NHS West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
8a Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Maternity Cover until 30th August 2026 - 22.5 hours per week. This position is offering the opportunity for Agile Working and working from home options for the right candidate.
Would you like to work creatively to meet the diverse needs of children and young people as part of a dynamic and friendly multidisciplinary team? Are you motivated by innovation and supportive of services that place children and young people at the centre of care?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to provide maternity cover within the Darwin Centre, a 14-bed general adolescent unit with a 'Good' CQC rating.
Responsibilities
* Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team comprising doctors, occupational therapy, dietician, nurses, social workers, family therapists and support staff to provide psychological trauma-informed care for young people.
* Deliver direct clinical work to young people at the Darwin Centre and clinical consultation with the wider multidisciplinary team.
* Provide teaching and training to staff and supporting post incident team reflection and reflective practice sessions.
* To be compassionate in meeting the needs of young people, their carers and families.
* To provide clinical supervision and training to less experienced colleagues within the designated psychology service and to other members of the multidisciplinary team.
* To undertake formal research as an integral part of the job and act as field supervisor to doctorate trainees.
* To be proactive in continual service improvement within own area.
* To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental ill health or learning disabilities.
* To promote at all times a positive image of the service and the wider Trust.
About Us
As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.
We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical / counselling psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
Experience
* Must have experience of: 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.
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.
UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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