Principal Clinical Psychologist (3K Welcome Bonus )

Job overview

£3k or Re-location bonus available ( T&C'S Apply)

My name's Keir Brisbane and I am the new Service Manager for the Youth Service.

In our service we support young people (aged 14-25 years) who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties. We have enthusiastic and skilled staff who provide the support that is needed - and they are motivated to make a real difference to young people, their families and carers.

As a service we are striving to meet the challenges that we are facing, and to create a working environment that is sustainable, effective for our young people, and fulfilling for our staff.

We are looking to recruit an inspired and confident Clinical Psychologist to provide quality containment, supervision and leadership to our clinical staff, and to contribute to the direction of the service. You will be supervised by the Consultant Clinical Psychologist with overall responsibility for the Youth service. You will have the opportunity to hold a small caseload; delivering skilled interventions to young people, and developing your skill set through training tailored to your interests.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Principal Clinical Psychologists within our Youth Service is to provide senior clinical leadership within the specified team, with an expectation that a proportion of time is spent involved in direct client work, alongside a significant focus upon leadership activities:

• Providing consultation to indirectly support the delivery of treatment by others.
• Providing clinical supervision to practitioners within the team.
• Progressing staff development in the team, informing and being informed by wider strategy.
• Collaborative and shared leadership of the team with the Community Team Manager and Consultant Psychiatrist.
• Establishing and leading on a psychologically safe and informed environment for teams and staff through positive leadership values and behaviours, including integrity, respect, compassion and curiosity.
• Providing a key role in team containment, working with professional systems, having difficult conversations, managing team emotions, and thinking clinically and systemically simultaneously.
• Running, contributing to or supporting service development projects in liaison with the Consultant Psychologist or other staff from the Senior Leadership Team.
• Providing and contributing significantly to the psychological practice of the team with a focus on quality, efficacy and increasing improvement.
• Working alongside the Consultant Clinical Psychologists for CFYP services across Suffolk and Norfolk in developing clinical pathway intervention packages.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached for details.

For further information, please contact Keir Brisbane-Langsdon at [email protected]

*any training provision will depend upon training providers availability and any exceptional factors related to organisational need.

Recruitment Premium

This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3,000 (pro-rata for part time roles). This is a one-off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment.

Please note the recruitment premium and relocation is for external applicants only. Not applicable to newly qualified applicants.

Relocation

If you are having to relocate for your role you are entitled to claim for up to £5,000 of relocation costs.  Once you have started in post, please access the New Starter page on the Trust intranet where you will find the full relocation policy and details of how to claim.  Please note you will need to provide receipts for your relocation expenses, if receipts can not be provided the relocation claim will be subject to tax.  If you leave the Trust within a 2 year period you will be required to reimburse all or some of the total amount claimed.

Please note the recruitment premium and relocation is for external applicants only. Not applicable to newly qualified nurses.

Previous applicants need not apply