An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Principal Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to work in the North View Psychology team on a permanent basis, 4 days a week. Alongside the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, you will be helping to lead a relatively new and dynamic team - of 6 qualified psychologists and 2 assistant psychologists- that work with adults with mental health problems across 6 In-Patient acute wards.
There is an important emphasis on working collaboratively with our MDT colleagues and providing consultation, training and emotional support to them. There is a passion in the team to work creatively and inclusively with service users who are often from socially and culturally diverse back grounds and to work in a flexible way to support the wards to become psychologically safer environments that are trauma informed. We also want to promote a trauma informed approach to supporting staff working in In-Patient settings and this includes supporting staff who experience racism and other forms of discrimination.
We are looking for a highly skilled clinician who has experience in working with individuals with the full range of mental health problems assessing and co-developing formulations that can inform service users’ care and treatment; and in training and supervising others; and supporting and challenging the wider organisation in order to improve the experience of service users receiving In-Patient mental health services.
An ability to develop positive working relationships with all the stakeholders in mental health care is essential. There are opportunities to work collaboratively with Trust wide research projects and where possible we try to support team members to have training in modalities that are effective in In-Patient care. You will be expected to contribute to service development initiatives and their evaluation by audit and research work as required to support and enable the service’s ongoing improvement.
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 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.
Clinical Responsibilities: To be responsible for the provision of psychological services in the North View acute
inpatient unit.
- To carry a caseload and to undertake highly specialist psychological
assessments based upon the appropriate use and interpretation of complex data from various sources.
- To develop psychological formulations of complex mental health problems to
inform the team’s treatment and management of these difficulties.
- To provide appropriate structured psychological interventions and
psychological therapies for people with severe and/or complex mental health
problems (and, when appropriate, their families or carers).
- To harness and support the psychosocial skills of other team members by
providing clinical supervision, consultation and liaison work and opportunities
for co-working.
- To develop and maintain appropriate psychosocial supervision frameworks.
- To contribute to the appropriate risk assessment and risk management by providing training and consultation to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management.
- To be responsible for and participate in, the stepped-care provision of
psychology services.
- To promote team working and constructive relationships with multi
disciplinary colleagues
- To collaborate with ward managers on developing best practice in
psychological care for the ward environment.
- To support the staff in their implementation of the managing difficult emotions
pathway for people who have been identified as having complex emotional and relational needs.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information.
