Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

Staff benefits

Pay Enhancements - 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years

Excellent pension

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing programme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing programme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Person specification

Education and qualifications

Essential criteria

• Post-graduate doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology, (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996), as accredited by the BPS.
• Eligibility to register as a practitioner psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Desirable criteria

• Further post-qualification training in a specific therapeutic modality
• Completion of clinical supervisor training as provided by a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology training course

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of those with psychological difficulties across a full range of care settings
• Experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems
• Experience in risk assessment, formulation and management of risk.
• Experience of working within and contributing to a multi-disciplinary team including working in an indirect capacity to support MDT and multiagency working and care provision.
• Experience of providing supervision, training and consultation

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within an inpatient setting
• Experience of contributing to the supervision of clinical psychology trainee(s)
• Experience of managing demand for psychological services within a stepped-care framework.
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Up to date knowledge of the needs of people with severe and enduring mental health problems including complex emotional and relational needs.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to clients with complex, severe and enduring mental health problems including Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.

Desirable criteria

• Attendance at a DClinPsy Introduction to Supervision Courses
• Evidence of post-qualification CPD: completion of courses in CAT, CBT, psychodynamic or equivalent therapies for complex cases

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to work with service users, carers and families to engage with their needs and provide them with appropriate psychological support and intervention, adapting these interventions as needed.
• Skills in providing consultation (including formulation) to other professional and non-professional groups
• Well developed, effective communication skills, both orally and in writing,
• Ability to prioritise work, operate a waiting list, meet short deadlines and an unpredictable work pattern that requires regular revision of plans.
• Ability to sit in constrained position for client therapy, testing and for computer work.
• Ability to work at a high level of professional autonomy and responsibility, in a collaborative multi-disciplinary environment and also as a lone worker in circumstances where there may be exposure to verbal and sometimes physical aggression
• Ability to use own initiative and to work under supervision where appropriate.
• Ability to provide rapid psychological assessment and brief psychological interventions. Especially in the management of risk.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

Desirable criteria

• Ability to demonstrate an area of special interest/skill in therapeutic intervention

other

Essential criteria

• There is an occasional requirement to travel across the wide footprint of the Trust to attend meetings and events relevant to the role.
• Ability to work towards goals agreed at Individual Appraisal with the Service Manager
• Ability to work to professional guidelines.

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www..nhsemployers.org

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. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government's website - click here.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

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.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You 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 and person specification (PDF, 344.4KB)
• Job description and person specification (PDF, 344.4KB)
• Inpatient psychological recruitment pack (PDF, 733.0KB)
• Important Candidate information (PDF, 2.5MB)