Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Lead within the Op Courage service in the North of England. We would welcome candidates who are looking for a permanent or interested in a secondment opportunity.
The post holder will work alongside the Operational Service Lead and with our partner organisations.
Services within the collaborative include: -
o Cumbria Northumberland Tyne and Wear
o Combat Stress
o Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
o Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust -Home
o Walking With the Wounded
o Pennine Care Foundation NHS Trust
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical leadership and act as a champion within the defined area.
To foster a culture of multi-professional engagement in the improvement of care across the service for veterans.
To ensure quality improvement programmes benefit from the best clinical expertise available.
To promote and monitor quality assurance (such as clinical audit/data), which support individual professional development and inform commissioners and provider organisations.
To maintain credibility with all key partners, fostering a culture of collaboration for the delivery of Key Functional Responsibilities
Communicate effectively in a flexible and demanding environment and proactively engage with stakeholders.
To supervise, develop and grow our clinical workforce.
To understand, communicate and support the implementation of clinical policy relating to treatments (including NICE Quality Standards and Outcome Strategies).
To chair the meeting/specific groups as appropriate.
To ensure that clinical leadership is central to the delivery, presenting reports to the Partnership Board and NHSE.
The post holder will be expected to display the organisational values at all times, working as part of a provider collaborative system for the delivery
About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 7th October 2025
Closing date : 21st October 2025
We welcome your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 7th October 2025
Closing date : 21st October 2025
We welcome your application.
Person Specification
Education and Knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and Neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the HCPC and British Psychological Society.
- HCPC registered practitioner psychologist
Desirable
- Qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology. Non-medical approved clinician
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Substantial post qualification experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings
- Substantial further specialist training and experience, equivalent to at least 6 years' experience, including being able to demonstrate further specialist training
- Substantial post qualification experience of delivering evidence based psychological therapy training to a range of professional groups.
- Substantial experience of providing clinical supervision.
Desirable
- Experience of leading R&D programmes.
- Experience of professional management.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Specialist skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management. Specialist skills in evidence based psychological interventions and in adapting interventions to individual complex needs and complex systems.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Specialist teaching & training skills.
- Specialist skills in providing clinical supervision and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills in strategic/organisational work and service development / redesign.
Role Specific
Essential
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure of highly emotive behaviour.
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- Ability to articulate and interpret clearly the role of psychological services and the profession of clinical psychology based upon a good understanding of the framework of government and national professional policy.
Person Specification
Education and Knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and Neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the HCPC and British Psychological Society.
- HCPC registered practitioner psychologist
Desirable
- Qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology. Non-medical approved clinician
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Substantial post qualification experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings
- Substantial further specialist training and experience, equivalent to at least 6 years' experience, including being able to demonstrate further specialist training
- Substantial post qualification experience of delivering evidence based psychological therapy training to a range of professional groups.
- Substantial experience of providing clinical supervision.
Desirable
- Experience of leading R&D programmes.
- Experience of professional management.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Specialist skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management. Specialist skills in evidence based psychological interventions and in adapting interventions to individual complex needs and complex systems.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Specialist teaching & training skills.
- Specialist skills in providing clinical supervision and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills in strategic/organisational work and service development / redesign.
Role Specific
Essential
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure of highly emotive behaviour.
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- Ability to articulate and interpret clearly the role of psychological services and the profession of clinical psychology based upon a good understanding of the framework of government and national professional policy.
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. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
