Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

JCasp Technologies - Website Apps & AI/ML Development Company; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Clinical Psychologist to join a dynamic team in delivering high-quality psychological therapies. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to community mental health transformation, providing both individual and group therapy while collaborating closely with various clinical teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Clinical Psychology and a passion for therapeutic modalities, particularly Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. Join a supportive environment that values innovation and peer collaboration, and play a vital role in enhancing the well-being of the community.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Flexible working opportunities

Access to Continued Professional Development

Health and Wellbeing activities

Staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Qualifications

• Experience in providing evidence-based therapies to service users.
• Ability to supervise and consult with other therapists.

Responsibilities

• Provide outpatient therapy to service users under CMHTs.
• Offer consultation and supervision to CMHT staff and trainees.

Skills

Clinical Psychology

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

Supervision

Consultation

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 8a Clinical Psychologist to join the Secondary Care Psychological Therapies Service (SCPTS) in Tameside and Glossop. This is a permanent, full time (1.0 WTE) post.

The team base is located in Haughton Mews, Stamford Street, Ashton-under-Lyne. The team is cohesive and connected, and values innovation, collaboration and peer support. It consists of a lively and committed mix of Clinical Psychologists and Psychological Therapists who are trained in a range of therapies. We offer individual and group therapies to service users and work closely with the Community Mental Health Teams in the borough. We also work closely with other clinical teams including the Complex Emotional and Relational Needs Pathway.

This is an exciting time of change and transformation in the Trust. The SCPT service is involved in Community Transformation and delivering the ambitions of the Community Mental Health Framework, with a particular focus on the Psychological Therapies for Severe Mental Health Framework (PT-SMHP) paper. As part of this, the goal of SCPTS teams is to ensure that all practitioners working into our service are accredited in, or working towards accreditation in, the therapies listed in the paper. There are opportunities for the postholder to become involved in creating and developing more integrated ways of working in CMHTs.

The post holder will offer:

1. Outpatient, evidence-based individual and/or group therapy to service users currently under the CMHTs.
2. Consultation to CMHT staff (case discussion, team formulations, supervision, staff training and contribution to professionals’ meetings).
3. Supervision to other psychological therapists, and/or trainee psychological therapists when appropriate.

We would be interested in Clinical Psychologists of all therapeutic modalities applying for this position. However, we are particularly interested in recruiting colleagues trained in, or interested in training in, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) as the successful applicant will spend a discrete portion of their post offering this therapeutic intervention alongside other work.

Clinical supervision will be offered to the post holder and every effort will be made for that to be aligned with your preferred therapeutic modality.

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:

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

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

The post holder will be accountable to the Principal Clinical Psychologist/Team Manager for Secondary Care Psychological Therapies.

This advert closes on Monday 21 Apr 2025.