Highly Specialist Psychologist/Psychotherapist

Pennine Care NHS FT; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Flexible working opportunities

Continued Professional Development

Staff wellbeing service

Staff discounts across retail, leisure

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Highly Specialist Psychologist/Psychotherapist within the Greater Manchester Resilience Hub Pathfinder project. The role involves delivering specialist trauma-focused therapy, conducting assessments, and providing expert consultation across partner agencies.

You will contribute to the development of the hub as a GM centre of excellence in trauma care, supervise staff, and engage with social services, probation, housing, and other services to

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification in evidence-based psychological therapy at Masters level.
• Post-qualification training in specialist therapeutic work with trauma and/or sexual abuse/violence.
• HCPC registration or BABCP/BACP accreditation with trauma-focused therapy training.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical consultation and guidance to staff within partner organisations.
• Deliver assessments for specialist psychological interventions and formulate treatment plans.
• Develop formulations across clients and supervise other professionals.
• Support multi-disciplinary risk assessment and liaise with services to facilitate access to care.

Skills

Trauma-informed therapy

Multi-agency liaison

Clinical consultation

Education

Masters level trauma-focused therapy qualification

Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology

HCPC registration

BABCP/BACP accredited CBT therapist

Tools

EMDR training

Narrative Exposure Therapy training

Job description

Highly Specialist Psychologist/Psychotherapist

The Greater Manchester Resilience Hub is a unique, all age, mental health coordination service established after the Manchester Arena Attack on 22nd May 2017 since which a number of different programs have been commissioned. The broad aims of this Pathfinder Partnership service are to:o create and improve pathways and partnership working approaches to the benefit of individuals with complex trauma related mental health needs associated with sexual assault and abuse;o improve access to professionals trained in identification of, and appropriate response to, complex trauma related mental health needs associated with sexual assault and abuse;o for individuals with complex trauma related mental health needs the primary aim is to reduce complex trauma related symptoms and improve quality of life (improve individual wellbeing, reduce mental health symptomology, minimise harm and retraumatisation, improve functioning (including social and occupational) and support healing and recovery);o encourage establishment of trauma-informed systems that have impact beyond this service;o build evidence base for the value of new approaches.

Main duties of the job

As a Highly Specialist Psychotherapist within the Hub pathfinder project you will:o work across all partner agencies but primarily within the hub and with a close link with one partner organisationo refer potential clients into the pathwayo deliver formal clinical consultation to partner organisationso present cases at consultation and panel sessions as requiredo complete individual assessments and formulation. o deliver a range of interventions including stablisation and therapy preparation work and some direct therapy.o provide specialist advice and consultation to partner agencies as required.o provide Liaison and advocacy with other professional agencies including social services, probation, drug and alcohol services, housing etc o play an active role in supporting the development of the Hub in becoming a GM centre of excellence in the care of those experiencing psychological difficulties as a result of involvement in a major incident or other trauma;o play an active role in the development of qualified and unqualified staff within the Hub and partner agencies

About us

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#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, sex, 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

Job responsibilities

Clinical To provide clinical consultation and guidance to staff within partner organisations regarding the needs of survivors presenting with additional complex mental health difficulties. To provide assessments for specialist psychological interventions/individual therapy based on complex data from a variety of sources to clients of the Resilience Hub. Sources of data include observations, self-report measures, semi-structured interviews with clients, their families and other professionals involved in the clientscare. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological therapeutic interventions for individuals. Developing and refining formulations across a range of clients and psychological models To contribute to the psychological understanding of trauma in adults and offerguidance and supervision to a range of other professionals working to improve their clients mental health and other important outcomes. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the entirety of your work within the Resilience Hub. To take an active role in the process of multi-disciplinary risk assessment, utilising clinical guidelines to support consultation and formulation processes within the Hub, documenting formulations and recommendations as appropriate. To support the other professionals to understand and take positive risks, as part of an agreed plan. To report adverse incidents and ensure documentation is detailed andsupported by evidence. To provide effective and timely communication using all relevant means to ensure information about clients progress and any changes to risk profile are given to allrelevant stakeholders internal and external to the service. To formulate plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients presenting issues, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems and support professionals in navigating mental health systems to facilitate access to the required services both within Greater Manchester and across the UK To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the advice, consultation and formulation provided as a clinician within the Resilience Hub. To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service across all settings and agencies serving the client group. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of adults under the care of the Hub and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of multi-disciplinary care. To provide expertise, advice and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care to the young people, adults and professionals supported through the Greater Manchester Resilience Hub.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered social worker or mental health nurse with relevant experience working in psychologically informed multi-agency settings, and additional post graduate qualification in an evidence-based psychological therapy to Masters Level plus further specialist training and experience equivalent to Doctorate Level OR HCPC registered professional with additional post graduate qualification in an evidence-based psychological therapy to Masters Level plus further specialist training and experience equivalent to Doctorate Level OR Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology and registration with the Health Professions Council OR BABCP/BACP accredited CBT/therapist with additional training in NICE recommended trauma focused therapy for example EMDR or narrative exposure therapy
• Post-qualification training in specialist therapeutic work psychological Trauma and/or sexual abuse and violence

Experince

• Experience of working with survivors/ victims of sexual abuse and violence
• Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
• Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of working with victims/survivors of sexual abuse/assault and the socio-political implications that survivors face
• Knowledge in the understanding of the interface between NHS and voluntary sector organisations

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£57,528 to £64,750 a yearper annum, pro rata