Clinical Psychologist/ Forensic Psychologist/ Counselling Psychologist

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; Rochdale; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking compassionate Clinical, Forensic, and Counselling Psychologists to join their dynamic team within a low secure setting. This role offers the opportunity to engage with a diverse patient population, providing psychological assessments and interventions while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. You will play a crucial role in developing therapeutic approaches and delivering high-quality care to individuals facing complex mental health challenges. With a commitment to staff development and flexible working patterns, this position is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the field of psychology. Join a supportive environment that values diversity and inclusion, where your contributions will be recognized and celebrated.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Free parking

Support for staff development

Peer support and supervision

Qualifications

• Eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
• Further qualifications in therapy models/interventions are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment and intervention to service users with complex mental health issues.
• Facilitate MDT meetings and provide clinical supervision to team members.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Clinical supervision

Therapeutic approaches

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Complex mental health problems

Education

Good honours degree in psychology

Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology

HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist

Job description

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Clinical Psychologist/ Forensic Psychologist/ Counselling Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 7-8a/8a

Main area: Psychology

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7-8a/8a

Contract: Permanent

Hours:

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 311-F733-24-B

Site: Prospect Place, Birch Hill Hospital

Town: Rochdale

Salary: £46,148 - £60,504 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 03/02/2025 23:59

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople.

Due to additional funding, we are looking for compassionate Clinical/ Forensic/ Counselling Psychologists to join us within the male rehabilitation services as part of the Rehabilitation and High Support (RHS) Care hub in Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. The post will suit an enthusiastic Psychologist with an interest in developing skills across a wide range of therapeutic approaches and consultation skills, and a desire to work within a low secure setting.

Prospect Place is a 45-bed low secure unit that opened in 2011 and is based on the site of Birch Hill Hospital in Rochdale. The unit is for men aged 18 to 65 years, who have a diagnosed psychotic disorder and have been detained under the Mental Health Act. Alcohol and drug misuse are often a part of the problems faced by patients. A secure setting may be required to help address challenges around the patient's view of their illness and the vulnerabilities and risks to themselves and others that may result from this.

There is free parking at Birch Hill Hospital site and available office space. We would welcome applications for flexible working patterns, including hybrid working.

The post is offered at 8a; however, a band 7 to 8a preceptorship will be considered for candidates with suitable experience. The postholder will be supported with completion of this.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of a respected psychology team both within Prospect Place and RHS. Within Prospect Place, there is a Principal Clinical Psychologist, Principal Forensic Psychologist, and Assistant Psychologists.

The post will require you to provide psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention to service users who present with complex mental health problems, alongside a possible history of trauma, substance misuse, and forensic histories. The post holder will provide direct face-to-face clinical sessions and support the psychosocial intervention work of colleagues.

You will be expected to attend MDT meetings and facilitate regular clinical discussion groups to offer the MDT reflective space, develop psychological formulations, and provide bespoke training. In addition, you will provide one-to-one clinical supervision to Psychologists and other members of the MDT as appropriate and dependent on experience. The post will require you to be involved in service developments, Quality Improvement projects, and governance within the service as required.

Regular supervision will be provided, as well as team meetings and peer support.

Working for our organisation

We would welcome applications for flexible working patterns, including some hybrid working, compressed hours, or a job share. We support staff to work flexibly and recognise and respect the roles our colleagues hold outside of their working hours.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the top of our agenda. We believe that a diverse, inclusive, and engaged culture is vital; that everyone’s value should be recognised and respected.

We proactively challenge injustices and are the only Trust in the North West to publicly recognise our commitment to becoming anti-racist and supporting our transgender and non-binary colleagues. We also have thriving staff networks to make sure everyone has a voice.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities, and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

We are committed to staff development through shared learning, training, and peer supervision. We are working hard in the Rehabilitation and High Support Care Hub to reduce restrictive practices and provide trauma-informed care.

Our trust values are:

Kindness

Determination

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge, and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• Good honours degree in psychology. Eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
• Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology, or Forensic Psychology.
• HCPC registered as a Practitioner Psychologist.
• Further qualifications and/or training in a range of therapy models/interventions.
• Further training and/or qualifications in the delivery of clinical supervision.

Experience

• Experience of working in an inpatient setting (psychiatric rehabilitation/PICU/acute/secure services).
• Demonstrable experience of delivering highly specialist psychological assessments and interventions (individual and group) within an NHS mental health environment.
• Experience of working within multidisciplinary services in mental health providing therapy to service users with high levels of complexity.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision to other psychological therapists.
• Experience in teaching/training of other qualified mental health staff/non-psychology staff.
• Experience of providing line management to other psychological therapists.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the application of clinical governance and risk management policies.
• Expertise in administration and interpretation of specialist psychological assessment tools.
• Knowledge of procedures that maintain and contribute to the improvement of psychological services.
• Knowledge of systems theory and organisational change.

Skills and Abilities

• Willingness to work as part of a psychology team providing input into the low secure units.
• Skills in models of service delivery and an ability to articulate the value added by clinical psychology services within the context of multi-disciplinary mental health inpatient services.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment and intervention.
• Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to ‘hold’ the stress of others.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues, both within and outside the NHS.
• Ability to play an active role in service development via evaluation, audit, and research.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Ability to prioritise work, manage waiting lists, meet deadlines, and revise work plans accordingly.
• A wish to continue to develop expertise in the service area.

Work Related Circumstances

• Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs.
• Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies.
• Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and requirements on the government website.

What happens after your application has been received?

You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.

What happens if I am offered the position after interview?

The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.

What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?

By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards. The checks are:

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to NHS will be required to provide HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years. This information will be used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.

If you are offered a position with us and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with government guidance. If the role you have been offered is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.

What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?

Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked onto a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.

Other important information

• We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better, and consider the brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
• If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
• If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
• Unfortunately, we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars or cover the costs of early termination charges.
• We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure your application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Dr. Louisa McNair

Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 07917 503634

For further details, discussion, or to arrange an informal visit please contact Dr. Louisa McNair, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on 07917 503634 or [e-mail]

If you have problems applying, contact

Address: Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
225 Old Street
OL6 7SR
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