Band 8c Consultant Clinical Psychologist

A part-time Band 8c Consultant Clinical Psychologist position is available at the Mental Health Team (MHT), RAF Brize Norton. We are looking for a psychologist with excellent clinical skills, a committed team focus and experience of strategic change and service development. You will adapt to a new organisational culture whilst still upholding the highest standards of professional practice. The successful applicant will join a recently re-established mental health team at RAF Brize Norton and form part of a wider network of psychology colleagues providing a clinical psychology service with an occupational focus to Armed Forces personnel across South Wales and the South West. Our service offer includes remote video consultation which provides some opportunities for hybrid working within this office-based role. If you are seeking a new challenge, enjoy working collaboratively and would like to add military mental healthcare to your career portfolio then this could be the role for you! This is a part-time position that will offer the successful candidate 30 hours per week and we would welcome your interest and application.

Main duties of the job:

• The successful candidate will ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality clinical psychology service within the South West network (RAF Brize Norton).
• You will work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team.
• You will work to ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical delivery and professional supervision and support of all other staff within the service/team for which you have designated responsibility.
• This will include effective recruitment, professional appraisal, and the identification of continuing professional development (CPD) needs across the network/local team.
• You will act as a highly specialist clinical resource to the wider professional community and carry out service-level research, audit, policy and service development.

Job responsibilities:

• Providing highly developed specialist psychological assessments of clients based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, chain of command and others involved in the clients care.
• Formulating and implementing plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental and/or health problems based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
• Such treatment plans will accommodate the, sometimes conflicting, needs of the client and their military employer, and must have sufficient flexibility to enhance the clients operational efficacy whilst delivering optimum clinical care.
• This requires full liaison with other members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and the military executive/line-management system.
• Ensuring that all members of the wider clinical team have access to a psychologically based framework for the understanding and care of clients of the service, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological knowledge, research and theory.

Selection Process:

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed. Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application. The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Civil Service Behaviours: Changing and Improving, Making Effective Decisions, Leadership, Working Together, Managing a Quality Service, Delivering at Pace.

Further Information:

Requests to work flexibly and/or part-time will be considered, taking into account business needs. Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part-time hours are undertaken. All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check. Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate. The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact.