Consultant Clinical Psychologist, CERN Lead | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Smithy Bridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in England seeks a permanent full-time Consultant Clinical Psychologist to lead the Complex Emotional & Relational Needs pathway. This role involves strategic development of community mental health services and oversight of multi-disciplinary teams. Candidates should possess a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and expertise in psychotherapeutic programs. The position offers generous annual leave and flexible working opportunities.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Flexible working opportunities

Access to Continued Professional Development

Involvement in research activities

Excellent staff wellbeing services

Staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading clinical teams.
• Substantial understanding of complex emotional and relational needs.
• Ability to develop and implement psychotherapeutic programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead policy/service development related to complex emotional and relational needs.
• Provide leadership and supervision to multi-disciplinary teams.
• Develop pathways and networks for service-user involvement.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Multi-agency collaboration

Psychotherapeutic programs

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent, full-time, Consultant Clinical Psychologist to help further develop, embed and lead the specialist Complex Emotional & Relational Needs (CERN) pathway across the borough of HMR. A key aspect of this role will be to support the transformation of community mental health services in line with the ambitions of the Long-Term Plan. There have been exciting developments within the CERN pathway in HMR over the past year, but there are still opportunities for the postholder to come and shape service delivery. You will join a team of structured clinical management (SCM) practitioners, secondary care colleagues, DBT, MBT and DTC service, acute service colleagues and there are 4 other Consultant Psychologists leading the CERN pathway across the trusts other 4 boroughs- who you will work alongside.

Responsibilities

• Take a strategic clinical lead within HMR for policy/ service developments in relation to the provision of services for adults (including older adults) with complex emotional and relational needs and/ or a diagnosis of personality disorder.
• Provide expert leadership and supervision to a range of MDT colleagues across relevant service areas including inpatients, community and specialist services.
• Support the Trust Lead for CERN at a GM level and will contribute to the strategic development of services for people with complex emotional and relational needs.
• Take a lead in the development of multi-agency leadership teams within the locality which will comprise experts by experience, experts by occupation, carers and other stakeholders in order to develop pathways and networks.
• Work alongside existing networks to develop the service-user involvement schemes for people with CERN within PCFT.
• Carry a small specialised clinical case load and will take a lead on the development and provision of specific psychotherapeutic programmes for people with CERN including Structured Clinical Management.

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. 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.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further detail and to support your application for this post. Our trust values are: Kindness Fairness Ingenuity Determination. Does this sound like you? Are you interested to know more? If so we\'d love you to join us.