Clinical Psychologist (NHS AfC: Band 8b) - Mental Health - Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS ...

Search the Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS FT website We are delighted to invite applications for a part-time (0.8 wte) clinical psychologist to work with the Trafford Home Based Treatment team (HBTT). You will be joining a team of highly motivated individuals from a range of disciplines including nursing, psychiatry, social work and occupational therapy. The post holder will be one of the clinical leads, working closely with operational managers and team colleagues to further develop the clinical psychology role within the team, and working with MDT colleagues and with psychology services across the adult mental health acute and community pathways.

You will work as part of a well established psychology service in Trafford and have links across the Trust with colleagues in other home based treatment teams. GMMH is a research active Trust with a number of specialist research units to support a range of research activity. We have close links with local training courses and we would encourage the post holder to supervise trainees.

The successful candidate will be creative, resilient and enthusiastic about working with multidisciplinary colleagues to provide the best possible care for people under the Trafford HBTT. You will be well organised, able to prioritise your work and be able to work well with people from a range of disciplines and backgrounds.

Main duties of the job In this fast paced team you will lead on offering assessments and evidenced based brief interventions to people in Trafford in need of intensive home based treatment. You will support the multidisciplinary team by developing formulations based on psychological theory and advise around care planning, risk assessment and discharge planning. You will lead on promoting a psychologically-informed and trauma-informed understanding of mental health crises and high-level risk issues.

Working for our organisation Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over7000members of staff, who deliver services from more than160locations.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post-holder will be an active member of the Trafford Home Based Treatment Team, which is a multi-disciplinary team focused on supporting people experiencing mental health difficulties that are acute and severe, taking a recovery-focused approach to support people and their families and carers through a crisis, providing care and treatment interventions in the least restrictive environment and so providing an alternative to hospital admission when required and appropriate. The role of the clinical psychologist in the team is to lead on providing a psychological service to people referred to the team, and to their families and carers, including completing psychological assessments, formulations and delivering brief psychological interventions focused on a compassionate, trauma-informed and psychologically-informed perspective of the development and maintenance of the current issues. In addition to direct work with people under the care of the service, an important part of the clinical psychologist's role will be to work with colleagues within the team to provide advice and support about understanding people's difficulties and needs, informing care plans and treatment interventions. This part of the role includes providing consultation and supervision to other staff members, delivering training sessions, facilitating team formulations and/ or reflective practice groups, completing reviews of case notes, liaison with other services and staff, informal discussions and attendance at team meetings. The post-holder will play a key role in supporting the functioning of the team in order to support the recovery and well-being of people using the service. The post-holder would have close links to clinical psychologists and psychological therapists working in other acute and community services across Trafford.

Person specification Qualifications

• A minimum 2:1 degree in psychology, which provides eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
• Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
• Current registration with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist
• Completion of further study/post qualification training in specific psychological therapies (e.g. CAT, DBT, etc.)
• Completion of supervisor training

Experience

• Work within a role which predominately involved the provision of psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention for adults (age 18+) with severe and complex mental health problems.
• Working with complex mental health problems, including psychosis, complex relational and emotional needs, and severe depression, anxiety and trauma/complex trauma.
• Providing psychological assessment, formulation and interventions to people experiencing a suicidal crisis
• Experience in risk assessment, formulation and management
• Working well within multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience of working as a psychological practitioner within a Home Based Treatment Team or Crisis Team

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.

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Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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