We have a large yet well integrated and friendly psychology team of experienced admin staff, nurse therapists, and trainee and qualified clinical, forensic and neuro psychologists. We have strong teaching and training links with universities in the North of England, as well as hosting placements for trainees and interns from overseas.
The specialities of our team, and thus the therapies and other psychological interventions we offer, are diverse to ensure we can meet the wide breadth of needs of our service users. We encourage our staff to pursue their preferred clinical models where this fits with service need, and there will be opportunities for further training. Our aim is to support, develop and retain you through bespoke continuous professional development plans that will help you achieve your aspirations. We have a strong track record of providing and supporting a range of CPD activities and certificates. Equally important is our team’s wellbeing and we work as hard to facilitate and promote our self-care and sense of being valued and cohesive.
The core role involves providing specialist assessment and intervention for our service user group. We are integrated within multidisciplinary teams and provide consultation, reflective practice and support to those teams in order to provide the best possible care to our service users.
This is a permanent full time role. The post is open to either those about to complete training and looking for their first qualified post (Band 7 preceptorship), or those who are already qualified and looking for a change or a new challenge (Band 8a). We believe in supporting clinicians to grow into the psychologist they aspire to be. As part of the clear progression pathway towards Band 8a, our preceptors join monthly CPD group in slots addition to their regular individual supervision sessions to scaffold such growth and further your transferable skills.
We offer a range of attractive benefits including free onsite car secure parking; a designated desk space with two computer screens and no hot desking; fully stocked stationary cupboard; a fully equipped free onsite cardio and weight gym, swimming pool and fitness and yoga sessions.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, Wales and the West Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Please see attached Job descriptions for either Band 7 preceptorship or Band 8 Senior psychologist roles
This advert closes on Monday 10 Feb 2025