Prinicipal Clinical Pyschologist

The post holder will work alongside an experienced and enthusiastic Community Mental Health Team and Memory Assessment Service and will be responsible for providing a high quality clinical psychological service to older people in one of the four Neighbourhood team bases, Sedgemoor, Mendip, South Somerset and Taunton and West Somerset*. There is a strong emphasis on working alongside CMHT and MAS staff to help develop formulations and support staff to implement psychologically informed interventions for older adults with both organic and functional difficulties. This post also involves delivering highly specialist psychological therapy and neuropsychological assessment.

This post is part of a well-established Older People's Clinical Psychology Service in Somerset which employs eight qualified Clinical Psychologists, six Assistant Psychologists and hosts five - six Trainee Clinical Psychologists each academic year.

These posts can also be configured for a newly qualified Clinical Psychologist as a Band 7 preceptorship.
- There are four posts being advertised, one for each of these Neighbourhood Team bases