Clinical psychologist​/Senior therapist

Position: Clinical psychologist/ Senior therapist

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see Job description and person specification for main duties and responsibilities.

There will be an expectation of remote and face to face work to cover at least one evening.

Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria

• Doctoral or Masters Degree or equivalent experience/qualification in clinical psychology or any other relevant psychological therapy.
• Further post-qualification specialist training research or study, conferring advanced theoretical and practical knowledge within a specialist field of psychological therapy.

Desirable criteria

• Additional further training and qualifications in a range of therapeutic models (e.g. CBT, IPT, CAT) and in the use of specific psychometric and/or neuropsychological assessment tools.
• Completion of appropriate supervision training.

Experience Essential criteria

• Proven post-qualification experience as a psychological therapist within the NHS with at least 2 therapy modalities
• Experience working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and full range of settings including primary care, community, inpatients and acute care settings, and with expert knowledge in common mental health difficulties
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for psychological assessment and intervention and evaluation with a range of common, acute and complex mental health needs

Desirable criteria

• Experience in teaching and training and qualified psychological therapist and of non-psychology staff.
• Experience of the application of psychological therapy in diverse cultural and ethnic contexts.
• Experience of service development and contribution to enhancing service practice

Knowledge and skills Essential criteria

• Thorough understanding of phenomenology and theoretical models of complex co‑morbid common mental health disorders
• Understanding of the national guidance and policy directives in relation to the development and delivery of psychological therapies for common mental health disorders.
• Ability to manage complex case loads, workload pressures alongside balancing on professional development.

Other Requirments Essential criteria

• There is a requirement to travel mainly within the Bolton area in order to attend clinics and an occasional requirement to travel across the wide footprint of the Trust to attend meetings and events relevant to the role.
• Flexible working to include evening work, both face to face and remote working.

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.

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