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Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
About
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.
Our ambition is to maximise people’s potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.
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
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
Principal Clinical/ Forensic/ Counselling Psychologist
Closed for applications on: 6-Jul-2024 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 6-Jul-2024 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Walkerwood, Lower Buckton Building, Tameside Hospital
- Address
- Fountain Street
- Town
- Ashton-Under-Lyne
- Postcode
- OL6 9RW
- Major / Minor Region
- Manchester
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Job share
Salary
- Salary
- £58,972 - £68,525 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 8b)
Specialty
- Main area
- Psychology
- Interview date
- 29/07/2024
About the Trust
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.
Our ambition is to maximise people’s potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.
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
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
Job overview
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
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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.
Working for our organisation
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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 or [email protected]
A hints and tips document is attached below for guidance on completing your application form.
Disclosure Barring Certificate check
All of our new starters, who are appointed to a post which requires a Disclosure Barring Certificate check (DBS), will be recharged for the full cost of the check (DBS checks for volunteers are free of charge).
An enhanced DBS check costs £38 and a standard check costs £18 (plus an administration charge of £3.50). If you are a substantive member of staff, the full amount will be taken from your first month’s salary.
If you are a member of staff on our bank, you will need to repay the full amount from your first salary.
We encourage you to register with the DBS update service at an annual cost of £13 (this is mandatory for bank staff).
Other important information
- We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
- Priority will be given to applications from existing NHS employees who have an at risk status
- This post is on our terms and conditions (T&Cs). If you are an existing employee currently on transferred terms and conditions (i.e. you transferred from another employer and retained their T&Cs) and you are voluntarily applying for this post; if you are successful, you will be employed on our T&Cs
- You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview
- We will notify you by email if you have been shortlisted or not. Computer access is available at your local job centre or library. Please make sure you check your spam filter/junk folder. If any mail goes to your junk folder please mark it as safe
- If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post
- If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application
- We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received
- Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges. We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our recruiting managers directly.
Vaccination
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
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.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, or postgraduate training in Forensic Psychology or Counselling Psychology
- Current registration as a Clinical, Forensic or Counselling psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Desirable criteria
- Completion of further post qualification training within psychological therapies (e.g. DBT, CBT, CAT, CFT, MBT etc.).
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable post-qualification experience of specialist assessment and treatment of adult clients and those with psychological difficulties in an inpatient setting.
- Demonstrable post-qualification experience of working with complex mental health problems, including distressing psychosis, problems associated with complex relational and emotional needs, and severe depression, anxiety and trauma.
- Demonstrable experience of working with people experiencing a suicidal crisis.
- Demonstrable experience of working within inpatient adult multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience of clinical leadership within a previous role.
- Demonstrable experience of providing clinical supervision to psychologists, psychological therapists or other core health professions.
- Demonstrable experience of providing teaching/ training upon clinical interventions.
- Demonstrable experience of managing demand for psychological services within a form of stepped-care framework (i.e. an approach based upon the provision of direct care, and supporting other professionals in their provision of direct psychosocial work.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in clinical leadership.
- Ability to demonstrate further specialist clinical experience and training.
- Experience of audit and service evaluation within psychological therapy services.
- Research experience within an area relevant to work within an adult service.
- Demonstrable experience of the application of psychological therapy in diverse cultural and ethnic contexts.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the national and regional legislation, guidance and policy directives in relation to the development and delivery of psychological therapies within inpatient services.
- Evidence of postqualification CPD as recommended and/or accredited by the BPS, or other professional body.
- Up to date knowledge of the needs of people with complex mental health problems, and of psychological approaches to recovery.
- Awareness of the principles of a trauma informed care approach.
- Familiarity with computing technology, including keyboard skills, and use of word-processing, e-mail, and internet software.
Desirable criteria
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies and approaches for adults with complex mental health problems.
- Publication of training, service evaluation, clinical audit and research material.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work with service users, carers and families to engage with their needs and provide them with appropriate psychological support and intervention.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
- Well developed, effective communication skills, both oral and in writing, enabling complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to be shared with service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues within the NHS and other agencies.
- Ability to prioritise work, operate a waiting list, meet short deadlines and an unpredictable work pattern that requires regular revision of plans.
- Ability to sit in constrained position for service user assessment, formulation, individual and group therapy sessions and for computer work.
- Ability to work at a high level of professional autonomy and responsibility, in a collaborative multi-disciplinary environment and also as a lone worker in circumstances where there may be exposure to verbal and sometimes physical aggression.
- Able to sustain the intense concentration necessary for service user assessment and formulation, individual and group therapy sessions.
- Ability to work and communicate highly sensitive, contentious information effectively in a highly emotive or hostile atmosphere, and to overcome barriers to acceptance/psychological resistance to potentially threatening information.
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to staff and carers exposed to highly distressing situations.
- 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
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials, suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to demonstrate an area of special interest/skill in therapeutic intervention.
- Ability to move equipment (including case files, bulky neuropsychological tests, self-help materials, audiovisual equipment) between office base and other work settings.
Work Related Circumstances
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.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Louisa McNair
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07917 503634
- Additional information
For further details, discussion or to arrange an informal visit please contact Dr Louisa McNair, Consultant Clinical Psychologist (Clinical Lead) on 07917 503634 [email protected] or Dr Sarah McHale, Principal Clinical Psychologist (existing postholder) [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
- Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
- 225 Old Street
- 225 Old Street
- OL6 7SR
- Telephone
- 01617163181
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