Senior Psychotherapist/Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements:

Band

Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am

All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

1

Time plus 47%

Time plus 94%

2

Time plus 41%

Time plus 83%

3

Time plus 35%

Time plus 69%

4 - 9

Time plus 30%

Time plus 60%

• 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
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Professional qualification in Clinical / Counselling Psychology at doctoral level (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996)
• Registration as a Clinical Psychologist / Counselling Psychologist with the HCPC

Desirable criteria

• Post qualification training in a specialised area of psychological practice (e.g CBT, IPT, CFT, EMDR, Systemic, CAT, DBT etc)
• Training in recognised Parent Infant Mental Health courses
• Completed formal training in supervision

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working as a qualified psychological therapist
• Experience of working with client groups experiencing moderate-severe mental health problems across the life span
• Experience of delivering structured psychological interventions to clients with complex psychological problems
• Experience of working with trauma and providing trauma-focused psychological therapy
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of providing supervision
• Experience of providing teaching and training

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in specialist perinatal services
• Experience of working in parent-infant mental health settings, where the child is less than 2 years old

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of psychology
• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in difficult to treat groups (e.g. cPTSD, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities etc)
• Practitioner level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of policy and legislation in relation to perinatal mental health

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Skills in formulation of dynamic risk and development and implementation of positive risk management plans
• Ability to organise time effectively
• Ability to use own initiative and to work under supervision where appropriate
• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other professionals

Desirable criteria

• Skills in providing consultation to other professionals and non-professional groups

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
• Ability to identify, and employ as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
• Ability to travel to a range of locations in a timely and efficient manner.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within a multicultural framework

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

• Senior Perinatal psychotherapist/psychologist job description (PDF, 168.4KB)
• Senior Perinatal psychotherapist/psychologist person spec (PDF, 240.6KB)
• Important Candidate information (PDF, 2.5MB)