AddressJob Title:Principal Clinical Psychologist
Job type: Permanent 25 hours (Flexible arrangements can be discussed)
Pay scale/salary: Band 8B
Location: Stockport, Head Office with Hybrid working available.
£58972.00 - £68525.00 dependent on experience
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Principal Clinical Psychologist to join our organisation. The successful candidate will work alongside other clinical leads, working closely with our Yorkshire based Principal Clinical Psychologist, and with the broader multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will be responsible for providing leadership, psychological resource allocations, managing and clinically supervising other Clinical Psychologists, psychotherapists and assistant psychologists and ensuring appropriate skills mix within the specialty. The post holder will be involved at a senior level in service development projects, and clinical innovation, alongside screening and assessments for the wider service.
The post holder may hold a small caseload, but predominantly would be providing consultation, teaching and clinical leadership within our multidisciplinary setting.
Are you a Psychologist with an accredited Clinical, Counselling, Forensic or Health qualification? Are you interested in joining an enthusiastic and committed team who are passionate about supporting young people with complex mental health difficulties? If so, Care In Mind is offering an exciting opportunity based predominately in our Head Office, Stockport.
The role provides plenty of opportunity to work systemically with residential staff teams, gaining skills in supervision, consultation, teaching and clinical leadership within a multidisciplinary setting. Innovation is encouraged, and there are opportunities for CPD.
The post is offered at Band 8b.
Company Benefits
35 days holiday
An additional day off each year for your birthday
Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
Opportunities for Continued Professional Development
Free on-site parking
Paid Enhanced DBS check
Healthcare Cashplan with costs provided towards dental and optical care and a range of other healthcare treatments and benefits including discounted gym memberships
Employee Assistance Programme / 24-hour Counselling Service/ Staff Support
Online shopping discounts, free eye tests and various other benefits
Excellent Learning, Development & CPD opportunities (Schema therapy etc)
The opportunity for internal promotions & progression
You will join our welcoming and supportive team of Clinical Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists. You will work as part of a comprehensive and highly skilled multi-disciplinary team providing direct clinical input and assessment for young people with complex mental health difficulties, including eating disorder, emerging personality disorder and complex trauma.
As a Principal Specialist Clinical Psychologist, you will have (As a minimum):
Doctoral level training in clinical, counselling, health or forensic Psychology, including two or more distinct psychological therapies.
Current registration with HCPC
Minimum of twelve months post qualification experience or appropriate experience in training to join us at a preceptorship level.
Full UK Driving Licence
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including at least six months clinical experience working in child and adolescent mental health.
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups
Knowledge of whole life span development and the impact on emotional, psychological and mental well-being.
Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least one evidence based psychological therapy relevant to the treatment of adolescents with complex problems and their families.
A commitment to supporting young people with complex presentations, risks and needs to develop resilience and move towards independence.
Be able to work autonomously as well as collaboratively within a team.
Desirable Criteria:
Additional specialist knowledge or training in psychological therapies including models i.e., CAT, CBT, ST
Experience working in an inpatient mental health setting.
Experience in working with clients with eating disorders.
Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc.
Experience of teaching, training and/or offering supervision
Experience of working in a community based mental health setting
Additional Information
Care in Mind operates a safer recruitment process and as part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
We are an equal opportunities employer who values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community.
We reserve the right to close the advert early, should we appoint a suitable candidate.
Please note that as this position is over 20 hours per week, we will not be able to accept applications from anyone who only holds a student visa
We do not hold a licence to offer sponsorship, therefore we will not be able to offer this now or in the future.
