Clinical Psychologist or Psychological Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Main area Clinical Psychologist/ Psychological therapist Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 30 hours per week Job ref 437-7122380
Site Bolton Talking Therapies - TBC Town Bolton Salary £53,755 - £60,504 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 05/05/2025 23:59
Job overview
Are you an experienced and resilient Psychological Therapist or Psychologist, who can be instrumental in the strategic vision and clinical delivery of therapy within NHS talking therapies?
If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join a well established, dynamic team in Bolton, delivering therapy to the population of Bolton.
We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced clinician to support the therapy delivery within the step 3 + team of Bolton's NHS talking therapy service.
The successful candidate will be committed to team working, have excellent relationship building skills and be capable of managing varied work demands.
Main duties of the job
As a Psychologist/ Psychological Therapist in our talking therapies service, you will be responsible for offering high quality assessment and brief interventions to treat those experiencing common mental health disorders.
This is an exciting, varied role with opportunity for direct clinical work, consultation, supervision of other practitioners, facilitation of reflective practice and contributing to team innovation and development.
You will have plenty of scope and support to develop your own practice, whilst supporting the team in balancing the challenges of providing flexible high-quality services that deliver effective access and meet the expectations of patients, carers and the public.
Working for our organisation
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, as well as a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
* Doctoral or Masters Degree or equivalent experience/qualification in clinical psychology or any other relevant psychological therapy.
* Further post-qualification specialist training, research or study, conferring advanced theoretical and practical knowledge within a specialist field of psychological therapy.
* Additional further training and qualifications in a range of therapeutic models (e.g., CBT, IPT, CAT) and in the use of specific psychometric and/or neuropsychological assessment tools.
* Completion of appropriate supervision training.
Experience
* Proven post-qualification experience as a psychological therapist within the NHS.
* Experience working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and full range of settings including primary care, community, inpatients and acute care settings, and with expert knowledge in common mental health difficulties.
* Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological assessment and intervention and evaluation with a range of common, acute and complex mental health needs.
* Experience in teaching and training and qualified psychological therapist and of non-psychology staff.
* Experience of the application of psychological therapy in diverse cultural and ethnic contexts.
Knowledge
* Thorough understanding of phenomenology and theoretical models of complex co-morbid common mental health disorders.
* Understanding of the national guidance and policy directives in relation to the development and delivery of psychological therapies for common mental health disorders.
Skills and abilities
* Ability to formulate presenting problems using a range of evidence-based psychological models.
* Ability to formulate presenting problems from first principles drawing from an appropriate knowledge base.
Other requirements
* There is a requirement to travel mainly within the Bolton area in order to attend clinics and an occasional requirement to travel across the wide footprint of the Trust to attend meetings and events relevant to the role.
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.
The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.
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.
**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**
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