Band 8c Consultant Clinical Psychologist - Colchester, United Kingdom - Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Description

Job summary

A full-time Band 8c Consultant Clinical Psychologist position is available at the Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) Colchester. We are looking for a psychologist with excellent clinical skills, a committed team focus and experience of strategic change and service development. You'll adapt to a new organisational culture whilst still upholding the highest standards of professional practice.

The successful applicant will join a team of psychology colleagues providing a clinical psychology service with an occupational focus to Armed Forces personnel across the Central network. We have extended our service offer to include remote video consultation which provides opportunities for hybrid working. This role is supported from a base at Colchester where you will spend part of your working week in a well-established, cohesive multidisciplinary team.

If you are seeking a new challenge, enjoy working collaboratively and would like to add military mental healthcare to your career portfolio then this could be the role for you This is a full-time position that will offer the successful candidate hours per week and we'd welcome your interest and application.

Benefits

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will ensure the systematicprovision of a high-quality clinical psychology service within a definedclinical network (Central).

You will work autonomously within professional guidelinesand exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychologicalpractice within the service/team. You will work to ensure that systems are in place andworking effectively for the clinical delivery and professional supervision andsupport of all other staff within the service/ team for which the post holderhas designated responsibility. This will include clear systems for effectiverecruitment, professional appraisal, and the identification of continuingprofessional development (CPD) needs across the service/sector team.

You will act as a highly specialist resource to the widerprofessional community and, as a major requirement of the job, to carry outresearch activities, audit, policy and service development.

About us

Our success depends on our people, ourWhole Force, regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working togetherseamlessly to deliver for us.

Ourcivil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy,making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentaryprocesses. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is anexcellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments ingovernment.

TheMinistry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds andenabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full payfollowed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, andpaternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

Inreturn, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop thatrecognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better,we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.

Job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

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

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Civil Service Behaviours:

You will also provide a short (approximately 10 minutes) presentation on a topic relevant to the clinical role, the title of which will be shared with shortlisted candidates.

You will also be asked to discuss a clinical vignette.

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.

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To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.

We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - (

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact .

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Qualifications

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