A Vacancy at Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for a innovative and compassionate Clinical Psychologist/Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist to join our Learning Disability Care Hub. Newly qualified Clinical Psychologists are encouraged to apply and join our supportive preceptorship programme. The Learning Disabilities Care Hub have an established a consultant led specialist learning disability clinical psychology pathway that works as an essential element of a multidisciplinary model of care. The Learning Disabilities Care Hub includes five Community Learning Disability Teams across the footprint of Pennine Care. Clinical Psychology is valued locally within our community teams and within the wider Trust. Working base will be discussed at interview. We offer a robust supervision and development structure. You will be part of an expanding, energetic, innovative Learning Disability Care Hub team that values coproduction and working alongside people with lived experience and promotes trauma informed care. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a multi-agency team, working alongside clinical psychologists, community learning disability nurses, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, and other multidisciplinary mental health practitioners. The Learning Disability Care Hub consists of community learning disability teams delivering services to adults aged 18+ years and with some provision to children and young people.
To practice as an integral member of the multi-disciplinary learning disability team providing a highly specialist direct and indirect clinical psychology services to people with learning disabilities with highly complex psychological needs.
The postholder will take an active role in coordinating service development and engagement by supporting: Service delivery including development and delivery of psychological pathways Development and delivery of training Conducting research, audit, and evaluation We are committed to developing our staff and supporting career progression. Successful applicants will have numerous opportunities to engage in CPD related activities. In addition to this the post holder will have the opportunity to engage with our learning disability research hub alongside our research partners across Greater Manchester
About the Trust
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.
Our ambition is to maximise people’s potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and
improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.
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.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
1. Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
2. Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
3. Access to Continued Professional Development
4. Involvement in improvement and research activities
5. Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
6. Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our
#PennineCarePeople
The post holder will be a member of the Community Learning Disabilities Team and will provide clinical psychology services in this context. The post holder will be expected to work withpeople with learning disabilities, their families, support staff, and other professionals around highly complex, psychological, emotional or behavioural issues. This includes working with complex challenging behaviour, abuse, family breakdown, personality disorders and severe and enduring mental health problems, risk of harm to self or others.
This advert closes on Thursday 17 Oct 2024