Key responsibilities include collaborating with operational management and senior clinical colleagues to enhance psychological services, supervising and providing professional guidance to psychology staff and the broader multidisciplinary team. The role emphasises strong interpersonal skills and a compassion-focused leadership approach. Candidates must meet specific eligibility criteria and may be offered relocation assistance. Additional benefits include a competitive NHS pension scheme, flexible working options, and access to employee assistance programs.
We are seeking to recruit a Consultant Clinical Psychologist to provide professional and clinical leadership to the Long Term Conditions Service in South Cumbria. Applicants need to support key principles of compassionate leadership, psychological safety and demonstrate a commitment to support staff wellbeing and high quality patient care.
The Department offers specialist psychological input across Cumbria to patients with physical health problems. The Health Psychology service aims to promote psychological well being for patients with LTC's, for example COPD, coronary heart disease, diabetes, cancer and palliative care. This post holder will take the lead in the ongoing development of this comprehensive pathway in South Cumbria built on a biopsychosocial model. The pathway will work across secondary and primary care.
We are offer a range of care and a wide range of therapeutic modalities including ACT , EMDR and CFT. This service focuses on the nurturing and growth of both staff and service users.
There will be an emphasis upon interpersonal skills to form a compassion focused approach to leadership and team working. This will be an essential part of working collaboratively with operational management and other senior clinical colleagues to develop the offer of psychological services within teams and to lead on providing outcomes on psychology service delivery.
This strong focus upon interpersonal skills will also form a fundamental part of providing the supervision and professional leadership to psychology and wider MDT staff.
Please see the attached job description and person spec for full details of required roles and responsibilities.
Lower grades may be considered with suitable experience. Job descriptions for band 8c & band b are attached.
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Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
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The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Please note the cost of the DBS check has increased from 2nd December 2024
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
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