King's College London

About Us

The IoPPN is a Faculty of King's College London and the largest academic community in Europe devoted to the study and prevention 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: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/index.aspx

The IoPPN’s clinical psychology training programme takes CBT as its main therapeutic modality, and family therapy/systemic practice as the second key modality. An important strength is the very comprehensive range of both local and national specialist placement opportunities, across three world-renowned NHS Trusts: South London and Maudsley, King’s College Hospital and Guy’s & St Thomas’ – known collectively as King’s Health Partners. The programme, in partnership with King’s Health Partners NHS Trusts, aims to train clinical psychologists who embody the scientist-practitioner ideal and who can go on to become effective NHS leaders. Another strength is the vibrant and diverse communities within South East London, and the programme values and positively promotes diversity and inclusion.

At King’s we are deeply committed to embedding good culture, equality and diversity practice into all of our activities so that the university is an inclusive, welcoming and inspiring place to work and study. We welcome applications from psychologists with characteristics who are under-represented within the University and local NHS Trusts at senior levels, including those from a racial/ethnic minority background, who have a disability, and/or LGBTQ+.

Link to Programme descriptions: https://www.clearing-house.org.uk/courses/courses-z/ioppn-kings-college-london/about-programme 

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/areas/doctorate-in-clinical-psychology-dclinpsy 

Department of Psychology: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/mental-health-and-psychological-sciences/about/departments/psychology

About the role

The Academic Director is a key leadership role on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN). The role will involve leadership and day-to-day oversight of the DClinPsy curriculum and assessment processes. The post-holder will work closely with other senior members of the programme team to ensure that the programme maintains its current excellent standards of governance, teaching, research and clinical training. They will report to the DClinPsy Programme Director and manage the academic tutors. This is a part time post (21 Hours per week), and the post-holder will provide maternity leave cover on a 12-month fixed term basis.

About You

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

Essential criteria

1. Doctoral level professional qualification in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy or equivalent) 
2. Registered (or eligible to register) as Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) 
3. Experience of teaching on a DClinPsy programme in the UK 
4. Experience of supervising clinical psychology trainees on clinical placements. 
5. Significant clinical experience working as a clinical psychologist in the NHS in the UK and providing empirically grounded psychological treatments. 
6. Strong commitment to supporting equality, diversity and inclusion. 
7. Skills and experience in project management and strategy development/ implementation. 

Desirable criteria

1. Undertaking and publishing research relevant to clinical psychology, in peer-reviewed journals. 
2. Accreditation as a cognitive behaviour therapist with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) or eligibility and willingness to apply for such accreditation 
3. Registered or eligible to register as a family/systemic therapist with the UKCP and for membership of the UKCP’s College of the Family, Couple and Systemic Therapy 
4. Experience of working on a DClinPsy or other psychological professional training programme. 
5. Experience of curriculum development 6. Experience of supervising a DClinPsy or PhD to completion 

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 on – (date TBC) We are not able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.