Clinical Psychologist/senior Psychological

**Clinical Psychologist/Senior Psychological Therapist - DBT**:
**Band 8b**:
**Main area**
- Mental Health
- **Grade**
- Band 8b
- **Contract**
- Permanent
- **Hours**
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share

37.5 hours per week
- **Job ref**
- 201-22-1090**Site**
- Chy Govenek
- **Town**
- Truro
- **Salary**
- £56,164 - £65,262 Per annum /pro rata
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- Today at 23:59Thank you for your interest in joining us at **Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.**

**We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.**

**_ Strategic Themes_**

**_ Great Care_**:

- We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns._

**_ Great Organisation_**_ _**:

- We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems._

**_ Great People _**:

- We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care._

**_ Great Partner_**:

- With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people’s quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

**_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._**

**Job overview**:
There is so much positive growth and innovation going on in Cornwall right now. Our community transformation is underway.

A component of this is the expansion of our Dialectical Behaviour Therapy team, where Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is a core offer.

DBT is embedded within our Integrated Community Mental Health Teams (ICMHT's) too.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy needs a new clinical leader to oversee an ever-expanding group of DBT therapists and also play a part in developing the Structured Clinical Management clinical pathway.

This person will be a dedicated, enthusiastic, and passionate champion of DBT and other treatments that support clients with complex emotional difficulties.

**Main duties of the job**:
You will be a registered psychologist and accredited DBT therapist, ideally accredited as a DBT supervisor as well, or a DBT therapist and supervisor with substantial experience delivering, supervising, training, and overseeing DBT and/or psychological therapies.

You will offer therapy, supervision and consultation, and ensure that DBT groups are available across primary and secondary care. Through dynamic leadership you will support and encourage our DBT workforce, ensuring that they have opportunities for personal and professional growth and development.

You will ensure and oversee succession planning, audit and evaluation, performance reporting, clinical governance and day-to-day DBT delivery. You will also need to oversee and coordinate the training and supervision needs of our DBT workforce

**Working for our organisation**:
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great