Senior Psychologist Wigan Mental Health Liaison Service

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Wigan; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading mental health service as a Senior Psychologist in Wigan. You'll work within a supportive multi-disciplinary team, conducting assessments and providing interventions for patients facing mental health crises. This role offers opportunities for professional development and collaboration in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience working with trauma and mental health needs.
• Ability to conduct psychological assessments and interventions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychological assessments and interventions.
• Provide consultancy, supervision, and training to staff.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary decision-making.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Psychological Assessment

Education

Clinical / Counselling Psychology

Job description

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Applications are invited from enthusiastic Clinical / Counselling Psychologists who wish to work within the Wigan Mental Health Liaison Team, based at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary. This well-established multi-disciplinary team supports service users within the hospital who are experiencing an interaction of physical health problems and mental health crises.

You will be joining our existing 8b Psychologist and Assistant Psychologist, as well as becoming part of a well-established network of psychologists within our in-patient and home-based treatment teams.

Clinical work will involve conducting psychological assessments and interventions. Applicants will be able to demonstrate experience or a high level of enthusiasm for working with people with experiences of trauma and mental health needs. Experience of working within multidisciplinary environments will be an advantage. The post holder will need to contribute actively to team and multi-disciplinary working, so a high standard of written and verbal communication is required. Indirect work will involve the provision of consultancy, supervision and training to others. Regular clinical supervision will be offered by the Wigan MHLT Principal Clinical Psychologist.

This post is available on a permanent contract. Flexible working would be considered. Applications would be welcomed from more recently qualified or trainee psychologists who are interested in a Band 7-8a development post.

The postholder is required to collaborate and respond flexibly to a variety of clinical and service-level demands involving:

• Undertake rapid and highly specialist psychological assessments and formulations to guide the management and safe discharge of patients with mental health experiences including dementia, especially those who frequently attend the emergency department or are admitted to the acute hospital.
• Participation in multi-disciplinary decision-making regarding patients with psychological difficulties who are admitted to the acute hospital wards and emergency department.
• Development of the psychological elements of the Mental Health assessment of patients who are physically unwell.
• Delivery of appropriate brief psychological interventions as appropriate.
• Provision of appropriate information and education to families, carers and the care system.
• Use of psychological formulations to support resilience and reduce vulnerability in order to decrease the risk of repeated future crises.
• To deliver a continuing programme of training to Liaison service staff in psychological understanding of crises, assessment, formulation and interventions, as needed.
• To offer consultation and supervision to mental health liaison team staff in the development and utilisation of psychological and psycho-social formulations and in the delivery of any specific psychological or psycho-social interventions.
  
  

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Kay Hampshire Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01942 631797

if you wish to discuss the role you may also contact Catherine Houseman on [e-mail].

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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