High Intensity/CBT Therapist/ Practitioner Psychologist | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 20 Tachwedd 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £47,810 - £54,710 Per Annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 20 Rhagfyr 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Bury, BL9 8RN |
| Cwmni: | Pennine Care NHS FT |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7632216/311-F848-25-A |
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Service summary~:
The post holder will be part of a dynamic and dedicated multidisciplinary team containing Senior Mental Health Practitioners, Substance Misuse Services and VLSO's. They will be responsible for helping to support the development of psychological thinking and understanding within the wider team.
The post holder will be part of the specialist psychological therapies service for OpCourage North, covering the North West and will provide specialised Trauma Focused Psychological Therapies such as Trauma Focused CBT (TF-CBT) or EMDR. The post holder will be expected to have/develop an understanding of armed forces culture to meet the specific needs of the Veteran community.
The post holder will work with military veterans who have a range of complex psychological presentations such as Symptoms associated with PTS, anxiety, depression, adjustment, childhood and relational difficulties.
The post holder will travel across the North west, including Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria, Cheshire and Merseyside. Seeing clients in a variety of venues.
Remote working equipment, including access to the web based clinical system, will be provided.
The post holder will also have opportunity to provide clinical supervision to senior Mental health & Wellbeing practitioners, substance misuse practitioners, peer support workers and volunteers.
• To provide assessments for specialist psychological interventions/individual therapy.
• To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for veterans, including in groups if required. Developing and refining formulations across a range of clients and psychological models.
• To manage a therapy caseload providing evidence based psychological therapies to veterans seen within the service in line with targets agreed with management.
OpCourage NW works as part of a collaboration across the North of England.
Embedded within the partnership are 5 partners, 10 NHS trusts, and two 3rd sector organisations- Combat stress and walking with the wounded.
• To provide assessments for specialist psychological interventions/individual therapy.
• To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for veterans, including in groups if required. Developing and refining formulations across a range of clients and psychological models.
• To manage a therapy caseload providing evidence based psychological therapies to veterans seen within the service in line with targets agreed with management.
• To be able to make reasonable adaptations to assessment and intervention processes to accommodate service users, for example those with -mild learning disabilities, BI and older adults.
• To contribute to new methods of service delivery, to encourage optimal opportunities for access to service for vulnerable client groups.
• To engage in joint working with other staff to optimise the use of resources.
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients.
• To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies providing services for adults with mental health and disability problems.
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
• As appropriate, to become case manager, taking responsibility for initiating and reviewing care plan’s, clinical risk documentation, sharing information and liaison with other professionals involved in their care.
• To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research, to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other colleagues.
• To utilise outcome measures and service user feedback to evaluate, refine and develop clinical practice in line with the clinical governance agenda.
• To maintain awareness of local resources and self-help materials and the means of their access.
• To work collaboratively with veterans, families/carers and other professionals involved in the care of the client team to communicate information concerning the assessment, including formulations and recommendations of treatment and management using methods of proven efficacy.
• Collect, collate, evaluate and report information maintaining accurate clinical records in the management of clients receiving psychological interventions using a web based clinical notes system.
• To organise and implement specialist psychological advice, guidance, consultation and training to other professionals working with veterans with complex needs.
• To contribute to risk assessment and risk management of individual clients and provide general advice to other professionals on aspects of risk assessment and management.
• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner to clients, carers and relevant professionals, information about assessments, formulations and treatment plans.
• To engage positively within multidisciplinary meetings.
• To participate in the development and wellbeing of the wider team. This can be done for example via clinical supervision or service development.
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
• As appropriate, to become case manager, taking responsibility for initiating and reviewing care plan’s, clinical risk documentation, sharing information and liaison with other professionals involved in their care.
• To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research, to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other colleagues.
• To utilise outcome measures and service user feedback to evaluate, refine and develop clinical practice in line with the clinical governance agenda.
• To maintain awareness of local resources and self-help materials and the means of their access.
• To work collaboratively with veterans, families/carers and other professionals involved in the care of the client team to communicate information concerning the assessment, including formulations and recommendations of treatment and management using methods of proven efficacy.
• Collect, collate, evaluate and report information maintaining accurate clinical records in the management of clients receiving psychological interventions using a web based clinical notes system.
• To organise and implement specialist psychological advice, guidance, consultation and training to other professionals working with veterans with complex needs.
• To contribute to risk assessment and risk management of individual clients and provide general advice to other professionals on aspects of risk assessment and management.
• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner to clients, carers and relevant professionals, information about assessments, formulations and treatment plans.
• To engage positively within multidisciplinary meetings.
• To participate in the development and wellbeing of the wider team. This can be done for example via clinical supervision or service development.
• To be able to make reasonable adaptations to assessment and intervention processes to accommodate service users, for example those with -mild learning disabilities, BI and older adults.
• To contribute to new methods of service delivery, to encourage optimal opportunities for access to service for vulnerable client groups.
• To engage in joint working with other staff to optimise the use of resources.
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients.
• To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies providing services for adults with mental health and disability problems.
This advert closes on Thursday 4 Dec 2025