Job summary
An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen to develop services by offering a fixed term (9 months) Band 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist (0.6 wte). We would consider applications from experienced Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologists.
We are keen to consider applications from individuals with direct perinatal experience or those seeking to develop their skills in a new and innovative role.
Come and join our expanding psychological therapies team within a passionate and friendly service.
The Specialist Perinatal Service is a well-established multidisciplinary community team providing a range of tailored approaches to meet the mental health needs of women, birthing people, and their families in the perinatal period. We were recently recognised at GMMH's Celebrating Excellence Awards.
Our core purpose is to work with women, birthing people to address their mental health needs and mitigate any impact on the unborn baby and infant. We aim to provide a timely, integrated, high quality, and effective service.
Main duties of the job
The principal purpose of this job is to improve the psychological health and wellbeing of mothers, birthing people who have complex mental health needs and their babies. This will be achieved in this post through undertaking the following areas of responsibility:
1. To work with the Team Managers and Principal Clinical Psychologist to ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality psychological service in the Specialist Perinatal Service.
2. To carry a caseload of clients, providing psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention, and providing advice and consultancy to patients and professionals.
3. To provide supervision and consultation for staff employed by the Specialist Perinatal Service.
4. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within professional and Trust guidelines.
5. To receive regular professional and clinical supervision in accordance with Trust policy and professional practice guidelines set out by the appropriate designated professional body.
About us
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Job 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
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
Qualifications
Essential
* 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
* Post qualification training in a specialised area of psychological practice (e.g CBT, IPT, EMDR, Systemic, CAT, DBT etc)
* Training in recognised Parent Infant Mental Health courses
* Completed formal training in supervision
Experience
Essential
* 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
* 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
* 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. personality disorder, 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
* Knowledge of policy and legislation in relation to perinatal mental health
Skills and Abilities
Essential
* 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
* 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
* Skills in providing consultation to other professionals and non-professional groups
Other Requirements
Essential
* 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
* Experience of working within a multicultural framework
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
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Employer details
Employer name
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT
Address
Prestwich Hospital
Manchester
M25 3BL
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