Senior Clinical Pyschologist

Role: Senior Clinical Psychologist

Reports to: Head of Clinical Governance

Direct Reports: 2-5

Location: Remote (with occasional travel to Manchester)

*Please note this is 4 days a week*

Kooth is a fast-growing business with a social purpose. Listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:KOO), our mission is to provide welcoming and effective digital mental health support.

Working in partnership with the NHS, we are already the UK’s largest digital mental health platform for young people aged 10-25. We use the collective insight from over one million hours of professional support we have provided to guide people to self-help, community support, and professional help that matches their wants, needs, and goals in life.

Role Objective

This is a leadership role within the Clinical Team, with a senior role within clinical governance and the development of Clinical Psychology within the organisation. Your main role will be to support the Head of Clinical Governance in leading a multidisciplinary team of psychologists, counsellors and non clinically qualified staff and the functions that sit within the team.

Responsibilities:

Management & Leadership

• To support, and where appropriate lead, the day to day activity of the clinical governance team, ensuring prioritisation of workloads in line with strategic objectives and key results (including through direct line management).
• To ensure that clinical activity is underpinned by the needs of all service users as defined by the i-RESPOND clinical operating model, and supporting the continued improvement of the model’s application. 
• To support the development of the role of clinical psychology across Kooth, including Assistant Psychologists, finding ways to measure and demonstrate the impact.
• To provide highly specialist psychological advice and consultation to all colleagues within the clinical and service delivery teams specifically and also across the wider organisation as required.
• To work closely with the senior leadership teams with Service Delivery and Product to ensure that clinical innovation is always balanced against safety and clinical effectiveness.
• To utilise project management methodology to lead where appropriate on clinical organisational objectives, using a data driven approach.
• To lead by example in creating a ‘no blame’ culture and a psychologically safe environment for all employees.
• To deputise where necessary for the Head of Clinical Governance. 
• To act as the clinical lead for our integrated digital pathway, including: continued development of the clinical model; stakeholder liaison and engagement; support to the delivery staff; oversight of …