Principal Clinical Psychologist

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced, compassionate and forward-thinking Principal Clinical Psychologist to join our Children and Young People's Mental Health service in West Lancashire. This is an excellent opportunity to take a senior clinical role within a comprehensive multidisciplinary team, helping us deliver high-quality, formulation-led and evidence-based care to children and young people, their families and carers.

You will bring highly specialist clinical expertise alongside the confidence to provide leadership, consultation and supervision across the service. Working autonomously within professional guidelines, you will also play an important part in clinical governance, service improvement, research, audit and the development of psychological practice across the locality

Main duties of the job

As Principal Clinical Psychologist, you will:

o provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for children and young people with complex needs;o draw on evidence-based models and specialist therapies, which may include CBT, systemic approaches and EMDR;o undertake and advise on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management;o offer specialist advice, consultation and clinical leadership to multidisciplinary and multi-agency colleagues;o contribute to care planning and, where appropriate, act as care coordinator;o provide clinical and professional supervision to qualified and assistant psychologists, psychological therapists and colleagues from the wider MDT;o support trainee clinical psychology placements and contribute to teaching, training and workforce development;o help oversee the governance and quality of psychological and therapeutic provision, including outcomes monitoring, professional development and job planning; ando lead and contribute to research, audit, service evaluation, policy development and improvement work.

About us

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

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Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
• Professional Registration with appropriate professional body (HCPC registered as a clinical Psychologist)

Knowledge

Essential

• Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
• Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health.

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of substantial post-qualification experience.
• Demonstrable experience of conducting complex audit, research and service evaluation.
• Experience of teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision.