Principal Clinical/ Forensic/ Counselling Psychologist | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,972 - £68,525 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 17 May 2024 |
| Location: | Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 9RW |
| Company: | Pennine Care NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6237046/311-F652-24-A |
Summary
Due to the promotion of the existing postholder and additional funding, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Principal Clinical, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist to join Walkerwood, our male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) within the Rehabilitation and High Support (RHS) Care Hub.
The post will suit a highly skilled, compassionate, experienced Practitioner Psychologist with an interest in developing skills across a wide range of therapeutic approaches and consultation skills, combined with a desire to work within a PICU.
Walkerwood is a 10-bedded male PICU at Tameside General Hospital. The team provides short-term intensive assessment, treatment, and support to men 18+, who maybe experiencing psychiatric crisis, and often present with a variety of complex mental health needs and challenging behaviours.
To maximise patient recovery, the teams will be working in a trauma informed way and utilising the RAID model of care. Our aim is to work in the least restrictive way as possible whilst maintaining service user safety.
For more information about our services please visit:https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/rhsd
The post holder will be responsible for the promotion and management of high-quality psychology input at Walkerwood. The post holder will be part of a respected psychology team that has input from a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Psychologists, as well as other Psychologists within RHS. Supervision will be provided by the Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
The post will require you to provide psychological assessment, formulation and intervention to service users who present with complex mental health problems, including psychosis, alongside a possible history of trauma, substance misuse and forensic histories. The post holder will provide direct face-to-face clinical sessions and support the psychosocial intervention work of colleagues. The post-holder will support the ongoing work in RHS on trauma informed care and reducing restrictive practices.
The post holder would be joining the MDT at Walkerwood. You will be expected to attend MDT meetings and to facilitate regular reflective practice to offer the MDT reflective space, develop psychological formulations and provide bespoke training. In addition, you will provide one-to-one clinical supervision to Psychologists and other members of the MDT as appropriate. The post will require you to be involved in service developments, Quality Improvement projects and governance within the service as required.
We support staff to work flexibly and recognise and respect the roles our colleagues hold outside of their working hours.
Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the top of our agenda. We believe that a diverse, inclusive and engaged culture is vital; that everyone’s value should be recognised and respected.
We proactively challenge injustices, and are the only Trust in the North West to publicly recognise our commitment to becoming anti-racist and supporting our transgender and non-binary colleagues. We also have thriving staff networks to make sure everyone has a voice.
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.
We are committed to staff development through shared learning, training and peer supervision. We are working hard in the Rehabilitation and High Support Care Hub to reduce restrictive practices, and to provide trauma-informed care.
Our trust values are:
Kindness
Fairness
Ingenuity
Determination
Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.
For further details, discussion or to arrange an informal visit please contact Dr Louisa McNair, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on 07917 503634 orlouisa.mcnair@nhs.net
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 May 2024