Principal Clinical or Educational Psychologist (MHST)
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Are you an experienced psychologist with a strong belief in the importance of prevention and early intervention? Can you work well within a friendly team with a variety of professions, making the most of the different skills and knowledge of your colleagues? Are you passionate about what psychology offers to support and develop a strong service?
The MHST is part of our Early Help offer, supporting children and young people through direct 1-1 work and working with parents/carers and schools and colleges. This new role is designed to ensure that the clinical delivery is consistent with the national MHST model, and is clinically excellent.
We are seeking a Principal Psychologist who is excited at the prospect of developing the service through the evaluation of practice, and with reference to the evidence-base. We need a forward-thinking Applied Psychologist, and we are therefore open to applications from Clinical or Educational Psychologists with the right experience. This role will be exciting for a confident psychologist with experience of working in an education setting because the service is delivered in schools and colleges.
Our next step is to design and execute internal research projects and contribute our learning to the practice of MHSTs across the country. This will require excellent communication and presentation skills so we can share our findings through conferences, publications and dissemination to the communities of practice for MHST.
* Lead the clinical delivery of prevention and early intervention within the MHST model of service delivery.
* Represent psychological professions within the leadership team and work with the Service Manager to ensure that the team’s need for CPD and training are met.
* Working with the Service Manager, ensure that individual clinicians are able to perform their role effectively.
* Oversee the provision of high-quality specialist clinical psychological interventions and services delivered in MHST.
* Provide support for psychological assessment and therapy delivered by other clinicians, working autonomously within professional and ethical guidelines.
* Provide clinical supervision to other psychological services staff.
* Develop a research-friendly clinical service, actively seeking opportunities to design and execute small research projects.
* Participate in projects and meetings in the Children’s Services directorate to ensure that the MHST is represented in developments.
* Hold a small caseload of clinical work within MHST’s boundaries.
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These Include:
* Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us.
* Flexible working opportunities.
* Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more.
* Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more.
* Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes.
* Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more.
* Staff networks and support groups.
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Heather Moran Job title: Consultant Clinical/Educational Psychologist Email address: heather.moran@covwarkpt.nhs.uk
As our availability can vary, we kindly ask that you email both of us to ensure a prompt response. Whether you're looking for more information or would like an informal chat about the role, we’ll do our best to get back to you swiftly.
Cally Lawrie
Service Manager
cally.lawrie@covwarkpt.nhs.uk
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