Principal Applied Psychologist

We are looking for an experienced, applied psychologist to join us at our North Tees, adult mental health, community teams at a time of community transformation. The post would suit a compassionate, enthusiastic Psychologist, who is looking to develop their professional leadership skills in day-to-day leadership and governance of a psychological therapy resource. To support this, we use the leadership profiles for each psychology band, you will find these attached to the advert. Within this role, you will work closely with and be well supported by the Psychological Professional lead.

The post holder will work across the treatment and intervention team and the community hubs within north tees delivering effective, safe, and compassionate care. As a service, we are keen to support and invest in the ongoing development of our Psychologists through CPD opportunities.

We are responsive to the wellbeing of our psychology team and place a strong emphasis on self-care and supporting one another. This means there are clear job plans and people are encouraged to maintain a work/ life balance. We pride ourselves in building a positive working atmosphere and opportunities for development., The successful candidate will have significant experience of working psychologically with people who experience severe mental health problems and competencies in an evidence based psychological therapy. They will contribute to the collective clinical leadership of the service. They will be responsible for the provision of specialist psychological assessment and formulation, and the delivery of evidence based psychological therapy and clinical supervision. The post holder will contribute to service development and improvement within the locality and the professional leadership of psychological professions.

Applicants will be required to have post-graduate training (doctoral level equivalent) in clinical / counselling / forensic psychology (or its equivalent prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS and be registered in as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC. Significant experience and competencies in delivering and supervising evidence based psychological intervention is also essential.

The Trust is a strongly value based, person-centred organisation which has taken a strategic approach to continued service improvement, the modernisation of clinical roles and the introduction of care pathways embedded within a functioning system of governance.