Highly Specialist Clinical or counselling psychologist

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking highly skilled Clinical or Counselling Psychologists to join their innovative learning disability service in Manchester. This role offers the opportunity to work within a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, providing specialist assessments and interventions to adults with learning disabilities. You will benefit from regular supervision and professional development opportunities while contributing to service improvement initiatives. This is a fantastic chance to make a significant impact in a supportive environment that values collaboration and innovation. Join a forward-thinking organization that is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and excellence in care.

Qualifications

• Doctorate in psychology accredited by BPS and current registration with the Health Professions Council.
• Experience working with learning disabilities and at least one year post-graduate experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality specialist psychology services for adults with learning disabilities.
• Supervise and support assistant psychologists and clinical team members.

Skills

Clinical Psychology

Counselling Psychology

Assessment and Intervention

Research Skills

Education

Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology

Graduate Membership of BPS

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Highly Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area: Learning Disabilities

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 349-LCO-6674382*

Site: Manchester Learning Disability Partnership

Town: Manchester

Salary: Dependent upon experience

Closing: 10/02/2025 23:59

Job Overview

Two vacant posts have arisen for 8a counselling or clinical psychologists in a newly restructured learning disability psychology service that works across three multi-disciplinary teams in Manchester city, covering North, Central, and South localities.

We would also be open to offering a band 7 to 8a preceptorship, where you would be appropriately supported to engage in a development plan with a view to moving to band 8a usually after a minimum of 18 months, dependent upon you meeting the necessary competencies.

You would have the benefit of working with some very experienced psychologists, including being led by a consultant clinical psychologist. You would be based in one of the localities but there will also be opportunities to work city-wide to further develop skills and utilize your expertise.

This is an exciting time to join us as there have been substantial changes within the service and with this will come lots of opportunities for service development work.

Supervision is highly valued and you would be offered this regularly, in addition to regular professional specific meetings across the city.

Main Duties of the Job

1. To ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist psychology service to Manchester Specialist Health Service for Adults with Learning Disabilities, promoting an understanding of the psychological needs of people with learning disabilities and their wider systems.
2. To provide specialist assessment of adults with complex learning disabilities, using specialist assessment tools and psychological inventories, co-constructing formulations, and designing and delivering individualized psychological interventions.
3. To provide regular specialist psychological advice, guidance, consultation, and training to the multi-disciplinary teams and to the wider support networks of adults with learning disabilities.
4. To play a leading role in proposing, implementing, and evaluating practice changes within the area served by teams.
5. To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by assistant psychologists, psychologists in training, and other clinical members of the teams who provide psychologically based care and interventions.
6. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team.
7. To utilize research skills for audit, policy and service development and research benefiting the whole service and wider learning disability community.

Working for Our Organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive, our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

• Doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology accredited by the BPS
• Eligibility for Graduate Membership of BPS.
• Current registration with the Health Professions Council.
• Experience of working with people with learning disabilities
• At least one year post-graduate experience
• Experience of working as a psychologist with people with learning disabilities

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.