Consultant Clinical Psychologist and strategic lead

Consultant Clinical Psychologist and strategic lead

Iris Care Group is seeking a committed, experienced and values-driven clinician to join us in a senior clinical leadership role at a pivotal stage of our development.

This role combines strategic clinical leadership with hands‑on clinical practice. You will provide leadership and support to clinical and operational colleagues working across our learning disability and autism services, while also holding a defined clinical caseload aligned to your expertise and interests.

We welcome applications from clinicians with experience in:

• Learning Disability services
• Forensic Learning Disability services
• Social care and complex care environment

To provide clinical and strategic leadership and management to the psychology teams and services for people with Intellectual Disabilities operated by Iris Care Group, spanning inpatient, residential education and community social care services.

To provide leadership, regarding psychological assessment and treatment delivery, to psychologists and other members of the MDT who deliver psychological interventions to people with an intellectual disability across ICG.

To develop, implement and evaluate, along with other staff qualified in the provision of Positive Behavioural Support, coherent and evidence based programmes for the delivery of such interventions by the MDT.

To develop systems within the organisation to ensure that positive approaches to challenging behaviour become embedded into the general functioning and culture of the organisation.

To ensure that clinical input is integrated with operational delivery and is supportive of identified person‑centred outcomes for all service users within the service. To work closely with operational staff to achieve this.

To provide specialised psychological assessment and therapy to a defined caseload of service users, which reflects relevant knowledge and understanding of Intellectual Disabilities, challenging behaviour and Autism.

To contribute to the development of local team policies and procedures in order to facilitate improvements in service quality and to formulate and deliver implementation plans in order to support continuous improvement.

To be familiar with and to utilise formal quality improvement methodology in order to inform and deliver practice improvements.

To train other professionals and contribute to the training of Applied Psychologists.

To utilise specialised research skills for audit, policy and service development, and research.

To liaise, as a senior clinician, with commissioners and statutory bodies as appropriate.

To support the role of the Clinical Director and deputise as necessary to ensure the effective running and delivery of the clinical services directorate.

To work autonomously in accordance with The British Psychological Society Code of Conduct, Ethical Principles & Guidelines, and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.

To work to the professional guidelines for Clinical Psychologists as directed by the Health and Care Professions Council.

You will join a large, growing and supportive multidisciplinary clinical team, working collaboratively across services and professional disciplines. We have a supportive team of Psychiatrists, Clinical, Forensic and Counselling Psychologists, Allied Health Professionals and experienced social care staff.

The clinical department has a strong track record in:
Research and service improvement, Innovation in complex care and contribution to national discussions and professional networks.

Clinicians regularly contribute to national conferences and communities of practice. We also support trainee clinical and forensic psychologist placements through partnerships with local universities.

For an informal call please contact:
Dr Andrew Hider A or Dr Hayley Thomas - ha

• Postgraduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies…