MWCH 24.027 Principal Psychologist (Specialist CAMHS)

at  Mid West Community Healthcare

The Mental Health Psychology Services in Mid-West Community Healthcare provide a wide range of psychological services to a population of approximately 413,059. Almost 24% of the population are under the age of 18.
The Mental Health Psychology Service in the Mid-West is managed by a Principal Psychology Manager who has overall responsibility for governance and strategic planning and development of the service as part of the mental health management teams in the Mid-West and in line with national mental health policy and international best practice.
There are currently 12 qualified staff working in CAMHS psychology services in the Mid-West.
The Principal Psychologist Specialist CAMHS will support the Principal Psychology Manager and work in partnership with the other professional disciplines and operational managers ensuring high standards of professional practice across Mental Health Services.
The Department has strong links with the Clinical psychology programmes based at University of Limerick and University of Galway and the Educational and Child Psychology programme based at Mary Immaculate College. Supervised placements to doctoral level students are provided and form an essential part of the partnership between the Mid-West Healthcare and the University sector. There are currently over 80 Doctor of Clinical & Educational Psychology trainees under line management of the Principal Psychology Manager in the Mid-West.

Staff members have opportunities to:

• Participate in CPD and to avail of external training as part of agreed PPD plans, subject to budgetary constraints.
• Contribute to staff training and teach both in HSE, UL, NUIG & MIC.
• Participate in and supervise service related research.

Please refer the Job description for details