High Intensity/CBT Therapist/ Practitioner Psychologist | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Pennine Care NHS FT; Hollins; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Hollins seeks a professional to deliver trauma-focused psychological therapies to veterans. The role involves assessing and managing a therapy caseload, working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, and providing clinical supervision. Ideal candidates will have relevant psychological qualifications and experience with veterans. This position offers the opportunity for remote working and contributions to service delivery improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience providing assessments and psychological interventions for veterans.
• Ability to manage a therapy caseload and work within multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of psychological models and evidence-based practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments for specialist psychological interventions.
• Manage a caseload of clients providing evidence-based therapies.
• Engage in joint working with other staff to optimize resources.

Skills

Experience with trauma-focused therapies

Ability to work with veterans

Clinical supervision skills

Education

Relevant psychological qualifications

Job description

Service summary: The post holder will be part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team including Senior Mental Health Practitioners, Substance Misuse Services and VLSO's, and support the development of psychological thinking and understanding within the wider team. The service is part of OpCourage North, covering the North West, and provides specialised Trauma Focused Psychological Therapies such as TF‑CBT and EMDR. The post holder will work with military veterans who have complex psychological presentations including PTS, anxiety, depression, adjustment, childhood and relational difficulties. Travel across the North West – Greater Manchester, Lancashire, South Cumbria, Cheshire and Merseyside – is required, with clients seeing in a variety of venues. Remote working equipment and access to the web‑based clinical system will be provided. The role also offers the opportunity to provide clinical supervision to senior mental health & wellbeing practitioners, substance misuse practitioners, peer support workers and volunteers.

Responsibilities

• To provide assessments for specialist psychological interventions/individual therapy.
• To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for veterans, including in groups if required, and to develop and refine formulations across a range of clients and psychological models.
• To manage a therapy caseload, providing evidence‑based psychological therapies to veterans seen within the service in line with targets agreed with management.
• To be able to make reasonable adaptations to assessment and intervention processes to accommodate service users, for example those with mild learning disabilities, BI and older adults.
• To contribute to new methods of service delivery, encouraging optimal opportunities for access to service for vulnerable client groups.
• To engage in joint working with other staff to optimise the use of resources.
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients.
• To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies providing services for adults with mental health and disability problems.
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
• As appropriate, to become case manager, taking responsibility for initiating and reviewing care plans, clinical risk documentation, sharing information and liaison with other professionals involved in their care.
• To utilise theory, evidence‑based literature and research to support evidence‑based practice in individual work and work with other colleagues.
• To utilise outcome measures and service user feedback to evaluate, refine and develop clinical practice in line with the clinical governance agenda.
• To maintain awareness of local resources and self‑help materials and the means of their access.
• To work collaboratively with veterans, families/carers and other professionals involved in the care of the client team to communicate information concerning the assessment, including formulations and recommendations of treatment and management using methods of proven efficacy.
• Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate clinical records in the management of clients receiving psychological interventions using a web‑based clinical notes system.
• To organise and implement specialist psychological advice, guidance, consultation and training to other professionals working with veterans with complex needs.
• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner to clients, carers and relevant professionals, providing information about assessments, formulations and treatment plans.
• To engage positively within multidisciplinary meetings.
• To participate in the development and wellbeing of the wider team, for example via clinical supervision or service development.

The advert closes on Thursday 4 Dec 2025.