Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist/Psychotherapist

Job title:

Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist/Psychotherapist

Company

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job description

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeoplehttps://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/valuesJob overviewThe service you’ll 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 workplaceThe service is for all health and care staff working in Greater Manchester – including all NHS colleagues; North-West Ambulance Service – GM only; primary care, local authorities*, care homes and social care providers, VCSE (those working in the health and care sector)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 jobYou will provide specialist support for health and care staff who have experienced critical incidents or traumatic events at work.Your job plan will include:

• 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 will take place face to face across GM, as well as some sessions taking place online.Working for our organisationWe 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 responsibilitiesTo work with health and care staff in GM impacted by traumatic work based events.To provide assessments for specialist psychological interventions/individual therapy based on complex data from a variety of sources to clients of the Hub. Sources of data include: observations, self-report measures, semi-structured interviews with clients, their families and other professionals involved in the client’s careTo 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 and support professionals in navigating mental health systems to facilitate access to the required services both within Greater Manchester and across the UKTo participate as a senior clinician in the development of a high quality, responsive and accessible service, including advising both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.To facilitate increased psychological awareness, particularly in relation to trauma, across a range of services by supporting professionals to recognise and address psychological wellbeing need.Person specificationQualificationsEssential criteria

• Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology and registration with the Health Professions Council OR Core professional qualification (eg, RMN, social worker) plus Accredited in NICE approved psychological intervention (eg 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

ExperienceEssential criteria

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

KnowledgeEssential criteria

• Highly specialised knowledge of mental health issues, including trauma

SkillsEssential criteria

• Highly developed skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups

Hints and tips for completing your application can be found here.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. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.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. The checks are:

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to NHS will be required to provide HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years. This information will used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.If you are offer a position with is and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with government guidance. If the role you have been offer is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.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. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider 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.
• Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
• 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 you application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.Employer certification / accreditation badgesApplicant requirementsYou must have appropriate UK professional registration.This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 227.4KB)
• Person specification (PDF, 96.6KB)
• Policy Statement on Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 117.0KB)

Expected salary

Location

United Kingdom

Job date

Sat, 21 Dec 2024 23:52:00 GMT

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