Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

1 month ago


Wigan, United Kingdom Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT Full time

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join our new community mental health service in Wigan called Living Well (LW). Living Well provides support for people who might not traditionally meet the threshold or criteria of existing mental health services.

We are a friendly, supportive and innovative team. As we are a new team we are always testing, learning and adapting to try and improve the quality of care we provide. We are values driven and use our values to guide our decision making, lived experience is at the heart of our model. We are happy to consider flexible working arrangements.

We would be happy to consider a band 7 to 8a Preceptorship role and please contact Nicola Quinn (Clinical Lead) if you have any questions about the role.

Main duties of the job

In this new role within our team, you will increase the levels of psychological support and care provided to people who access the service. You will provide psychological assessment, formulation and possible brief interventions/groups to people referred to the LW service. You will also offer supervision, consultation, training and reflective practice groups to support all staff to work in a psychologically-informed way. With Living Well being a new service, there will be several opportunities for service development, audit and evaluation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

With this being a new role within the team, there will be opportunity for the role to be developed by the successful candidate to fit the needs of the Wigan population. You will be supported by an 8b Clinical Psychologist (Clinical Lead) and Living Well Management team. See attached detailed job description and person specification for further information.

About us

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 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 description

Job responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

Staff benefits

Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays. 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 Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good honors degree in psychology. Eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS) Post-graduate doctorate in clinical / counselling psychology, (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996), as accredited by the BPS. Eligibility to register as a clinical / counselling psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council. Completion of relevant modules of Accredited Doctoral Clinical Psychology Course: Introduction to Supervision Courses (approx. 30 hours) or equivalent, or professional equivalent.

Desirable

Completion of further post qualification training within psychological therapies ( CAT, DBT, CFT, MBT, EMDR etc.)

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable experience of providing clinical supervision to psychologists and/or, psychological therapists and other core health professions.

Desirable

Experience of audit and service evaluation within psychological therapy services.

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