This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a relatively new psychology service within Mental Health Urgent Care in Mersey Care. The service works in to the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment teams, First Response Service (crisis line), Core 24 AED liaison, and Liaison & Diversion services across the trust.
The successful candidate will join an existing team of practitioner psychologists and assistant psychologists. The multi-disciplinary leadership team in Mental Health Urgent Care is very keen to support a strong psychological provision and wider intervention pathways.
The successful candidate will hold a leadership role, supporting the consultant clinical psychologist in developing a positive psychology influence, and there will be a large service development flavour to these posts as we establish and build new ways of working in Mental Health Urgent Care.
If you have a passion for providing exceptional care and are looking for an exciting and challenging role within urgent care services, we would welcome your talents and skills.
The post is based in Peasley Cross, St Helens, but travel between bases and around the Mersey Care patch will be required.
The successful candidate will be providing leadership, clinical supervision, reflective practice, consultation, and training for psychology staff and the wider MDT. They will also work directly with patients, offering psychological assessments, formulations, and therapeutic interventions, both individually and in group format, where indicated.
The post holder will have a strong interest and commitment to working with complex psychological presentations, in particular those experiencing mental health crises. Experience of research, audit, and teaching would be beneficial, and experience in supervising trainees is essential.
The post holder will have opportunities for continuing professional development, including training in specific therapeutic modalities and in leadership. They will also be encouraged to contribute to the professional development of other staff members.
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, North Wales, and the Midlands.
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.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Katie Pownell Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: katie.pownell@merseycare.nhs.uk
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