Band 8c Consultant Clinical Psychologist - Bristol

Do you bring passion and commitment to delivering high quality care? Do you bring extensive understanding, skills and experience to the clinical needs of people with a Learning Disability and or Autism? If so, the role ofResponsible Clinician-Consultant Clinical Psychologist provide you with an exciting career opportunity to be part of our new service implementation.

Avon and Wiltshire Partnership are looking for an exceptional person to provide leadership to deliver excellent care for people with a learning disability and to autistic people in our specialist acute inpatient mental health service and outreach team, opening in 2025.As part of the South West NHS England programme to transform end to end pathways in the region, AWP aims to be a centre of excellence. You will be employed to work as a core member of the project team, until opening in the autumn. You will be instrumental in the development, implementation and delivery of the clinical and operational model, especially in relation to psychological therapies. You will take a leadership role within the wider psychology services for people with learning disabilities in the trust, joining a team of enthusiastic and dedicated community based Psychologists. We are committed to supporting your professional development. This includes providing opportunities for further training and development,
including training as a Multi-professional Approved / Responsible Clinician if required., As the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, you will provide specialist integrated clinical leadership and management in relation to psychological therapies across the unit, community outreach team, wider AWP and wider system. You will lead the strategic development and groundwork e.g. structures/processes for psychological therapies staff members, ensuring co-production is at the heart of this. You will have the opportunity to lead the recruitment of Therapies staff and the integration of psychological therapies as an integral part of the work of the team. Core to the role will be facilitating the development of a trauma informed environment from which staff can provide trauma informed care, underpinned by a culture of learning, continuous evaluation and compassionate, inclusive and collective leadership.

The post holder will oversee the development of an innovative evidence based service, encompassing both psychological therapies and psychologically informed interventions. Once the unit is open, the post holder will hold a caseload of highly complex cases.

You will lead a programme of service evaluation, hosting trainee/student placements and promote the units involvement in research that facilitates the development of the evidence base. The post holder will also providing leadership for Learning Disabilities Psychological Therapies across the trust. Please see Job Description for more information.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

You will receive excellent support and supervision from well-established management and therapies teams. There will be opportunities for continuing professional development and development of innovative research projects. We have close links to the University of Bath, the University of Exeter and the University of South Wales.

Issues of diversity, accessibility and equality of access are priorities for any successful applicant.