Crynodeb o'r swydd
- Prif leoliad
- Mental Health
- Gradd
- Band 7 - Band 8a
- Contract
- Cyfnod Penodol: 12 mis (Maternity cover)
- Oriau
- Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos (Full time, flexible working arrangements can be considered)
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 350-MHC6431097
- Cyflogwr
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- South Sefton Neighbourhood Centre & Norris Green Hub
- Tref
- Sefton
- Cyflog
- £43,742 - £57,349 per annum
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yn flynyddol
- Yn cau
- 28/07/2024 23:59
- Dyddiad y cyfweliad
- 05/08/2024
Teitl cyflogwr
Specialist Clinical Psychologist Band 7 / 8a
Band 7 - Band 8a
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Trosolwg o'r swydd
We are looking for a qualified, or soon to be qualified Clinical Psychologist to join our Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) in South Sefton and Norris Green, Liverpool for a period of fixed term maternity cover.
You will be joining a hard working and busy team providing holistic care/therapies with people who experience symptoms of psychosis, bipolar, severe anxiety related difficulties, depression and PTSD.
Further training opportunities will be available and you will be supported to follow CPD opportunities to further develop your career.
Shortlisting planned for: 29 July 2024
Interview planned for: 5 August 2024 (subject to change)
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
You will work within a team to support people with a range of psychological issues by providing specialist psychological assessment, therapy and interventions to service users and carers, making use of a range of models, where appropriate.
You will 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 services, so you will need experience of working with other services, championing psychological interventions and developing working partnerships.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
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.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
You will be a team player, part of a supportive multidisciplinary team delivering multi tiered psychosocial interventions. We will be particularly keen if you have a strong background in person centred and human rights based approaches to healthcare, with a positive attitude and a strong understanding and commitment to integrated team working.
You will have a strong commitment to social justice as we are committed to supporting people from socially disadvantaged communities. You will have excellent communication and people skills and a proven passion for improving the lives of clients and their families.
You may be expected to audit and evaluate a range of outcomes in terms of the benefit for service users, staff and the wider service. An active interest in research, publication and supporting others to develop their evaluation skills will be an advantage.
This post is suitable for newly qualified and current clinicians.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
Manyleb y person
KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
VALUES
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Expertise in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Well developed and effective communication skills, oral and written, to communicate complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Knowledge of IT systems including word processing, email and local electronic patient information systems
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multimedia materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Reasonable adjustments will be made for those with sensory impairment
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of service governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Ability to self-reflect, use clinical supervision appropriately and consider complex organisational and team dynamics
Meini prawf dymunol
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least one specialised psychological therapy
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology accredited by the BPS or its approved equivalent,
Meini prawf dymunol
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Bathodynnau ardystio / achredu cyflogwyr
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Matthew Loughlin
- Teitl y swydd
- Principal Clinical Psychologist
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 0151 330 8500
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