Job summary
Principal Clinical Psychologist
Neurodevelopmental and Learning Disability Pathways
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Bradford District
A unique opportunity has arisen for an experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our leadership team in Bradford. The role is supported by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and a team of Principal Psychologists who work collaboratively and creatively to deliver excellence across the Service. Psychological Therapists from a range of therapeutic orientations, Practitioner Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists work under the Psychological Therapy umbrella to support work at all levels of the system, ensuring psychological understanding and formulation is embedded from the front door of patient care through to service development and representation at a wider professional and organisational level.
Closing- 1st March 2024
Shortlisting- 4th March 2024
Interviews - W/C 18th March 2024
Main duties of the job
-To act independently and use own initiative within appropriate operational guidelines and service protocols; deciding where necessary to refer to the Clinical Lead and/or Head of Psychological Therapies.
-To act independently and use own initiative within appropriate occupational and clinical guidelines; deciding where necessary to refer to the Clinical Lead and/or Head of Psychological Therapies.
-Provide specialist evidence based psychological therapy, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
-Provide clinical/professional leadership, supervision, consultation and advice on psychological therapies.
-Provide clinical/professional leadership, service/policy development, specialist teaching and advice for a designated portfolio of clinical pathway(s).
-Support adherence to relevant NICE guidance and clinical governance arrangements.
-To ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning by undertaking research and development activities relevant to the service area.
-Work with the Clinical Lead and/or Head of Psychological Therapies on service development, leading research and development activities.
About us
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is an opportunity for an experienced and skilled clinician wishing to progress to incorporate more strategic, systemic and leadership opportunities alongside clinical delivery, working together to provide a high quality of service to all our families.
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is an opportunity for an experienced and skilled clinician wishing to progress to incorporate more strategic, systemic and leadership opportunities alongside clinical delivery, working together to provide a high quality of service to all our families.
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Relevant qualifications for position
Desirable
- Leadership training
- Teaching (clinical practice) qualification/certificate or equivalent experience
- Training in trauma informed care
- Training in advanced clinical supervision
- Additional qualifications associated with research e.g. PhD
- Additional training and/or experience in neuropsychology
Experience and Skills
Essential
- Significant experience in relevant area of mental health practice
- Application of evidenced based specialist psychological therapies relevant to the clinical service
- Application of specialist psychological therapy within individual and group modality
- Clinical leadership experience
- Experience of teaching, training, supervision and consultation
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
- Significant post qualification experience and training
- Involvement in innovative clinical practice
- Involvement in clinical research programmes
- Experience applying specialist psychological therapy to patients who have complex difficulties
- Involvement in the development and provision of clinical teaching programmes
Desirable
- Leading innovative clinical practice
- Leadership of clinical research programmes
- Leadership of clinical teaching programmes
- Publication of research relevant to psychological therapy
- Experience of leading or participating in regular reflective practice around themes such as anti-racism in therapy, power in mental health, the impact of health inequality and cultural curiosity
- Experience working within a trauma informed framework
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Relevant qualifications for position
Desirable
- Leadership training
- Teaching (clinical practice) qualification/certificate or equivalent experience
- Training in trauma informed care
- Training in advanced clinical supervision
- Additional qualifications associated with research e.g. PhD
- Additional training and/or experience in neuropsychology
Experience and Skills
Essential
- Significant experience in relevant area of mental health practice
- Application of evidenced based specialist psychological therapies relevant to the clinical service
- Application of specialist psychological therapy within individual and group modality
- Clinical leadership experience
- Experience of teaching, training, supervision and consultation
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
- Significant post qualification experience and training
- Involvement in innovative clinical practice
- Involvement in clinical research programmes
- Experience applying specialist psychological therapy to patients who have complex difficulties
- Involvement in the development and provision of clinical teaching programmes
Desirable
- Leading innovative clinical practice
- Leadership of clinical research programmes
- Leadership of clinical teaching programmes
- Publication of research relevant to psychological therapy
- Experience of leading or participating in regular reflective practice around themes such as anti-racism in therapy, power in mental health, the impact of health inequality and cultural curiosity
- Experience working within a trauma informed framework
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
