Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; Bury; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Flexible working

CPD opportunities

Improvement & research

Wellbeing service

Staff discounts

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Bury is recruiting a Clinical Psychologist to provide assessment and interventions within Core CAMHS. The role involves casework with young people with complex presentations and collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team.

The post holder will deliver therapies such as CBT, DBT and EMDR, while developing additional competencies. Research skills for audit, policy, service development and research are emphasised, with opportunities across multiple settings.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering psychological therapies to CAMHS populations.
• Ability to develop further therapeutic competencies (e.g. IPT, MBT).
• Experience with audit, policy, service development and research.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychology assessment and interventions within Core CAMHS.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines and governance.
• Liaise with social care, voluntary services, and Education establishments.
• Transport test materials between sites and manage test items with accuracy.
• Contribute to improvement and research activities within the service.

Skills

CBT

DBT

EMDR

Research skills

Autonomous practice

Job description

This post is located within a Core CAMHS team in Bury. The role will involve the provision of Clinical Psychology assessment and interventions in to the Core CAMHS service The post will involve casework within the core Tier 3 CAMHS service working with a caseload of young people with complex presentations.

The successful candidate will have experience in delivering several models of psychological therapy to this population (e.g. CBT, DBT, EMDR), and will be keen to develop further therapeutic competence (e.g. IPT, MBT).

The post holder will utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development and research. The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service. They will adhere to Trust policies.

• The post holder will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring that high quality individualised care is delivered which ensures safety and a commitment to promoting recovery and wellbeing and maximising independence.

The post holder will be expected to work in a variety of settings, including a number of specialist children’s services and community settings, including the child and family’s home, residential settings and the child’s school. Liaison with other agencies will require the post holder to attend meetings in social care, voluntary service settings and Education establishments.

The post holder will be required to transport test materials between work sites and to manipulate test items with speed and accuracy, and work with children who may have severe emotional and behavioral problems.

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.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• 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

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jamie Barsky Job title: Clinical Service Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 716 1100