University of Plymouth
Job title:
Associate Professor of Mental Health/Clinical Psychology
Company
University of Plymouth
Job description
This post offers an exciting opportunity to be involved in shaping development of our teaching and research in Mental Health, including Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Counselling, Health Psychology, or a related interdisciplinary area.You will contribute to teaching across the range of our teaching programmes, but with particular focus on postgraduate teaching in Clinical and Mental Health Psychology. Across the School we have a broad and expanding provision of postgraduate clinical training, including our Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Clinical Associate Psychology apprenticeships, and MSc Clinical Psychology programme.We welcome applications for part-time appointments, with the potential for flexibility around existing clinical or other roles, and hybrid working,About the School and wider contextThe School of Psychology at the University of Plymouth is one of the largest in the UK with over 70 academics and 1,000 students studying a range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes across the breadth of the discipline. You will benefit from a positive and collegiate working environment that values and promotes excellence in all academic activities.The School fosters collaborative research and supports the development of real-world impact. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework assessment 100% of our research environment and research impact was rated as either world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*), along with 73% of our research outputs.To support the research aims of our academics the School houses an excellent suite of research laboratories, supporting behavioural, health, clinical, neuroscience, and developmental research with technologies such as VR, eyetracking, EEG, and TMS. These are augmented with a dedicated Babylab, Health Lab and a new state-of-the-art Brain Research and Imaging Centre. We also benefit from being within a large Faculty of Health which also provides medical, dental, general, and mental health nursing, social work, and seven different allied health professions training.More about the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology ProgrammeThe Plymouth Doctoral Clinical Psychology programme has been providing high-quality clinical psychology training in the South-West for the past 40 years and was the first programme to adopt a doctoral training model. The programme is committed to values-based practice; working with compassion, courage, and creativity, in partnership with service users and communities to promote social inclusion, diversity, equality and health for all.More about CAPsThe CAP Programme is a BPS accredited, Apprenticeship Degree delivered in line with the Institute for Apprenticeships guidance. We have grown to be a successful and thriving programme with training specialist in adult community, acute and urgent care, Older Peoples, Learning Disability and Child and Young People’s services. The CAPs programme is predominantly delivered online, offering increased potential for hybrid working.Please demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the knowledge, qualifications, training, and experience elements of the job description in your supporting statement.For an informal discussion, please contact the School on 01752 584800, or email the Head of School viaInterviews are expected to take place in June, and you will be notified if you have been shortlisted or not.The anticipated start date would be between the start of July and September 2024.Closing date: 12 midnight, Sunday 19 May 2024£56,021 to £64,914 per annum – Grade 9 (plus market supplement if applicable)
Expected salary
£56021 – 64914 per year
Location
Plymouth
Job date
Sat, 04 May 2024 00:30:03 GMT
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