Principal Clinical Psychologist

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Wigan

Principal Clinical Psychologist

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Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Wigan

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 28 Jun | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 69853a8ad5344974bca2a03c4539ef8b

Full Job Description

We are looking for a highly experienced and motivated psychologist to support the clinical leadership of our community psychological therapies pathways in Wigan.

In this role, you will provide senior psychology input to the Wigan Community Mental Health Team and offer psychological assessment and therapy to adults across our community services within a therapies hub model. It is expected that around half your time will be dedicated to clinical work.

The post holder will be responsible for clinically leading the service delivery of psychological care pathways for people experiencing psychosis, bipolar disorder, complex trauma, and other common mental health difficulties. This will include supporting the provision of staff supervision, case management, service evaluation, teaching and training for psychological therapists working into the pathway, and the wider MDT.

You will join a psychology service with a wealth of clinical expertise across a range of approaches including CAT, TF-CBT, CBTp, and EMDR. There are opportunities to complete accredited training in several models of therapy via the HEE training programme if this is of need / interest to the successful candidate, alongside further training and opportunities for supervisor development.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be employed by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust to work across, and provide clinical leadership to, the Wigan Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT's) in relation to the provision of all aspects of direct and indirect psychological work.

The post holder will, via a cascade model, provide supervision, and therefore maintain oversight, of the work of more junior psychologists/psychological therapists, including the clinical work of Mental Health Well-being practitioners, based within the Wigan community teams. They will ensure that psychological aspects of CMHT service provision continue to be maintained at the highest possible standards, ensuring people who use the service and their carers/families receive high quality care. The post holder will be expected to supervise trainees on placement with the service.

The postholder will also maintain an overview of and support non-psychology colleagues' psychosocial work of via the provision of co-working opportunities and case formulation, clinical supervision, reflective practice, and practice-based training sessions as needed.

They will regularly offer expert assessment sessions to people with highly complex presenting problems referred by CMHT colleagues and will also provide evidence-based intervention work for the people who use the service and their families. The postholder will work to ensure the development and governance of both direct and indirect psychological offers within the CMHTs.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over7000members of staff, who deliver services from more than122locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

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