Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Programme Director

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About us

The IoPPN is a Faculty of King's College London and the largest academic community in Europe devoted to work contributing to the understanding, prevention and treatment of mental illness and other conditions that affect the brain. The IoPPN's greatest strength is the interdisciplinary nature of both its research strategy and educational activities, providing unique opportunities for students and staff.

IoPPN webpage: www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/index.aspx

Department of Psychology:

www.kcl.ac.uk/mental-health-and-psychological-sciences/about/departments...

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for a clinical academic in clinical psychology (Reader or Professor depending on qualifications, skills & experience) with strong research and clinical experience to lead the DClinPsy programme at the Department of Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London (IoPPN-KCL).

The DClinPsy Programme Director will report to the Head of Department and will work with the Dean of Education to provide strategic leadership and day-to-day oversight of the Programme. The post holder will work closely with other members of the senior members of the programme team to ensure that the programme maintains its current excellent standards of governance, teaching, and research and clinical training.

The post-holder will have management responsibility for programme staff and trainees guided by KCL policies. They will directly line manage and appraise members of the DClinPsy programme team including the senior management team.

The post-holder will ensure that the Programme meets all necessary accreditation and quality assurance criteria, such as those relating to KCL, BPS, HCPC, NHS England and secondary accreditation bodies (BABCP and AFT). They will Chair the Training Programme Committee and meetings of senior management team and core programme staff. They will represent the Programme at organisational level. They will have overall responsibility for managing an agreed budget for the training programme.

They will ensure that systematic monitoring procedures are in place across academic, clinical, research and selection components of the programme.

They will negotiate and manage training contracts. They will liaise and negotiate with key stakeholders such as SLAM and Salomons. They will contribute to UK clinical psychology training by attendance at appropriate professional committees and meetings and act as External Examiner to other programmes.

This role will constitute the large majority of the post-holder's education-related work plan. In addition, they may be asked to undertake some direct teaching in relevant areas of clinical or research specialisms on the DClinPsy and other undergraduate and post-graduate programmes.

As an academic appointment, the appointee will undertake activities additional to the programme director role as appropriate to their level of appointment. This includes undertaking and publishing internationally excellent research in an area of basic or applied psychology, supported by grant income (consistent with level of appointment). They will be expected to provide supervised research project opportunities for doctoral research students (DClinPsy/PhD) and where possible undergraduate and master's students. They will be expected to contribute through academic citizenship to the department, faculty and wider university.

It is expected that the appointee will hold an honorary contract with one of the King's Health Partner (KHP) NHS Trusts. KHP brings together research, education and clinical practice across three NHS Foundation Trusts - Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital, and South London and Maudsley - and a world-leading university, King's College London. The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK, serving a local population of 1.3 million people in south London, and delivering specialist services for children and adults across the UK and beyond. There are exciting opportunities to contribute to clinical-related activities in one of the leading health care services depending on the candidates areas of interest and experience.

This is a full time post, with an indefinite contract subject to passing probation.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. PhD in Psychology or closely related discipline and Doctoral level professional qualification in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy or equivalent)
2. Registered (or eligible to register before start date) as Practitioner Psychologists with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
3. Portfolio of internationally recognized research in a field of clinical psychology
4. At least 4 peer reviewed publications in the last five years, of "internationally excellent" quality (with substantive and critical contribution).
5. Experience of administrative functions such as performance management, staff development and budgetary responsibility.
6. Experience of postgraduate research student supervision (DClinPsy and/or PhD) to completion
7. Experience and understanding of the UK context of Clinical Psychology training including commissioning, policies, quality assurance, regulations, governance and administrative processes.
8. Substantive portfolio of internationally recognized research in a field of clinical psychology (Professor level only)
9. Sufficient PI and/or CI grant income over the last 5 years to maintain a substantive research team (**Professor level only) **
10. Substantive esteem indicators such as routinely invited to speak at international meetings, chair and organiser of national/international meetings, chairing and serving on professional and scientific grant committees and Editorial Boards. (Professor level only)

Desirable criteria

1. Fellow (or higher) of the Higher Education Academy (or equivalent) or eligible for membership
2. Sufficient PI and/or CI grant income over the last 5 years to maintain a research team.
3. Experience of working at a senior, national level in the area of clinical psychology training including membership of (or representation on) HEI and/or NHS committees or working groups related to clinical training.
4. At least 4-6 peer reviewed publications in the last five years, of "internationally excellent" quality (with substantive and critical authorship contribution). (Professor level)
5. H-index 25 and above (Professor level)

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click "Apply Now". This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ' How we Recruit ' pages.

Interviews are due to be held mid-late October

We are able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and Occupational Health clearances.