Principal Clinical Psychologist

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative adaptable highly specialist clinical psychologist keen to develop, co-ordinate and ensure the systematic provision of psychology services for paediatric and Teenagers and Young Adult (TYA) oncology and haematology services and paediatric benign haematology services. This is an exciting opportunity to lead to an innovative and well established paediatric and TYA cancer service.

Psychological Health Services is an award-winning department, recognised for a commitment to leadership and the development of Trustwide psychological services.

As a university teaching trust research and quality improvement forms part of UHBW's mission to support excellence in delivery of patient care, alongside education and applied research of the highest quality. We are engaged in high profile national professional networks at a senior level across BPS, NHS and charitable sector organisations.

Psychological Health Services take pride in their commitment to providing high quality and accessible CPD and access to skilled clinical and peer supervision.

We work together to grow and shape the department; we make effective use of a variety of internal communication tools so you are up to date and can link in with surveys about what matters to you. Membership of departmental service delivery groups give the opportunity to broaden skills and experiences and be involved in wider psychology initiatives.

Main duties of the job

• Leadership of a team of specialist psychologists working across multiple clinical pathways (paediatric and TYA oncology and haematology) and ensuring equitable and timely psychological assessment and intervention is offered.
• To provide direct individual specialist psychological assessment and intervention services, as required to meet identified psychological needs in a uni- and multi-professional manner, as appropriate. This may include the use of standardised psychometric assessments.
• To provide a specialised applied psychological perspective to multi-disciplinary teams and services within scope of the service to enhance the psychological support, team meetings and service development meetings across the services and networks covered by this post, to enhance the quality and safety of psychological care and support provided for patients and their families.
• To provide an indirect clinical service through specialised psychologically informed advice, consultancy and training on appropriate psychological assessment and interventions at all levels of need (individual, team or organisation) for the services covered by this post.
• To undertake the day-to-day line management of, and ensure appropriate professional supervision is provided for: qualified Practitioner Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, Trainee Psychologists and any other staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.