Clinical Psychologist/Psychological Therapist

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Manchester is seeking a Clinical Psychologist or Psychological Therapist to join their Early Intervention team. This role offers the chance to work in a supportive environment focused on CBT and family therapies. The successful candidate will enjoy a positive work/life balance and will actively contribute to a multidisciplinary team while delivering therapy to clients at risk of psychosis. Opportunities for professional development and a generous benefits package are included.

Benefits

30% pay enhancement for evenings and Saturdays

60% pay enhancement for Sundays and Bank Holidays

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Qualifications

• Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Healthcare Professions' Council.
• Experience delivering therapy to people experiencing psychosis.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate individual therapy and engage in multidisciplinary work.
• Contribute to assessments, family focused interventions, and provide support to colleagues.
• Promote a positive work/life balance in therapy delivery.

Skills

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Working in multi-disciplinary teams

Experience with psychosis

Education

Doctoral level qualification in Clinical/Counselling Psychology

Job description

Clinical Psychologist/Psychological Therapist

Our service recently successfully recruited two new band 7 therapy posts from a very competitive field that included a large number of great candidates. We are back on the market looking for another band 7 Clinical Psychologist or Psychological Therapist to join our central Manchester Early Intervention team. This post has arisen after our highly valued colleague was successful in moving onwards and upwards to a new post in a team that will be very fortunate to have her join them.

We recently secured funding for 21 new staff, so this a great time to join and help us turn this investment into a big success for the service users and families we support.

Our EIS multi-disciplinary colleagues work alongside each other to offer therapeutic interventions to people experiencing or at risk of experiencing a first episode of psychosis.

We have a fantastic collection of colleagues, service users and families to work alongside and the successful applicants will be well supported in their new role. Although in some services,the life of a therapist can sometimes feel a little lonely, here the successful applicants will be surrounded by kind, caring colleagues who are enjoyable to be around.

Although working within a service like ours can involve significant challenges, we have a great staff group and a very low turnover.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicants will not only be well supported therapists, facilitating individual therapy, they will be integrated MDT Psychological Therapists, working closely with colleagues and contributing to assessments, family focused interventions as well as providing support, advice, occasional training and supervision to colleagues within the service. As well as having plenty of autonomy and flexibility to manage your own working week (we are strong supporters of a positive work/life balance), we will also ensure that you have enough variety within the role to coincide with a comfortable and enjoyable workload.

We prioritise the facilitation of CBTp and Behavioural Family Therapy within the service, but our therapy staff have a range of interests and experience that span multiple therapeutic modalities (e.g. compassion, schema, EMDR, Transaction Analysis, Psychodynamic, CAT, etc.).

Our EIS service covers quite large areas within the city, so it is advantageous to have your own transport or lots of comfort and confidence in using public transport across the city (from Wythenshawe, etc. in the south up to Blackley, etc. in the north).

About us

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

• Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Blue Light Card Discounts

Person Specification

• Doctoral level professional qualification, or equivalent, in Clinical/Counselling Psychology enabling registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Healthcare Professions' Council. Plus, Experience in delivering Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Post-qualification experience of delivering therapy to people experiencing psychosis.

Experience

• The post holder should have the: Experience of working effectively in a multi disciplinary team.
• Specialist experience in early intervention for psychosis, cognitive therapy for psychosis or at risk mental state

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.