Clinical Psychologist - Learning Disabilities Professional Lead

Job summary

We have a rare and exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiasticBand 8b Clinical Psychologistwith Learning Disabilities experience to join our friendly and welcoming Learning Disabilities service within Wiltshire as a professional lead.

Within our Learning Disabilities service you will be part of a collaborative team that values each others individual experience and you will have the opportunity to explore any particular fields of interest and share your knowledge with your colleagues.

If you are an experienced and skilled Band 8b Psychologist seeking progression into a more managerial role this is a great opportunity for you! You will have opportunities to attend professional meetings, drive forward service development and really make a difference to the Learning Disabilities service.

There are opportunities for joint working and being part of a wider network for Psychologists through various forums. You will be supported by a friendly and innovative team who meet regularly.

If you are looking for a role with flexibility this is the role for you as we offer hybrid working. On the days that you arent out working within the community seeing service users you will have the opportunity to work from home contributing to a better work-life balance.

For this role it is essential that you have previous Learning Disabilities experience and that you hold a valid UK driving licence.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will:

• Offer an entirely autonomous highly specialist clinical psychology assessment and treatment service
• Provide an advanced and specialist treatment role utilising highly specialist knowledge and training in appropriate evidence-based psychological models (e.g. CBT, EMDR, DBT, PBS)
• Provide specialist consultancy, advice and clinical supervision to qualified clinical psychology staff and staff from other professions.
• Use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of care by the various teams in the area and where appropriate outside of the area.
• Contribute to audit, research, policy and service development within the areas served by the Psychological Therapies Service.
• Develop and deliver training in psychological therapies for multidisciplinary staff.
• Undertake management tasks as delegated by the Senior management team including caseload, supervision, appraisals and service development.
• Provide a leadership role within the Learning Disabilities Psychology service
• Undertake relevant research and teaching in specialist clinical areas.

For a full list of responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Swindon

Wiltshire

SN25 4AN

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Swindon

Wiltshire

SN25 4AN

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

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