Band 7 Clinical Psychologist

Job summary

This unique 12-month post offers many opportunities, with some listed below:

Supervision Skills: Gain hands-on experience by starting to develop skills in supervising Assistant Psychologists.

Mentorship: Actively mentor Trainee Clinical Psychologists to build your leadership portfolio.

Creativity & Autonomy: Enjoy the freedom to work on designing non-traditional, community-focused interventions.

Professional Growth: Access dedicated time and support for service development and creative on-job learning.

Main duties of the job

Deliver flexible, trans-diagnostic psychological assessments, formulation and interventions within a GP surgery.

Work to co-create large-scale community psychology projects and support group interventions.

Enable partner services and community groups to develop their own psychological interventions.

Be a compassionate and innovative team member who wants to think outside the box to benefit our population.

About us

Launceston Medical Centre is a large dispensing practice providing care to around 19,000 patients in and around Devon and Cornwall.

We enjoy working from modern, purpose-built premises. The partners and staff have a shared belief in the delivery of high quality, traditional and personal family healthcare. Our patients enjoy good access to care, and we have a strong ethos to recognise their needs when driving forward patient services. It is important to the partners to treat our staff well. We are proud to be a teaching Practice. To promote a multi-disciplinary team approach, we share our premises with other providers including mental health services and social prescribers.

Job responsibilities

We are seeking a creative, adaptable Band 7 Clinical Psychologist to join our primary care team based in a GP practice and Health Hub in Launceston. This unique 12-month post offers the freedom to work trans-diagnostically across the lifespan and/or to focus on a specific interest around children or older people. You will deliver innovative psychological care within general practice and be part of large-scale community psychology initiatives which are later hoped to expand the contract length.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctoral-level qualification in Clinical Psychology.
• Current HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.

About you

Essential

• Passion for community psychology, group work, and service innovation.
• Enthusiasm and passion for utilising the broad Clinical Psychology skillset for the benefit of individuals, populations and professional settings.
• Able to benefit from regular Clinical supervision and joint working as a curious, lifelong learner.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of using a clinical system

Desirable

• Awareness of GP practice Clinical Psychology research or modality; experience may be an advantage, but it is not a requirement.