Principal Clinical/Forensic Psychologist Secure Psychological Services
| Posting date: | 08 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,952 - £57,349 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 May 2024 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L13 2GA |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6208574/350-SEC6005594-A |
Summary
A Vacancy at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust to join a well established, supportive team of Learning Disability practitioners meeting the psychological assessment, treatment and care needs of service users within the Low secure unit.
The LSU service will be moving from Whalley, Lancashire in March 2024 to Aspen Wood – the new purpose-built 40 bed unit (20 male & 20 female beds) state of the art LSU building at Maghull Health park, Liverpool. The Low secure services are for people who are presenting with behaviours that challenge in the community and/or have come into contact with the criminal justice services.
The post available is 1.0 wte Inpatient (Learning Disability Low secure) Practitioner Psychologist to be based at Maghull Health Park, Liverpool (Permanent Band 7/8a dependent on experience and subject to preceptorship). The post is primarily linked to the woman’s part of the LSU.
There is an agreed training budget attached to this post to facilitate skill development in a specific therapy intervention once the candidate is established in post.
You will be responsible for a clinical caseload and will receive regular clinical and management supervision. In addition to clinical work you will have management responsibilities to maintain a safe and well led team, and be involved in service development to increase service provision.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of a full MDT & provide both group and individual adapted interventions utilising a range of models including Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT).
We are looking for a qualified psychological practitioner with the experience, skills and enthusiasm to provide quality services to service users within our Learning Disability LSU service.
Watch our video about the role:https://youtu.be/uHWKg3JbAYI
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Successful applicants would be working within the LSU MDT to provide specialist psychological assessment, therapy and interventions to service users and carers, making use of a range of models where appropriate.
Successful applicants would also offer specialist advice, leadership and consultation to non-psychologist colleagues and support the development of psychological skills across the whole workforce through specialist training, supervision, mentorship and reflective practice. Psychological input is highly valued by staff within the service.
We would also expect potential candidates to have experience of working with other services, championing psychological interventions and developing working partnerships.
This advert closes on Monday 15 Apr 2024
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust to join a well established, supportive team of Learning Disability practitioners meeting the psychological assessment, treatment and care needs of service users within the Low secure unit.
The LSU service will be moving from Whalley, Lancashire in March 2024 to Aspen Wood – the new purpose-built 40 bed unit (20 male & 20 female beds) state of the art LSU building at Maghull Health park, Liverpool. The Low secure services are for people who are presenting with behaviours that challenge in the community and/or have come into contact with the criminal justice services.
The post available is 1.0 wte Inpatient (Learning Disability Low secure) Practitioner Psychologist to be based at Maghull Health Park, Liverpool (Permanent Band 7/8a dependent on experience and subject to preceptorship). The post is primarily linked to the woman’s part of the LSU.
There is an agreed training budget attached to this post to facilitate skill development in a specific therapy intervention once the candidate is established in post.
You will be responsible for a clinical caseload and will receive regular clinical and management supervision. In addition to clinical work you will have management responsibilities to maintain a safe and well led team, and be involved in service development to increase service provision.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of a full MDT & provide both group and individual adapted interventions utilising a range of models including Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT).
We are looking for a qualified psychological practitioner with the experience, skills and enthusiasm to provide quality services to service users within our Learning Disability LSU service.
Watch our video about the role:https://youtu.be/uHWKg3JbAYI
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Successful applicants would be working within the LSU MDT to provide specialist psychological assessment, therapy and interventions to service users and carers, making use of a range of models where appropriate.
Successful applicants would also offer specialist advice, leadership and consultation to non-psychologist colleagues and support the development of psychological skills across the whole workforce through specialist training, supervision, mentorship and reflective practice. Psychological input is highly valued by staff within the service.
We would also expect potential candidates to have experience of working with other services, championing psychological interventions and developing working partnerships.
This advert closes on Monday 15 Apr 2024