Psychological Therapist

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare trust in the North West as a Psychological Therapist at HMP Altcourse. Provide specialized psychological services to inmates, maintain a clinical caseload, and support the development of new mental health services. With a commitment to trauma-informed care, this role offers opportunities for professional growth and impactful work in a transformative environment.

Benefits

Flexible working requests considered

Qualifications

• Experienced Psychological Therapist with core training in a recognized qualification.
• Ability to provide specialized therapy services within a Clinical Psychology setting.
• Expertise in group and individual interventions.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring and ensuring the provision of psychological services.
• Managing clinical caseload and providing therapy.
• Contributing to policy and service development.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Autonomy

Psychological assessment

Education

Recognised qualification in Counselling or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Job description

The postholder will work within HMP Altcourse, a male Category B prison in the Liverpool area. The postholder will apply and maintain specialist skills, knowledge, and experience to monitor and ensure the systematic provision of highly specialised psychological services.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to provide both group and individual interventions utilizing a range of models, with opportunities to support further training. You will be responsible for a clinical caseload and will receive regular clinical and management supervision. You will contribute to maintaining a safe and well-led team and be involved in service development to improve quality service provision.

This is an exciting time to join the Trust and influence the development of new services for people with mental health issues. The Trust’s services operate within the least restrictive principle and implement Trauma-Informed Care.

The postholder will be an experienced and qualified Psychological Therapist with a core training in a recognised qualification, such as Counselling or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. They will provide highly specialised therapy services within a Clinical Psychology and Talking Therapies service based within a prison setting, including the provision of specialist psychological assessment and individual and group-based therapy.

The postholder will be responsible for a clinical caseload and will receive regular clinical and management supervision. They will offer advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and other non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures.

There will be opportunities to contribute to audit, policy, and service development and research within the area in which the postholder works.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and is also commissioned for services covering the North West, North Wales, and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health, including inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient. We support our staff to do their best work and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.

We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of services and safely reduce costs.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

For further details or informal visits, contact:

• Name: Dr Alison Walker
• Job title: Clinical Psychologist and Service Lead
• Email: [e-mail]
• Telephone: [phone]

or:

• Name: Dr Katie Carpenter
• Job title: Clinical Psychologist and Deputy Service Lead
• Email: [e-mail]