Senior Clinical Psychologist - FTC

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

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Job summary

Learning Disability and Autism Directorate - Band 8a Clinical Psychologist working into the North Warwickshire Community Learning Disability Team. This is a full-time one year fixed term / secondment post.

  • Are you looking for a job that can give you a diverse range of opportunities to learn and develop?
  • Would you like to work in a service where Psychologists are highly valued?
  • Would you like to be offered excellent support and supervision?
  • Do you want more opportunities to develop professionally?

Main duties of the job

We are looking to employ Clinical Psychologists to join our well established team already inputting into the CLDT. The Psychology teams include Clinical Psychologists and Art and Music Psychotherapists. There is strong multi-disciplinary working within the service and the contribution of psychological services staff is highly valued. Successful applicants will receive excellent support and regular, good quality supervision and opportunities for continuing professional development. We have well-established links with the Coventry and Warwick Doctoral Training courses in Clinical Psychology, providing core placements, teaching sessions and supervising doctoral research projects. We are also developing further research links with Warwick University and there will be a variety of opportunities to maintain and develop your research skills.

The Psychologist will provide input to this Learning Disability service in the form of specialist assessments and psychological interventions, team formulation, consultation, training and supervision of other qualified staff. There are exciting initiatives underway including involvement in a national trauma-aide trial looking at the use of EMDR in people with learning disabilities, behaviour clinics in line with the STOMP/STAMP agenda and a Community Based DBT programme all of which are demonstrating good outcomes for our clients.

About us

A job with Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust can provide all these things. As an organisation we provide comprehensive mental health and learning disability services to the population of Coventry and Warwickshire. This includes Brooklands which is a national and regional provider of Learning Disability Forensic Inpatient Services. We also provide community services for the people of Coventry and IAPT and learning disability services in Solihull. There are four Community Teams for adults with a Learning Disability throughout the organisation and an Intensive Support Team.

Date posted

23 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year Per Annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

444-6162567A-RM

Job locations

The Loft

2 Manor Court Avenue

Nuneaton

CV11 5HX


Job description

Job responsibilities

The community jobs will require travel across the Trust so car owner/driver or suitable alternative transport arrangements will be required to enable you to undertake the job. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS Check.

For further information please contact Sam Larcombe, Principal Clinical Psychologist at sam.larcombe@covwarkpt.nhs.uk or Zoe McGovern, Interim Consultant Clinical Psychologist at zoe.mcgovern@covwarkpt.nhs.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

The community jobs will require travel across the Trust so car owner/driver or suitable alternative transport arrangements will be required to enable you to undertake the job. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS Check.

For further information please contact Sam Larcombe, Principal Clinical Psychologist at sam.larcombe@covwarkpt.nhs.uk or Zoe McGovern, Interim Consultant Clinical Psychologist at zoe.mcgovern@covwarkpt.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registration with the HPC in Clinical Psychology

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with adults
  • Experience of working with a range of clients, presenting a range of clinical severity and maintenance of professionalism in challenging circumstances
  • Experience of tailoring psychological assessment and intervention to individual needs
  • Postgraduate experience / training and skills in supervision including the supervision of doctoral trainees
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registration with the HPC in Clinical Psychology

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with adults
  • Experience of working with a range of clients, presenting a range of clinical severity and maintenance of professionalism in challenging circumstances
  • Experience of tailoring psychological assessment and intervention to individual needs
  • Postgraduate experience / training and skills in supervision including the supervision of doctoral trainees

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

The Loft

2 Manor Court Avenue

Nuneaton

CV11 5HX


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

The Loft

2 Manor Court Avenue

Nuneaton

CV11 5HX


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Interim Principal Clinical Psychologist

Sam Larcombe

sam.larcombe@covwarkpt.nhs.uk

02476315867

Date posted

23 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year Per Annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

444-6162567A-RM

Job locations

The Loft

2 Manor Court Avenue

Nuneaton

CV11 5HX


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