Senior Clinical Psychologist

The Darwin Centre Adolescent Tier 4 Inpatient Service

8A Senior Clinical Psychologist

This position is offering the opportunity for Agile Working and working from home options for the right candidate.

Would you like to work creatively to meet the diverse needs of Children and Young People as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team? Are you motivated by innovation and supportive of services that place Children and Young People at the centre of care? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical Psychologist to work within the Darwin Centre.

The post-holder will be a Highly Motivated member of the Darwin Centre senior leadership team. The role will involve direct clinical work with patients, within the Darwin Centre and the Intensive Support Hub.

To be compassionate in meeting the needs of clients, their carers and families.

To provide clinical supervision and training to less experienced colleagues within the designated psychology service and to other members of the multidisciplinary team.

To undertake formal research as an integral part of the job and act as field supervisor to doctorate trainees.

To be proactive in continual service improvement within own area.

To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental ill health or learning disabilities.

To promote at all times a positive image of the service and the wider Trust.

Accountable for own professional practice in the delivery of specialist psychological assessment and care to clients who present in crisis with complex mental health conditions or learning disabilities which may include challenging behaviours.

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme”.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Glynis Harford Job title: Service Manager Email address: [email protected]