Highly Specialist Psychologist/Psychotherapist

2 weeks ago

AshtonunderLyne, Tameside, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Overview

The Greater Manchester Resilience Hub (GMRH) is a pioneering, all-age psychology-led service established in response to the Manchester Arena Attack in 2017. Since then, we have expanded to develop multiple workstreams, offering a diverse workload.

Our service provides support to those impacted by the Arena attack, as well as a staff wellbeing service for health and social care staff across GM. We also support partner organisations in responding to major incidents, provide specialist training on trauma-related issues, and offer consultation to organisations developing trauma-responsive approaches.

This role requires exceptional interpersonal skills, an understanding of trauma-responsive approaches, and a willingness to embrace and promote change. You will have the opportunity to work within a supportive team and make a key contribution to an innovative service leading the way nationally in delivering all-age, family-focused, psychosocial, and trauma-responsive care.

Main Duties of the Job

Please see the attached job description and person specification for the full details of the role.

Working for Our Organisation

At the Hub, we strive to support and supervise our team in line with our values and beliefs. Successful candidates will need to be committed to this style of team working. Given the complex nature of the work, there are many opportunities for support and CPD. The team has regular face-to-face and online team meetings, individual supervisions, and line management.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for the full details of the role.

Person SpecificationEducation/Qualifications
  • Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology and registration with the Health Professions Council
  • OR Core professional qualification (e.g., RMN, social worker) plus Accredited in NICE-approved psychological intervention (e.g., CBT, EMDR)
  • OR BABCP-accredited CBT/therapist with additional training in, for example, EMDR/DBT
  • Training in the supervision of psychological therapists and/or other professionals within the MDT
Desirable Criteria
  • Post-qualification training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
ExperienceEssential Criteria
  • Previous experience of working as a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist or highly specialist psychotherapist in the NHS
  • Experience of caseload management
  • Experience of working with complex safeguarding of adults and/or children and young people
  • Experience of working with children and/or adults presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a wide range of care settings
  • Experience of assessing and intervening clinically around child protection issues
  • Experience of representing psychology/psychological therapy within the context of multidisciplinary care
  • Experience of teaching multi-agency professionals
  • Experience of clinical supervision/consultancy with multiagency staff
Desirable Criteria
  • Assessed experience of working as a qualified psychologist or psychological therapist for a minimum of four years (with 2 years at a specialist level)
  • Experience of the application of psychological approaches in different cultural contexts
  • Experience of clinical supervision of professionals
  • Experience of service audit and/or project management within the clinical setting
  • Involvement in Service Development within adult and/or Children's Services
  • Experience of psychometric and neuropsychological assessments with young people and/or adults
  • Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment
KnowledgeEssential Criteria
  • Highly specialised knowledge of mental health issues, including trauma
  • Highly specialised knowledge of assessment, formulation, and therapeutic intervention around mental health
  • Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for children and/or adults who have experienced trauma
  • Knowledge of children and/or adults with complex needs and neurodiversity
  • Knowledge of safeguarding and familiarity with local and national safeguarding procedures
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable Criteria
  • Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised assessment methodologies
  • Specialist training in therapeutic approaches relevant to children and/or adults who have experienced trauma
  • Knowledge of Governmental and Strategic policies and national clinical guidance in relation to children and young people, mental health, and CAMHS
  • Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of psychology
  • Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of organisational development and dynamics
  • Knowledge of child development
Skills and AbilitiesEssential Criteria
  • Highly developed skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
  • Ability to work with a range of professionals from a range of agencies
  • Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues
  • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, including psychometric assessment
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team

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