Highly Specialist Therapist/Clinical/Practitioner Psychologist
Posted 1 day 13 hours ago by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Permanent
Part Time
Healthcare & Medical Jobs
Lancashire, Manchester, United Kingdom, M21 0
Job Description
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Highly Specialist Therapist/Clinical/Practitioner Psychologist 8a Main area Research and Innovation Grade 8a Contract 14 months (14 month fixed term for length of research study) Hours Part time - 18.75 hours per week Job ref 311-M248-25-A
Site Trust HQ Town Ashton under Lyne Salary £55,690 - £62,682 per annum, Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 30/11/:59
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our
This is an exciting opportunity to join an experienced national team of researchers to pilot and evaluate a joint response for young people experiencing mental health crisis. The response includes a collaboration between Greater Manchester Police and young people's mental health services. This three-year pilot will provide one three-year full-time post or two part-time posts to Senior Mental Health Practitioners/Clinical Psychologists/Equivalent who are committed to improving crisis care for young people. The appointee(s) will have the opportunity to work flexibly across the Greater Manchester area, collaborate closely with the research team and associated stakeholder groups, and experience first hand the live evaluation of an innovative and collaborative approach to care.
Main duties of the job The post advertised will be instrumental in the success and development of crisis pathways for children and young people. Learning from this study will inform future planning at a national level, offering an exciting opportunity to contribute towards the development of future clinical practice for young people experiencing mental health crisis
Working alongside clinical staff and the research team, you will respond rapidly to requests for assistance when a young person presents in crisis. You will contribute to the assessment and management of young people in crisis within a clear and structured Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction framework, and identify therapeutic goals to support the young person and families/carers. You will refer on to specialist in-patient services as necessary or work collaboratively with other services to reduce the need for inpatient care. You will develop holistic, safety and recovery focused care plans and mobilise support around the child and family to promote resilience and reduce the likelihood of future crisis episodes. As a research based practitioner, you will feed into the wider multi-disciplinary team and liaise with the research and clinical teams. Direct work with young people will take place in the family home or out of home placement, clinical areas, community settings, or neighbourhood environments. Hours will be set within a 24-7 crisis context. Travel across Greater Manchester with the designated police officer will be required
Working for our organisation
Clinical
• To work with members of the crisis teams and CAMHS to rapidly develop psychological formulations about children and/or families in crisis.
• To use psychological formulations to provide sound, evidence-based guidance to colleagues, families, carers and young people.
• To provide clinical advice and notes that accurately outline the information being used to guide the formulation and have clear guidance about any mental health risk and any next steps.
• To ensure any mental health risks discussed in attendance to crisis call outs are shared appropriately within the parameters of the crisis pathways and working relationships with members of GMP.
• To help the appropriate teams use the formulation to inform other professionals of how to understand and work in accordance with the formulation in order to improve outcomes and reduce risk for young people.
• To contribute to the multi-disciplinary team's psychological understanding of young people and their families and offer guidance to improve mental health and other important outcomes.
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the entirety of your work.
• To take an active role in the process of multi-disciplinary risk assessment, utilising clinical guidelines to support consultation and formulation processes, documenting formulations and recommendations as appropriate.
• To support the family and multidisciplinary professionals to understand and take positive risks, as part of an agreed plan.
• To report adverse incidents (for clinical and research purposes) and ensure documentation is detailed and supported by evidence.
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the advice, consultation and formulation provided.
• To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service across all settings and agencies serving the client group.
• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans of young people engaging with crisis services.
• To provide expertise, brief evidence-based therapeutic support, enhance coping skills, advice, and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care to the young people.
• To create a psychologically safe space in which individuals or the team consider the impact of the work and to think about ways to mitigate the potential risks to their own wellbeing.
• To utilise their expert knowledge about vicarious trauma to help teams take steps to reduce the risk of secondary trauma while doing this work.
• To gain, evaluate, disseminate, and implement research findings.
• To review and reflect upon own practice through participation in and effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal.
• To fully engage in research team and clinical team meetings.
• To keep detailed clinical and research notes to inform the young person's ongoing care and role within the research study.
• To proactively support young people's engagement in the research study, alongside their parents/carers, or other relevant trusted adults in the young person's life.
• To obtain informed assent/consent for inclusion from prospective participants in research activities.
• To conduct and document risk assessment in therapeutic and training situations, hospital, and community settings, balancing the conflicting interaction of the individual needs of the children and adolescents, those who care for them, therapeutic goals, and risk minimisation.
Teaching, training, and supervision
• To provide training and workshops to professionals working within the Greater Manchester, particularly in relation to psychological trauma and research findings.
• To work with managers to contribute to the identification of the clinical training needs of staff working in crisis pathways and to work towards addressing such training needs as appropriate.
• To maintain and develop skills in the area of own professional post graduate training and clinical supervision skills.
• To receive regular clinical and research supervision from a senior clinical psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues.
• To contribute to the pre and post qualification teaching and training of clinical and counselling psychologists, as appropriate and with agreement from senior management. This may include contributing to the supervision of clinical psychology trainees on placement.
• To receive regular individual and peer group clinical supervision in accordance with the good practice guideline of the appropriate registered Professionals Standards Authority.
• To participate in and develop an up-to-date personal development plan reflecting on own needs and engaging in development of clear objectives.
• To maintain and develop specialist psychological knowledge and skills, using appraisal and continuing professional development systems.
