Highly Specialist ClinicalPsychologist/Psychotherapist

Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist/Psychotherapist NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area: Therapist. Clinical Psychologists Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a

Contract: 3 months (Secondment would end 31st March 2025)

Hours: Part time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, Term time hours, 11.25 hours per week

Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata

Closing date: 31/12/2024 23:59

Interview date: 06/01/2025

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople.

The service you will be working as part of a specialist psychological team that provides timely and effective mental health support for health and care staff working in Greater Manchester who have been affected by critical incidents or traumatic events in the workplace.

You will provide specialist psychological support following work based trauma. You will also support health and care staff to mitigate the impact of work place trauma.

Main duties of the job:

• Provide specialist support for health and care staff who have experienced critical incidents or traumatic events at work.
• Delivery of consultations with managers, leaders and the system to help mitigate the impact of work based trauma.
• One-to-one assessment formulation and trauma therapy for health and care staff affected by work based trauma.
• Provide workshops and reflective spaces following a work based trauma or helping team reduce effects of work based trauma.
• This service provision can take place face to face across GM, as well as some sessions taking place online.

Working for our organisation:

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 #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• Work with health and care staff in GM impacted by traumatic work based events.
• Provide assessments for specialist psychological interventions/individual therapy based on complex data from a variety of sources to clients of the Hub.
• Formulate plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients presenting issues, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems.
• Support professionals in navigating mental health systems to facilitate access to the required services both within Greater Manchester and across the UK.
• Participate as a senior clinician in the development of a high quality, responsive and accessible service.
• Facilitate increased psychological awareness, particularly in relation to trauma, across a range of services.

Person specification:

Qualifications: Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology and registration with the Health Professions Council OR Core professional qualification (e.g., RMN, social worker) plus Accredited in NICE approved psychological intervention (e.g., CBT, EMDR) OR BABCP accredited CBT/therapist with additional training in for example EMDR/DBT.

Training in the supervision of psychological therapists and/or other professionals within the MDT.

Experience: Previous experience of working as a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist or highly specialist psychotherapist in the NHS.

Knowledge: Highly specialised knowledge of mental health issues, including trauma.

Skills: Highly developed skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship.

What happens after your application has been received?

You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.

What happens if I am offered the position after interview?

The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.

What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?

By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards.

Other important information:

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider the brilliant innovation diverse people bring.

If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.

If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.

We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure your application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.