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Post Summary:
The TCD Clinical Coordinator will work as part of the Clinical Practice Team who are accountable for the design, delivery and development of quality clinical practice training for doctorate level clinical psychology trainees who will be competent and fit to practice within the Irish Health Service. The Clinical Practice Team coordinate, monitor and assess the 54 trainees completing this clinical training in line with professional accreditation and statutory regulation. The Programme is linked to over 300 statutory and voluntary service training placements and clinical supervisors. There is an expectation that the working week of the successful applicant will include Monday as this is the primary administrative and teaching day for the course.
Post status: Specific Purpose Contract Full time
The specific purpose of this employment is to provide clinical co-ordination support to the ‘Doctorate in Clinical Psychology’ programme in the school of Psychology.
The role is required to cover in the interim period until a recruitment competition is held and a permanent Clinical Coordinator appointment is made.
Hours of Post: 35 hours (1 FTE)
Salary: This appointment will be made pro-rata on the Senior Clinical Psychologist HSE Salary Scale (€100,483 - €118,111 per annum) at a point in line with current Government pay policy. https://assets.hse.ie/media/documents/June_2026_-_pay_scales.pdf
How to apply:
In order to assist the selection process, applicants should submit a Curriculum Vitae and a Cover Letter (1x A4 page) that specifically address the following points in their application:
- Applicants should clearly address their experience and how they obtained their knowledge in their application.
- Illustrate, through past example, their ability to work on their own initiative and resolve problems.
- Applicants must address their experience in providing primary clinical supervision to a minimum of five Psychologists in Training, of which at least three must be Psychologists in Clinical Training (Essential).
Please Note: Applicants who do not address the application requirements above in their cover letter will not be considered at the short list stage.
Applications must be submitted by the closing date specified through eRecruitment.
Any Applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.
Please see the Job Description below for this position.
Informal enquiries should be made to the Director of Clinical Practice/ Principal Clinical Psychologist, Barbara Duffy, email BADUFFY@tcd.ie or telephone+353 86 8945121.
Application queries about this post, please email the Recruitment Partner at recruit@tcd.ie and include the Competition ID number in the subject heading.
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