Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 311-T571-25
- Employer
- Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tameside & Glossop Secondary Care Psychological Therapies
- Town
- Ashton-Under-Lyne
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 Per Annu,m, Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 8a Clinical Psychologist to join the Secondary Care Psychological Therapies Service (SCPTS) in Tameside and Glossop. This is a permanent, full time (1.0 WTE) post.
The team base is located in Haughton Mews, Stamford Street, Ashton-under-Lyne. The team is cohesive and connected, and values innovation, collaboration and peer support. It consists of a lively and committed mix of Clinical Psychologists and Psychological Therapists who are trained in a range of therapies. We offer individual and group therapies to service users and work closely with the Community Mental Health Teams in the borough. We also work closely with other clinical teams including the Complex Emotional and Relational Needs Pathway.
This is an exciting time of change and Transformation in the Trust. The SCPT service is involved in Community Transformation and delivering the ambitions of the Community Mental Health Framework, with a particular focus on the Psychological Therapies for Severe Mental Health Framework (PT-SMHP) paper. As part of this, the goal of SCPTS teams is to ensure that all practitioners working into our service are accredited in, or working towards accreditation in, the therapies listed in the paper. There are opportunities for the postholder to become involved in creating and developing more integrated ways of working in CMHTs.
Are you due to qualify or newly qualified from the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology programme?
If so, then we would welcome an enquiry and/or an application from you to join us as a preceptee. As a preceptee you will paid under NHS AfC Band 7 £46.148 per annum, pro rata. You will be supported across a 12-24 months period to progress thorough the knowledge, skills and behaviour framework so that you can progress to Band 8a.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will offer:
- Outpatient, evidence-based individual and/or group therapy to service users currently under the CMHTs.
- Consultation to CMHT staff (case discussion, team formulations, supervision, staff training and contribution to professionals’ meetings).
- Supervision to other psychological therapists, and/or trainee psychological therapists when appropriate.
We would be interested in Clinical Psychologists of all therapeutic modalities applying for this position. However, we are particularly interested in recruiting colleagues trained in, or interested in training in, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) as the successful applicant will spend a discrete portion of their post offering this therapeutic intervention alongside other work.
Clinical supervision will be offered to the post holder and every effort will be made for that be aligned with your preferred therapeutic modality.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
- Access to Continued Professional Development
- Involvement in improvement and research activities
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
The post holder will be accountable to the Principal Clinical Psychologist/Team Manager for Secondary Care Psychological Therapies.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specific models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychological assessments, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan development psychology as accredited by the BPS.
Desirable criteria
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and / or other fields of applied psychology
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychology assessment and treatment across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- MDT working
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching training and / or supervision
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
- Knowledge of the practice implications of National guidance and policy, e.g. Nice Guidance, MHA, etc
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with additional disabilities etc.).
- High–level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to working age adults and mental health.
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups
- Ability to teach and train others using a variety of complex and multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Strong interest and experience of working with service users with severe / complex needs.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
- Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr. Sinead Murphy
- Job title
- Principal Clinical Psychologist/ Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 7163555
- Additional information
Shireen Gaur
Consultant Practitioner Psychologist and Group Analyst
Clinical Lead for Secondary Care Psychological Therapy Services
Tel: 01617163555
Email: [email protected]
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