Principal Clinical Psychologist

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced clinical psychologist to join Rotherham, Doncaster and North Lincolnshire NHS Trust. We are keen to develop our clinical psychology service in order to provide the highest level of evidenced based care to children and young people accessing the service.

RDASH offers a multidisciplinary assessment and intervention service to children and young people up the age of 18. Clinicians appointed to these psychology posts will offer a specialist clinical psychology input. This will allow the post holders an exciting and varied opportunity to provide, and further develop their skills across, a range of specialist psychological assessments and therapeutic interventions. Additional post-qualification training in a therapeutic approach would be highly desirable.

The posts can be appointed to flexibly dependent on experience and would be suitable for newly qualified clinicians, those looking for career development opportunities, or those already well-established at the principal psychologist grade. Regular supervision will be offered from within the psychology team and we actively support opportunities for CPD.

Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber Trust has a thriving and active network of clinical psychologists who meet on a regular basis to ensure professional connectedness and development.

Please see attached document for more information.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a clinical psychologist with excellent clinical skills, and a passion for working with children and young people with a broad range of mental health needs across the lifespan. The successful candidate will have a strong drive to work collaboratively as part of the getting advice and getting help teams to enhance formulations, care plans and specialised intervention work. They will be committed the principles of recovery, have effective interpersonal and time management skills, as well as being a responsive and motivated team player.

We have a strong and thriving community of clinical psychologists and psychological therapists within our children's mental health teams. We are strongly invested in supporting staff development through further training opportunities and there is a strong focus on quality supervision provided by our Consultant Clinical Psychologists but also specialist supervision groups for supporting clinical practice within particular models of practice including EMDR and CAT.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://ptracaccpublic.blob.core.windows.net/docs-employer/340/2515/Main_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf