Consultant Psychologist

Job summary

We are looking to employ an experienced Practitioner Psychologist to join our well-established CLDT services.

You will work alongside the General and Service Managers and other clinical and team leads to provide excellent quality assessments and interventions to adults with Learning Disabilities.

Your teams will include a range of Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, Allied Health Professionals, Psychiatrists, Nursing and Social Care Colleagues. Key tasks of this role include oversight and governance of the psychological treatment pathways for people with Learning Disabilities, contributing towards Coventry and Warwickshire's Transforming Care Programme and clinical oversight and governance of the Psychological Professions in the CLDTs.

There is robust multi-professional working within the service and with partner agencies and providers, with the contribution of the psychological professions being highly valued.

Main duties of the job

To oversee the psychological professionals working within the CLDTs, as their professional lead, so as to ensure the safe, effective and timely delivery of psychological assessments and interventions.

To provide a psychological perspective within CLDT leadership work including pathway development, clinical governance, etc.

Please see JD for a detailed description.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.