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- Prif leoliad
- Psychology
- Gradd
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Parhaol
- Oriau
- Rhan-amser - 22.5 awr yr wythnos
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 444-7051973-CG
- Cyflogwr
- Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- Swanswell Point
- Tref
- Coventry
- Cyflog
- £62,215 - £72,293 pro rota
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yn flynyddol
- Yn cau
- 30/03/2025 23:59
Teitl cyflogwr

Principal Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical Lead)
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
‘We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’
Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.
PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received.ÌýStaff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.
Please check your emails, including junk and spam folders, regularly throughout the process of your application for any notifications from the Recruitment Team.Ìý ÌýIf you have any queries regarding your application please phone the Partnership Trust Recruitment Department.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and dynamic practitioner psychologist (clinical/forensic/counselling) to join CWPT’s Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTRs) service as Clinical Lead.
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Working in this area of mental health is a fantastic use of a psychologist’s skills. If you are interested in utilising your experience in innovative ways that brings psychological thinking to the interface between criminal justice and mental health settings, then please call us to talk further.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
This post will be based with the Mental Health Treatment Requirement Service, which works closely with the Liaison and Diversion Team as well as the Forensic Community Mental Health Team. Core functions of the Clinical Lead role include providing information to inform sentencing, ensuring robust oversight of the intervention and delivering successful clinical outcomes and MHTRs in practice. This role and service are key in improving outcomes for clients with mental health support needs who are in contact with the criminal justice system.
This Principal Psychologist role will allow you to develop your skills as a clinical psychologist, leading the delivery of MHTRs, and developing provision in line with an exciting national agenda. This role will be essential in ensuring quality interventions in the MHTR service, working in liaison with colleagues across the health and criminal justice systems, and offering supervision and leadership for Mental Health Treatment Requirement Practitioners (Assistant Psychologists).
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
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:
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 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.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
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To work as a member of psychology services providing a high quality, specialist applied psychology service to patients and their families or carers, where there are highly complex presentations.
ÌýTo support specialist psychological assessments of service users attending Court to establish the appropriateness of a Mental Health Treatment Requirement. To supervise and support the assessment, formulation and treatment interventions provided by Assistant Psychologists.
In addition to support psychological practice within the team through consultation, supervision, formulation and training. To utilise research skills for audit, service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
Manyleb y person
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK] as approved by the HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Significant assessed experience of working as a qualified psychologist within acute / crisis settings/ /forensic settings.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, as an individual clinician and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
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Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Cressida Gaffney
- Teitl y swydd
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07741 703599
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