About Job
Would you like to work alongside other friendly, enthusiastic and supportive psychological therapists in Adult Community Mental Health in North Derbyshire?
We are looking for a Clinical Psychologist, Band 8c who would like to provide clinical expertise to Chesterfield CMHT and manage the Working Age Adult Psychological Therapies team covering North Derbyshire. Our team of Psychologists & Psychological therapists are passionate about developing services that create meaningful change based on lived experience, so that people flourish, feel connected and empowered to pursue their aspirations.
This permanent role is offered as a part-time opportunity. We can offer a variety of flexible working options and welcome opportunities to work into other localities and specialisms.
We warmly welcome enquiries for a chat about the options and your interests.
Main duties of the job
Join our friendly Division of Psychology and Psychological Therapies (DPPT) at a truly exciting transformational time for us with our focus on 'Living Well' Community Mental Health Framework and trauma-informed care. Together, these developments have collaboration, lived experience, and compassionate relationships at the core and DPPT Services have a pivotal role.
You will be responsible for shaping the psychological input into the WAA Community Services in North Derbyshire. You will have a role in developing and leading on developments within the division of psychology and psychological therapies and the wider trust.
You will provide individual & group clinical work with your colleagues, promoting psychological ideas by offering advice and consultation in addition to supervision and training to colleagues, multi-disciplinary practitioners, the wider organisation, and contribute to service development.
We support and develop our staff to work with complexity, e.g., by access to training to support work with complex trauma & offer specialist supervision 1:1 or in facilitated groups for DBT, CFT, complex dissociation, Psychodynamic, CAT, CBT, or EMDR. We are strongly committed to research; there are many opportunities in our year-old Division.
About us
You will be based in Chesterfield Community Mental Health Team.
You will be joining a dynamic group of over 250 staff in our Division of Psychology & Psychological Therapies at a time of exciting, innovative and values-based transformation for place-based and needs-led integrated care across our localities, with trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive practice at the forefront of these developments.
Job responsibilities
You will be responsible for the psychological input to the WAA services in North Derbyshire. You will be leading a team of psychologists and psychological therapists in North Derbyshire. You will be expected to have substantial post-qualification experience in the field of adult mental health. You will be expected to have the ability and experience managing and supervising Clinical Psychologists. You will be expected to contribute to the work of the wider mental health community. You will be delivering high-quality psychological interventions to people with complex psychological difficulties and also support other clinicians in the delivery of services.
You will be accountable to the Deputy Head of Psychology and Psychological therapies and you will work into and be embedded within the WAA CMHT's. For a detailed description of the roles and responsibilities of the post please refer to the job description and job specification.
Person Specification
- Substantial post-qualification experience in the field of adult mental health
- Evidence of skills and ability to manage and supervise Clinical Psychologists
- Evidence of contributions to the wider mental health community
Qualifications
- Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology, Forensic Psychology and/or Counselling Psychology
- High level qualifications in specific therapeutic modalities
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£74,290 to £85,601 a year pro rata per annum
#J-18808-LjbffrRecommended Skills
- Clinical Works
- Community Mediation
- Community Mental Health Services
- Consulting
- Flexible Working
- Friendliness
Professional Field

