Main area: Clinical Psychologist / Psychological Therapist
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: 12 months (Fixed term)
Hours: Part time - 20 hours per week (happy to discuss flexible working)
Job ref: 437-6721407
Employer: Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Trafford Psychological Therapies
Town: Altrincham
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 pro rata per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/12/2024 23:59
Job overview The post holder will join the Step 3+ therapy provision within Trafford Psychological Therapies, an NHS Talking Therapies Service (previously known as IAPT). They will be providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy for people with complex, co-morbid, chronic common mental health problems as well as ensuring the appropriate provision of high-quality, individual and group clinical supervision to psychological therapists as appropriate.
They will provide expert advice and consultation outside the service to members of the primary health care team and, as appropriate, to secondary care services. Where required they will be expected to undertake appropriate audit, research, and service development activities pertinent to the evaluation and development of the service. The postholder will adhere to the service standards for clinical activity and work within the procedures, protocols and guidelines for the service. The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary, and should be committed to equal opportunities.
There is an expectation to offer an evening clinic within this role and to have a mix of face-to-face and remote working.
Main duties of the job Formulate, implement and evaluate psychological therapy programmes for clients. Undertake risk assessment and risk management for clients as necessary, and provide general advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management. Exercise an appropriate degree of autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment of clients in line with service standards and best practice guidance. Adhere to service performance standards and expectations regarding caseload, throughput, and demonstrated effectiveness. Provide clinical supervision to qualified psychological therapists, trainee clinical psychologists and other roles as appropriate. Attend relevant meetings relating to performance monitoring and service developments. Keep coherent electronic records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols. Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach. Provide specialist advice and consultation to other professionals/individuals/groups/committees across Mental Health Trusts and other voluntary agencies regarding service matters related to the practice and delivery of specific agreed therapeutic modalities and service provision. Person specification Education Doctoral or Masters Degree or equivalent experience/qualification in clinical psychology or any other relevant psychological therapy plus further specialist training. Additional further training and qualifications in a range of therapeutic models (e.g. CBT, IPT, CAT) and in the use of specific psychometric and/or neuro-psychological assessment tools. Completion of appropriate supervision training. Experience Proven post-qualification experience as a psychological therapist within the NHS. Experience working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and full range of settings including primary care, community, inpatients and acute care settings, and with expert knowledge in common mental health difficulties. Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological assessment and intervention and evaluation with a range of common, acute and complex mental health needs. Proven ability to supervise others within the domain of service area. Experience of representing psychological services in local policy forums. Development and delivery of group therapy for complex presentations. Undergraduate and post graduate research experience. Experience of audit and service evaluation within psychological therapy services. Experience in teaching and training and qualified psychological therapist and of non-psychology staff. Important Information about working for GMMH: All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks. Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.
The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities.
If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.
Sponsorship We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications.
Do you have experience outside the NHS? We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.
**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**
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