Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Clinical Psychologist - CAMHS Inpatients
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Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
We are looking for a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist to join our friendly and dynamic CAMHS Inpatient multi-disciplinary team to cover maternity leave for 12 months. Consideration would be given to a newly qualified preceptee or somebody looking to develop from 7 to 8a clinical Psychologist.
The Hope Unit
The Hope unit is a 12 bedded general adolescent unit which provides assessment, care and mental health treatment to young people aged 13-18.
About Us
We are a compassionate and resilient team, present with purpose, reflecting and growing together. Through kindness, support, appreciation and passion, we create a positive environment where both staff and young people are encouraged to thrive. Every day, we lead with care, celebrate our strengths, and commit to excellence, because together, we make a lasting impact.
PCNFT is proud to be the lead provider for CAMHS Inpatient Care within Greater Manchester. As such the post holder will have the opportunity for collaborative working, service and professional development.
Job Summary
- To provide a qualified specialist CAMHS clinical psychology service to clients of the service, providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy including DBT, Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapies and psycho-dynamically informed psychotherapies.
- To provide supervision and reflective practice to the Hope unit staff team.
- To provide specialist psychological assessments and formulation of young people who have been admitted to the unit.
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems.
- To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups within and across teams.
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both therapeutic and theoretical models and highly complex factors.
- To provide specialist psychologically informed advice, guidance, supervision and consultation to other professionals. Including direct support of the assistant psychologist.
- To offer specialist therapy in a range of therapeutic modalities.
- To work autonomously and as one of the senior members of the multi-disciplinary team within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the CAMHS Service.
- To take the lead in the development of new areas of service delivery and care pathways.
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About Us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
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Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Benefits
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance.
- Access to Continued Professional Development.
- Involvement in improvement and research activities.
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service.
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Kirsty Smedley
- Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address: kirsty.smedley1@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 0161 716 1174
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