Consultant Clinical Psychologist - Inpatient Services

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Adult and Older Adults Mental Health Inpatient Speciality for an experienced and enthusiastic Consultant Clinical/Counselling Psychologist.   We welcome applications from experienced 8b’s who are looking to broaden and further develop their expertise and have a keen interest in developing further their leadership skills and service development.

We are looking for the post holder to support and lead service transformation across the wards, embedding cultural change in relation to positive behaviour support, embedding care pathways and evaluating outcomes.  The post holder will have clinical responsibility for the psychological provision for the 10 inpatient wards in the Mid Mersey locality (8 adult acute wards and 2 older adult wards) and will work closely with the Inpatient Consultant Psychologists and Clinical leads in the inpatient service line.

The post holder will work clinically in the Mid-Mersey Division, the exact site depending on service need.  Professional leadership is an essential aspect of the post and you will lead a team of 5 applied psychologists (8bs/7/8as) and 10 Assistant Psychologists. This is a great opportunity to join a caring and committed network of inpatient psychologists.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice, ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of all psychological services staff within the service for which the post holder has designated professional responsibility, including clear systems for effective recruitment, professional appraisal and the identification of CPD needs.

The post holder will be responsible for audit, policy and service development and research activities and/or programmes as required by the service. To propose and implement policy and service development changes within the area served. A work plan will be developed with the postholder which will be reviewed on a yearly basis depending on the needs of the service.

You will promote and maintain high standards of care whilst supporting and assisting to implement local and national strategies and initiatives. Developing and embedding clinical guidelines, pathways and processes will also be integral to this role, helping to hold the psychological framework, trauma informed care in mind for the teams, support reflective practice and post incident support is also part of the role. Excellent leadership, interpersonal, professional skills and substantial post qualified experience are necessary for the role, and we look forward to hearing from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We encourage applications from people who are from BME communities.

Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.