Principal Clinical Psychologist Learning Disabilities

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Principle Clinical Psychologist to join our Community Learning Disability Teams across the footprint of Pennine Care.The learning disabilities care hub consists of community learning disability teams delivering services to adults aged 18+ years and with some provision to children and young people.The postholder will collaborate with Principal Psychologists from across the Learning Disability Care Hub to take an active role in coordinated service development and engagement by supporting.

• Service improvements
• Development and delivery of training
• Conducting research, audit, and evaluation.
• Development of treatment pathways

Working under the supervision of a Consultant Psychologist and in partnership with learning disability locality leads the postholder will play a pivotal role in developing the Learning Disability care hubs clinical offer, regarding the promotion, management, and implementation of a psychologically informed model of care.The postholder will provide opportunities for support, clinical leadership, and guidance across the multi-disciplinary teams with a view to supporting evidence-based practice, a culture of reflection and learning in addition to playing a key role in supporting the well-being of our workforce. In addition, the postholder will carry a caseload from across the designated service (localities). Caseload will be determined via clinical supervision and include cases of significant risk and acuity identified primarily through local dynamic risk registers (Transforming care).The post holder will work to support the wider clinical activities of the clinical psychology workforce within the care hub and provide cover and support across the localities in the event of staff absence. The post holder may be expected to provide clinical supervision duties to both qualified and unqualified psychologists. The post holder will also play an active role in the promotion of psychology and representation of practitioner psychologists across the care hub and wider systemsPennine Care is a Mental Health and Learning Disability NHS Foundation Trust providing a wide range of care within the community and inpatient services across a large geographical footprint across Greater Manchester.The Learning Disability Care Hub sits within the Specialist Network across 5 localities and consists of a number of teams that are friendly, caring and compassionate and strives to deliver outstanding care and treatment to service users with a learning disability and / or autism. Our services have a strong multidisciplinary approach consisting of multiple professionalsFor further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jeremy Bentham Job title: Associate Director of Learning Disabilities Email address: jeremy.bentham@nhs.net Telephone number: 07912455162Presentation Will Be Required For Candidates Shortlisted For InterviewPlease provide a 10 minute presentation describing the benefits of a specialist patient facing clinical model and how it could be combined and balanced with a targeted consultation model.