Dopmh Consultant Practitioner Psychologist - Bodmin, United Kingdom - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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DOPMH Consultant Practitioner Psychologist:


Band 8c:


Main area

  • DOPMH Consultant Practitioner Psychologist
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Grade

  • Band 8c
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Contract

  • Permanent
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Hours

  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Full and part time hours are available)
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Site

  • Bodmin Hospital
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Town

  • Bodmin
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Salary
- £67,064 - £77,274 Per Annum / Pro Rata
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Salary period

  • Yearly
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Closing

  • 26/01/2023 23:59Thank you for your interest in joining us at
    Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

_ Strategic Themes_

_ Great Care_:


  • We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns._

_ Great Organisation__ _**:


  • We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems._

_ Great People _:


  • We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care._

_ Great Partner_:


  • With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people's quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.


_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._

Job overview:


Due to significant investment in psychological professions and psychological services in Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust (CFT), we are looking for a skilled and innovative person, to contribute as Consultant Psychologist in the next phase of our recruitment programme for Dementia and Older People's Mental Health services.

We are willing and able to be flexible in order to recruit the right person, including offering part-time and remote/hybrid working options as required.

The Trust is committed to leadership development in the psychological professions to drive forward developments in psychological services.

We are in the process of a transformation programme across the organisation to increase access to high quality psychological interventions.

We are committed to developing satisfying roles for all our staff and in working with you to develop our services to meet the needs of people in Cornwall.


We are looking for someone with a passion for supporting older people and people with dementia, who has the right expertise and experience to support our team at the beginning of a transformation of services.

We have ambitions to provide the best quality of care to our population and to provide the best workplace that supports individuals to reach their potential.


Main duties of the job:


  • To provide clinical leadership to the DOPMH Psychology and Psychological Therapies (PPT) team. To work autonomously, within professional guidelines, with responsibility for the governance of psychological practise within the PPT team.
  • In line with the national policy and local drivers, to provide a highly specialist clinical psychology and neuropsychology service to older adults with complex and intractable problems relating to severe serious mental, organic and physical illness.
  • To provide highly specialist consultancy and clinical supervision in this area to members of the PPT and DOPMH multidisciplinary teams within the Trust.
  • To participate in the Trust's longterm planning and development of services for people with dementia and older adults with serious mental illness. Alongside other Clinical Leads and senior managers, this includes contributing views to local transformation projects in developing services for people with dementia and older adults across integrated c

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