Principal Applied Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a service, we are keen to support and invest in the ongoing development of our Psychologists through CPD opportunities. To support this, we use the leadership profiles for each psychology band, you will find these attached to the advert.

We are responsive to the wellbeing of our psychology team and place a strong emphasis on self-care and supporting one another. This means there are clear job plans and people are encouraged to maintain a work- life balance. We pride ourselves in building a positive working atmosphere and opportunities for development.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Please do not hesitate to make contact for informal discussions about the role before applying.

This job advert may close early if a high volume of applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
• HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
• Completion of a BPS approved Clinical Supervision course for eligibility to provide supervision of applied psychology trainees
• Postdoctoral training in one or more additional specialised are of clinical practice (e.g. and evidence based Governed Psychological Therapy, Neuropsychology, Approved Clinician)
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Knowledge/Skills/Experience

Essential

• Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings
• Exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care as a care co-ordinator and leader of a multidisciplinary team
• Teaching, training and clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses
• Research and development within practice
• Active participation in quality and service improvement and evaluation across the service/ speciality
• Providing clinical and professional leadership to other qualified and non-qualified members of the profession
• Managing multi-agency service delivery models
• Leadership development commensurate with the banding as outlined on the NHS Leadership Academy Leadership Cards
• Substantial experience of recruitment of assistant, trainee or qualified psychologists or other professional staff groups including advising multi disciplinary colleagues regarding recruitment. Completion of NHS trust recruitment training (or within 6 months of commencing in post
• Evidence of positive influence regarding culture, power and privilege within direct clinical work, indirect clinical work and service development projects.
• Awareness of own leadership qualities, behaviours and approaches taking into account the importance of equality diversity and inclusion and demonstrating considerable professional maturity through development over time.
• Demonstrates a track record of centralising the needs of people who use clinical services and challenging self and others to broaden the influence of people with lived experience of trauma, adversity, mental ill health, learning disability and/ or autism on all aspects of the services
• Leads effectively with complex clinical presentations including both individual work and with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency professionals, as appropriate for speciality and service
• Demonstrates ability to provide containment and therapeutic progress for service users who require long term and complex interventions and the staff group/ family and carers as appropriate and where there are high levels of conflict and distress
• Contributes to quality assurance and governance within own service remit
• Demonstrates knowledge of governance structures and organisational structure and an understanding of the need to engage with quality and safety assurance processes within the trust
• Able to demonstrate the application of psychological skills and knowledge to leadership within the organisation
• Contributes to service developments in team, speciality and across service areas
• Teaching and training for staff and trainees
• To undertake formal research, audit and service evaluations as an integral part of the job and act as field supervisor to doctorate trainees. Promoting a culture of research and service improvement within the speciality and service area.
• Contributes to service developments in the team and service area as agreed with operational and psychological professional managers
• Proficiency in digital technologies to take account of new developments and technologies in order to work efficiently, confidentially and with appropriate informed consent.
• Understand the importance of own mental and physical health and well-being strategies in maintaining fitness to practice, adopting clear strategies for self-awareness and self-care to maintain a high standard of professional effectiveness and a safe working environment

Desirable

• Project Management

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Parkside Mental Health Resource Center/Foxrush House

Park Road North/ Green Square, Kirkleatham Business Park

Middlesbrough / Redcar

TS1 3LF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)