Lead Clinical Psychologist - Truro, United Kingdom - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Truro, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Lead Clinical Psychologist:

Band 8b:

Main area

Clinical Psychologist

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Grade

Band 8b

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Contract

Permanent

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Hours

Part time hours per week

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Site

Lemon Street Villas,

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Town

Truro

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Salary
- £56,164 - £65,262 Pro Rata
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Salary period

Yearly

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Closing

27/02/2023 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:

Would you like become the Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist within a rapidly developing service for Autistic young people and/or those with a Learning Disability? We've been commissioned by Kernow ICB as part of the NHS Long Term Plan to continue to develop services through the community 'Keyworking' model.

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We work with young people who are at risk of Mental Health hospital admission or already in Hospital or who are facing a potential placement breakdown.

We are also aspiring to reach those most vulnerable young people, by making sure that young people and families get the right support at the right time.

We are a passionate team, we make a real difference to lives and we have fantastic feedback from parents and young people about the support that we offer.

We are a small countywide service with a range of professionals in our team, we are forward thinking and we are truly committed to excellent quality.

We are strengths focussed, flexible, consistent and we uphold the rights and voice of the young person, we challenge, we collaborate with other services, but most of all we love what we do and the young people we work with.

If you have a passion for developing services, fresh ideas and enthusiasm, relevant experience and knowledge, this post is an exciting prospect.

You'll also be part of wider Neurodevelopment Strategic planning as we embark on a journey of change in our pathways for all children who need them.

Main duties of the job:

You'll represent Clinical Psychology and the psychological professions within wider Inpatient Services, the Acute Hospital Trusts, Community Mental Health services network, other Trust's services and stakeholders, including Parent Carer Forums and the Voluntary sector.

To be responsible for a small caseload of highly complex presentations, providing a highly specialist systemic clinical psychology service and consultation, and part of a wider Multi-Disciplinary Group of Professionals across a range of services and agencies.

To take the Clinical Lead role in this highly motivated team to ensure safe, effective, timely and holistic interventions are delivered, monitoring outcomes in terms of our clinical practice but also supporting the keyworker role.

To work with the Team manager and Operational Lead to further develop the service in line with the Long Term Plan for Neu