Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist CERN Pathways Oldham

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; Todmorden; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service is seeking a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist for the CERN Pathways in Oldham. The role involves providing evidence-based psychological interventions and supporting the development of services for individuals with complex emotional needs. The successful candidate will work closely with a dedicated team, contributing to innovative psychological therapies and service redesign. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in mental health care.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable commitment to work with service users with complex emotional and relational needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist evidence-based psychological interventions for service users.
• Support and develop the CERN offer with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
• Work closely with other professionals and services.

Skills

Commitment to service users

Job description

Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist CERN Pathways Oldham

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We are delighted to be able to advertise for a permanent 7-8a Preceptorship / 8A Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist position within the ‘Complex Emotional and Relational Needs’ (CERN) Pathways in Oldham.

The successful candidate will be joining the team at an exciting time for psychological therapies. Several national and local policy documents have set out ambitions for whole service re-design. These ambitions are aligned with psychological therapy values and principles leading the development of services that are; needs led, grounded in a biopsychosocial, trauma and attachment/relationally informed approach and formulation driven.

Pennine Care has developed several evidence-based interventions/services specifically for people presenting with CERN needs. These include: ‘Structured Clinical Management’ (SCM), ‘Dialectical Behaviour Therapy’ (DBT), ‘Democratic Therapeutic Community’ (DTC), ‘Mentalisation Based Therapy’ (MBT), ‘Cognitive Analytic Therapy’ (CAT) and ‘Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Personality Disorders’ (CBT-PD).

The Post Holder Will

• Work closely with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist / Clinical Lead for CERN Pathways Oldham to support and develop the CERN offer.
• Provide specialist evidence-based psychological interventions for service users presenting with CERN needs, (i.e. ‘Mentalisation Based Therapy’, ‘and ‘Dialectical Behaviour Therapy’), as agreed depending on service priorities.
• Be an integral part of the ‘Structured Clinical Management’ (SCM) team offering individual and team clinical supervision, clinical consultation, clinical leadership, governance, and quality assurance.
• Work closely with other people, professionals and services that interact with service users that present with CERN needs, (in particular, supporting local Community Mental Health Teams by providing regular consultation).
  
  

Support the development and provision of staff training on CERN needs within the trust.

Key Requirements Of The Person Specification

You must have a demonstrable commitment to work with service users with complex emotional and relational needs (CERN).

For those applying for a preceptorship: Although the person specification and job description is for the banding of the position upon the successful completion of the preceptorship (i.e.8a), there is an understanding that you may not be able to demonstrate the full range of competencies as specified in your application and consideration of this will be given during the selection process.

You must be eligible to work in this country.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Amanda Diver Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 770 4151

Seniority level

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