Senior Clinical Psychologist

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT; Hindley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to join their Neighbourhood Mental Health Team in Wigan. The role involves providing psychological assessments and interventions, supporting colleagues, and engaging in service development. Qualified candidates should hold a relevant psychology degree and possess post-qualification experience with adult clients. A collaborative environment with flexible working options is offered.

Qualifications

• Eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
• Post qualification training in CBT-P, EMDR, CAT, MBT, or BFT.
• Demonstrable post-qualification experience in specialist assessment and treatment.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment, formulation and brief interventions.
• Offer supervision, consultation, training and reflective practice groups.
• Support service development, audit and evaluation.

Skills

Trauma-informed care

Psychological assessment

CBT-P

EMDR

Education

Good honours degree in psychology

Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Psychologist to join our developing Neighbourhood Mental Health Team (NMHT) in Wigan (previously called Living Well).

Wigan Community Mental Health services are going through an exciting period of change in line with Community Transformation. The NMHT is friendly, supportive and innovative integrated secondary care team. The Neighbourhood population are often a cohort of people who are often perceived as not suitable, too complicated for the current structures or fall though the gaps.

We are values driven and use our values to guide our decision making. Lived experience is at the heart of our model. Our values include; trauma-informed care, strengths-based working, no wrong door and community engagement. As a developing team, we are always testing, learning and adapting to try and improve the quality of care we provide.

Main duties of the job

You will increase the levels of psychological support and care provided to people who access the service. You will provide psychological assessment, formulation and brief interventions/groups to people supported by the NMHT. You will also offer supervision, consultation, training and reflective practice groups to support all staff to work in a psychologically-informed way. As the NMHT is a developing and changing service, there will be ongoing opportunities for service development, audit and evaluation.

There will be opportunity for the role to be developed by the successful candidate to fit the needs of the Wigan population. You will be supported by the team Principal Clinical Psychologist and NMHT Management team. See attached detailed job description and person specification for further information.

We would be happy to consider a band 7 to 8a Preceptorship role. We are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. Please contact Catherine Regan (Principal Clinical Psychologist) if you have any questions about the role.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification for detailed job description and main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications and Experience

• Good honours degree in psychology. Eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS) AND Post-graduate doctorate in clinical / counselling psychology, (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996), as accredited by the BPS. AND Eligibility to register as a clinical / counselling psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council. FOR ALL APPLICANTS Post qualification training and accreditation in, or eligibility and willingness to work towards accreditation in, (where available) one of the following approaches CBT-P, EMDR, CAT, MBT, BFT. Completion of relevant modules of Accredited Doctoral Clinical Psychology Course: Introduction to Supervision Courses (approx. 30 hours) or equivalent, or professional equivalent e.g. CAT supervisor training.
• Demonstrable post-qualification experience of specialist assessment and treatment of adult and older adult clients and those with psychological difficulties in a secondary care setting.

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of working within multidisciplinary mental health teams.

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.