Clinical Psychologist - Band 8a

Full time 1.0 WTE Mon-Fri 9-5- permanent role

Due to expansion of the Coventry and Warwickshire Perinatal Mental Health Loss pathway we have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist to join our Perinatal Mental Health Team to work within the Psychology 'Loss Pathway,

Specialist training in relation to loss and trauma will be offered to the successful candidate.

The loss pathway is embedded within the Perinatal Mental Health Team and will be made up of Clinical psychology, Psychological therapist, Assistant psychologist, Midwifery and peer support . We are therefore looking for someone who values and enjoys multi-disciplinary working and has a high level of understanding of the distinct contribution psychological approaches can make to the service user recovery and to staff and team functioning.

Main duties of the job

Our staff pride themselves on being innovative, creative and responsive to meet the needs of our service users. We are well known for providing a positive working atmosphere and encourage people to join our team who are team players, supportive, resilient, confident and enthusiastic

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.

These include:

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 groups

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who can work confidently on their own as well as supporting the team. Good communication, problem solving skills and an interest in Perinatal Mental health are essential in this role.

You are required to be a driver with access to a car that can be used for business purposes. An ability to demonstrate the Trusts vision and values in practice is beneficial. The role has the expectation of supervising junior staff.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology

Experience

Essential

• Relevant assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist which should be within the peri-natal mental health specialty).
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.

Employer details

Employer name

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

Willenhall Primary Care centre

Remembrance Road

Coventry

CV33DG

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