- Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Professional qualification in Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychology at doctoral level (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
- Registration as a practitioner psychologist with the HCPC.
- Training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological relevance ( staff training, research methodology, and / or other fields of applied psychology)
- Experience of working with client groups in a physical health setting, presenting with the full range of clinical severity. This includes maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the possible threat of physical abuse
- Experience of working as a qualified clinical/counselling/health psychologist less experienced candidates will be appointed at Band 7 and work towards 8A competencies)
- Experience in the application of cognitive-behavioural approaches to clinical settings
- Previous experience of delivering structured psychological interventions to clients with complex psychological problems.
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of working within Pain Services, delivering pain management programmes
- Experience of providing supervision and training
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of practitioner psychology
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to clients of the pain service, and of relevant mental health legislation
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to organise time effectively. Ability to use own initiative and to work under supervision where appropriate
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other professionals
- Skills in providing consultation to other professionals and non-professional groups.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
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Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist - Manchester, United Kingdom - Greater Manchester Mental Health
Description
Job overview
Band 8a Practitioner Psychologist ( in Pelvic Pain plus supporting specialist pain assessment work)
Band 7 preceptorship available
This new role will be embedded within the pelvic pain specialism at Wythenshawe Hospital focusing on working alongside pelvic pain specialists to help develop appropriate interventions for those individuals experiencing pain and distress following pelvic mesh insertion. You will have the opportunity to work within a highly specialist and evolving area to ensure service users benefit from a biopsychosocial approach.
We are seeking applications from established HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologists, ideally with experience in physical health ( Pain services) as well as a familiarity and commitment to working within an MDT settings.
You will work as an independent Practitioner Psychologist with your own clinical case load; as well contribute to staff consultation, research and multidisciplinary work. You will be supported and supervised by a senior Practitioner Psychologist. The successful candidate will have appropriate access to in-house and specialist CPD.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a high-quality specialist practitioner psychology service to service users of the pelvic pain specialist team at Wythenshawe Hospital.
The post holder will be an active member of the pain service and will liaise across all sectors of care, providing psychological assessment and therapy for clients with complex psychological needs, offering advice and consultation on client's psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, as well as to other non-professional carers and workers of other agencies where appropriate.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team and Trust's policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and research within the area served by the teams / service.
To agree, in conjunction with Psychological Services management, the appropriate utilization of psychological resources to the teams.
Working for our organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification attached to understand more about this role and the main job duties and responsibilities that would be expected from this post.
Those with less experience may be appointed at Band 7 on a preceptorship with a development plan for rebanding at 8A when appropriate competencies have been demonstrated.
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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.
Sponsorship will be offered for eligible roles that meet the salary requirements. Please review guidance from the UK Government . Please note, most health and care jobs must have a salary of at least £23,300, and other eligible jobs may require have a salary of £38,700 or higher, depending on your individual circumstances.
Do you have experience outside the NHS?
We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.
We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.
