work life but also on a personal level too. We want you to be the best you can be and offer genuine opportunities for career development and progression.

Benefits 

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Generous Annual Leave Entitlement 
• Life Assurance
  Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
• Work 4 days, be paid for 5 *T&C's apply - following successful completion of the probation period

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the people in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully enhanced DBS.

Vacancy ID: 243503

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