Consultant Practitioner Psychologist

• Provide clinical leadership for the Coventry and Warwickshire Migrant Mental Health team.
• Lead the ongoing development of the service, including referral pathways and the evolution of the clinical offer, actively incorporating the views and lived experience of service users.
• Develop the staffing structure for the Migrant Mental Health Service and develop clear, robust job plans that support high-quality, sustainable care.
• Ensure appropriate clinical supervision is provided to the psychological professions staff working in the team.
• Ensure the delivery of a culturally appropriate service, including the effective use of mental-health-trained interpreters.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary partners and colleagues to achieve agreed service outcomes and targets.
• Contribute actively to policy development, service improvement, and strategic planning across the wider system.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Candidate Information Pack Dec 24

Psychological Professions Brochure

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Essential: - Registration with the HCPC in Clinical or Counselling Psychology or equivalent. Further post - doctoral qualification / registration

Essential: - Substantial experience of working with migrant and refugee communities; - Experience of working with a range of clients, presenting a range of clinical severity and maintenance of professionalism in challenging circumstances.; - Experience of tailoring psychological assessment and intervention to individual needs.; - Experience of a senior clinical leadership role, with evidence of leading a team and working with internal and external system partners.; - experience of working therapeutically with both adults and children and young people, and will be able to integrate this across a whole-family approach to care.

Essential: - Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialist assessment methods and therapeutic approaches in relation to the client group.; - Well developed communication skills, suitable to the specialty.; - Experience in providing consultancy to colleagues.; - Knowledge of research and service evaluation methodology.; - Skills in the application of models of clinical supervision within the context of individual and team approaches.