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Highly Specialist Therapist/Clinical/Practitioner Psychologist 8a Main area Research and Innovation Grade 8a Contract 14 months (14 month fixed term for length of research study) Hours Part time - 18.75 hours per week Job ref 311-M248-25-A
Site Trust HQ Town Ashton under Lyne Salary £55,690 - £62,682 per annum, Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 30/11/:59
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our
This is an exciting opportunity to join an experienced national team of researchers to pilot and evaluate a joint response for young people experiencing mental health crisis. The response includes a collaboration between Greater Manchester Police and young people's mental health services. This three-year pilot will provide one three-year full-time post or two part-time posts to Senior Mental Health Practitioners/Clinical Psychologists/Equivalent who are committed to improving crisis care for young people. The appointee(s) will have the opportunity to work flexibly across the Greater Manchester area, collaborate closely with the research team and associated stakeholder groups, and experience first hand the live evaluation of an innovative and collaborative approach to care.
Main duties of the job The post advertised will be instrumental in the success and development of crisis pathways for children and young people. Learning from this study will inform future planning at a national level, offering an exciting opportunity to contribute towards the development of future clinical practice for young people experiencing mental health crisis
Working alongside clinical staff and the research team, you will respond rapidly to requests for assistance when a young person presents in crisis. You will contribute to the assessment and management of young people in crisis within a clear and structured Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction framework, and identify therapeutic goals to support the young person and families/carers. You will refer on to specialist in-patient services as necessary or work collaboratively with other services to reduce the need for inpatient care. You will develop holistic, safety and recovery focused care plans and mobilise support around the child and family to promote resilience and reduce the likelihood of future crisis episodes. As a research based practitioner, you will feed into the wider multi-disciplinary team and liaise with the research and clinical teams. Direct work with young people will take place in the family home or out of home placement, clinical areas, community settings, or neighbourhood environments. Hours will be set within a 24-7 crisis context. Travel across Greater Manchester with the designated police officer will be required
Working for our organisation
- To ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality, evidence based and psychologically informed services for young people experiencing a mental health crisis.
- To facilitate increased psychological awareness, particularly in relation to triggers and trauma, offering case-based consultation and bespoke training with the police, NHS practitioners, and vulnerable young people and families.
- To create opportunities within the team to encourage staff to reflect on the emotional impact of the work both individually and as a team and to take steps to mitigate some of these risks.
- To work with colleagues through crisis response impacted by critical incidents and other traumatic events.
- To provide expert consultation, advice and support in formulating and understanding the behaviours and presentations of children and young people.
- To contribute to multi-agency working arrangements designed to support the health, well-being and safety of children, young people and families.
- To work autonomously within professional guidelines, liaising as appropriate between the research team and clinical team.
- To take responsibility for developing strong, collaborative relationships with staff and managers associated with emergency responses and crisis care.
- To utilise research skills for audit, evaluation, policy, and service development purposes, within the context of the NIHR HS&DR funded pilot.
Clinical
• To work with members of the crisis teams and CAMHS to rapidly develop psychological formulations about children and/or families in crisis.
• To use psychological formulations to provide sound, evidence-based guidance to colleagues, families, carers and young people.
• To provide clinical advice and notes that accurately outline the information being used to guide the formulation and have clear guidance about any mental health risk and any next steps.
• To ensure any mental health risks discussed in attendance to crisis call outs are shared appropriately within the parameters of the crisis pathways and working relationships with members of GMP.
• To help the appropriate teams use the formulation to inform other professionals of how to understand and work in accordance with the formulation in order to improve outcomes and reduce risk for young people.
• To contribute to the multi-disciplinary team's psychological understanding of young people and their families and offer guidance to improve mental health and other important outcomes.
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the entirety of your work.
• To take an active role in the process of multi-disciplinary risk assessment, utilising clinical guidelines to support consultation and formulation processes, documenting formulations and recommendations as appropriate.
• To support the family and multidisciplinary professionals to understand and take positive risks, as part of an agreed plan.
• To report adverse incidents (for clinical and research purposes) and ensure documentation is detailed and supported by evidence.
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the advice, consultation and formulation provided.
• To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service across all settings and agencies serving the client group.
• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans of young people engaging with crisis services.
• To provide expertise, brief evidence-based therapeutic support, enhance coping skills, advice, and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care to the young people.
• To create a psychologically safe space in which individuals or the team consider the impact of the work and to think about ways to mitigate the potential risks to their own wellbeing.
• To utilise their expert knowledge about vicarious trauma to help teams take steps to reduce the risk of secondary trauma while doing this work.
• To gain, evaluate, disseminate, and implement research findings.
• To review and reflect upon own practice through participation in and effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal.
• To fully engage in research team and clinical team meetings.
• To keep detailed clinical and research notes to inform the young person's ongoing care and role within the research study.
• To proactively support young people's engagement in the research study, alongside their parents/carers, or other relevant trusted adults in the young person's life.
• To obtain informed assent/consent for inclusion from prospective participants in research activities.
• To conduct and document risk assessment in therapeutic and training situations, hospital, and community settings, balancing the conflicting interaction of the individual needs of the children and adolescents, those who care for them, therapeutic goals, and risk minimisation.
Teaching, training, and supervision
• To provide training and workshops to professionals working within the Greater Manchester, particularly in relation to psychological trauma and research findings.
• To work with managers to contribute to the identification of the clinical training needs of staff working in crisis pathways and to work towards addressing such training needs as appropriate.
• To maintain and develop skills in the area of own professional post graduate training and clinical supervision skills.
• To receive regular clinical and research supervision from a senior clinical psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues.
• To contribute to the pre and post qualification teaching and training of clinical and counselling psychologists, as appropriate and with agreement from senior management. This may include contributing to the supervision of clinical psychology trainees on placement.
• To receive regular individual and peer group clinical supervision in accordance with the good practice guideline of the appropriate registered Professionals Standards Authority.
• To participate in and develop an up-to-date personal development plan reflecting on own needs and engaging in development of clear objectives.
• To maintain and develop specialist psychological knowledge and skills, using appraisal and continuing professional development systems.
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