Principal Clinical Psychologist/Psychological Therapist (Band 8b) - Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust – Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham
The post advertised is for a Principal Psychological Therapist or Clinical Psychologist to provide clinical leadership, direct and indirect clinical interventions in the Sunderland West Community Treatment Team.
The service offers the systematic provision of multidisciplinary, and evidence-based bio-psychosocial interventions to adults with complex mental health presentations.
The team values collaborative engagement and formulation with service users and their families, ensuring that service users are at the centre of their care and treatment.
The post holder will be the key clinical decision maker on acceptance to the service. They will provide consultation, assessment and psychological therapy to complex cases.
A key element of this role is to oversee the provision of NICE recommended psychological interventions within the team and provide clinical supervision and scaffolding to members of the MDT.
The post holder will oversee ongoing research and audit, recognizing that these are central to improving knowledge and patient outcomes.
The post-holder is responsible for leading a qualified specialist psychologically-informed service to clients in the Sunderland West Community Treatment Team, providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy, in addition to clinical supervision and advice to colleagues on psychological aspects of assessment, formulation, care and treatment.
The post-holder will take a lead role for specialist psychological assessment and treatments for complex presentations within the team, contributing in-depth specialist knowledge and skills drawing upon appropriate evidence-based interventions.
The post-holder is responsible for providing leadership and mentorship within the team and across the locality, offering specialist advice and consultation regarding aspects of best practice.
The post-holder, as part of the wider psychology team, is responsible for devising and delivering appropriate clinical training and ensuring that appropriate clinical supervision is in place to enable embedding of psychological skills.
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
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