Principal Clinical Psychologist, Neonatal Unit

Job summary

To act as a Principal Clinical Psychologist providing high quality, highly specialist clinical psychology services as part of the Local Maternity and Neonatal System across Coventry and Warwickshire.

The post holder will have an active role in leading on the running of a 12 month pilot of a hub and spoke model of psychological care. This care will be delivered across the neonatal services provided at UHCW, Warwick and George Eliot Hospitals.

The post holder will clinically supervise and support the workload of other psychology colleagues, qualified staff, and assistant psychologists. They will offer advice and consultation on patient's psychological care to multi-disciplinary colleagues and work co-operatively in order to achieve the 12-month pilot project goals. They will work autonomously within professional guidelines, exercising full clinical responsibility. They will plan and implement service development within the neonatal teams and contribute to multidisciplinary service development along the patient pathway. They will utilise research skills for audit, service development and research. They will be an active member of the local, regional and national professional groups, representing and promoting the hospitals when appropriate.

Main duties of the job

This is an opportunity to join enthusiastic teams who are committed to providing high-quality services. This is a new post and provides opportunities for service development work, which will be guided by best practice standards and frameworks.

This service sits within a developing neonatal and paediatric psychology service, with opportunities for support from a wider health psychology provision across different departments in all of the Trusts. All psychologists regularly link up and are proactive in having this contact and supporting each other. There are also links with the regional universities for academic and research purposes. In addition, there are close links with community and third sector services, as well as regional and national specialty specific meetings. The postholder will also receive support from the Neonatal Operational Delivery Network Psychology Lead and peer support from another Principal Clinical Psychologist working in another Trust delivering a similar service.

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.