Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist - Renal

Greater Manchester Mental Health; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health care organization in Manchester seeks a Practitioner Psychologist to provide evidence-based psychological care within a multi-disciplinary team. The role offers a chance to work in both inpatient and outpatient settings, supporting the psychological pathways for a diverse client base. The ideal candidate will possess a Doctoral Degree in Psychology and HCPC registration. Additional benefits include competitive pay and opportunities for professional development, including training in various specialties.

Benefits

30% pay enhancement for evenings and weekends

27-33 days annual leave depending on tenure

Excellent pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Experience in a physical health setting with clients presenting a range of clinical severity.
• Working as a clinical psychologist and maintaining professionalism under distress.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality psychological care to patients and families.
• Support improvements in psychological pathways in specialty.
• Consult and train MDT colleagues.

Skills

Cognitive-behavioral approaches

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Psychological assessment

Consultation skills

Education

Professional qualification in Practitioner Psychology Doctoral Degree

Registration with HCPC

Job description

Job overview

• Adult Renal Care
• Band 8A Practitioner Psychologist (
• Band 7 preceptorship can be considered for less experienced candidates

Role will equally suit candidates interested in gaining valuable early career experience in preceptorship roles (Band 7) and more experienced candidates commencing in highly specialist roles (Band 8A). Post will be embedded within Renal Care medical / surgical MDTs, working alongside a wide range of professionals (including practitioner psychology / counselling colleagues) in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

Some opportunities to work from home may be feasible with discussion.

Main duties of the job

• Provision of high quality, evidence-based psychological care to patients and their families and carers of respective medical / surgical speciality.
• Support the ongoing improvement of psychological pathways in speciality.
• Provision of consultation, training and supervision to MDT colleagues around issues pertaining to psychological models of working such as stepped care and trauma informed practice.
• Working autonomously with an appropriate clinical caseload.

Research, service development and project work

Opportunities to develop additional competencies / undertake CPD and professional training in keeping with yearly appraisal / service needs as well as objectives of the wider physical health psychological services across Greater Manchester.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Pay and benefits

• Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years.
• Excellent pension.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Salary sacrifice car scheme.
• Wellbeing programme.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Professional qualification in relevant Practitioner Psychology Doctoral Degree (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
• Registration as a clinical / counselling / health practitioner psychologist with the HCPC.

Desirable criteria

• Training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological relevance (staff training, research methodology, and / or other fields of applied psychology).

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working with client groups in a physical health setting, presenting with the full range of clinical severity. This includes maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the possible threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of working as a qualified clinical / counselling / health psychologist (less experienced candidates may be appointed at Band 7 and work towards 8A competencies).
• Experience in the application of cognitive-behavioural approaches to clinical settings.
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within acute medical / surgical trauma environments, delivering evidenced trauma focused psychological interventions.
• Experience of providing supervision and training.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of legislation in relation to adult / child clients of the Renal Care service, and of relevant mental health legislation.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other professionals.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.

Desirable criteria

• Skills in providing consultation to other professionals and non-professional groups.

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under‑represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

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We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – click.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

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Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.