Clinical​/Counselling Psychologists

Applications are invited from Clinical / Counselling Psychologists wishing to work in the Wigan Mental Health Liaison Team, based at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary. This well-established multi-disciplinary team supports service users within the hospital who are experiencing an interaction of physical health problems and mental health crises. You will be joining our existing 8b Psychologist and Assistant Psychologist, as well as becoming part of a well-established network of psychologists within our in-patient and urgent care teams.

The postholder is required to collaborate and respond flexibly to a variety of clinical and service-level demands involving:

• Undertake rapid and highly specialist psychological assessments and formulations to guide the management and safe discharge of patients with mental health experiences including dementia, especially those who frequently attend the emergency department or are admitted to the acute hospital.
• Participation in multi-disciplinary decision‑making regarding patients with psychological difficulties who are admitted to the acute hospital wards and emergency department.
• Development of the psychological elements of the Mental Health assessment of patients who are physically unwell.
• Delivery of appropriate brief psychological interventions as appropriate.
• Provision of appropriate information and education to families, carers and the care system.
• Use of psychological formulations to support resilience and reduce vulnerability in order to decrease the risk of repeated future crises.
• To deliver a continuing programme of training to Liaison service staff in psychological understanding of crises, assessment, formulation and interventions, as needed.
• To offer consultation and supervision to mental health liaison team staff in the development and utilisation of psychological and psycho‑social formulations and in the delivery of any specific psychological or psycho‑social interventions. Clinical work will involve conducting psychological assessments, formulation and interventions. Applicants will need to have experience and passion for working with people with experiences of trauma and mental health needs.
  
  Experience of working within multidisciplinary environments will be an advantage. The post holder will need to contribute actively to team and multi‑disciplinary working, so a high standard of written and verbal communication is required. Indirect work will involve the provision of consultancy, supervision and training to others. Regular clinical supervision will be offered by the Wigan MHLT Principal Clinical Psychologist.
• 1.Doctoral level (or equivalent) qualification in Clinical Psychology.
• 2.Current registration with HCPC or appropriate professional body., Additional postgraduate advanced training in one or more relevant therapy approaches e.g. Cognitive Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution Focussed Therapy.
• Supervision Training, Experience of using complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management and their application within crisis situations/states and within community and/or inpatient contexts.
• Experience of risk assessment, formulation and management
• Experience supporting staff exposed to distressing situations, Leadership and Management Experience
• Experience working with clients across the lifespan
• Experience of consultation and indirect working
• Experience working within Urgent Care or other relevant settings Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000members of staff, who deliver services from more than
  122locations.

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