Job summary
We are seeking dynamic and compassionate Clinical Psychologists to join our Early Intervention Service (EIS). The roles offer a unique opportunity to apply a diverse skill set in a multifaceted environment, contributing significantly to the delivery of evidence-based interventions and service development.
We welcome applications from final-year trainee Clinical Psychologists eligible for HCPC registration upon training completion. This preceptorship position starts at Band 7, with a structured development plan to progress to Band 8a. You will receive mentorship and supervision from experienced CBTp therapists and Clinical Psychologists within the EIS, providing an excellent foundation for those passionate about psychosis and eager to develop their skills in a dynamic team environment.
What We Offer:
- Supportive Environment: Regular supervision, peer support, and opportunities for continuous professional development.
- Career Progression: Structured pathways for advancement, including support for newly qualified psychologists through our preceptorship program.
- Research Opportunities: Engagement in cutting-edge research initiatives, contributing to our trust-wide strategy prioritising psychosis.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
- Clinical Excellence: Provide specialist psychological assessments and interventions, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for psychosis (CBTp) and Family Interventions (FI), aligning with NICE guidelines.
- Professional Development: Engage in continuous professional development to enhance competencies in CBTp, FI, and related interventions. Participate in therapy-specific supervision and benefit from peer support within the EIS network.
- Innovation and Research: Contribute to service development initiatives, audits, and research projects. Our trust supports and encourages involvement in research, with psychosis being a priority area.
- Leadership and Supervision: Offer supervision and guidance to junior staff, fostering a culture of learning and excellence within the team.
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.
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#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
We are a pioneering trust, recognised as the first to achieve 'top performing' status across all five of our Early Intervention teams. Our commitment to innovation, flexibility, and excellence in mental health care drives our dedication to supporting individuals experiencing early signs of psychosis. We have recently developed a trust-wide research strategy, with psychosis being a priority area, underscoring our commitment to advancing mental health care.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threats of physical abuse
- 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, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non - professional groups
- An interest in developing skills in working with clients from a broad range of ethnic backgrounds
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
- Ability to identify and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi -media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
Desirable
- Highly skilled in working with complex clients in groups
- Enthusiasm for treating those from diverse ethnic backgrounds and experience of working within a multicultural framework
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Post-Graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS including specific models of psychopathology/mental health, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Training in CBT for psychosis, Family Intervention, or Mindfulness.
- CAARMS trained
Experience
Essential
- Experience working as a qualified clinical psychologist.
- Experience of working with clients experiencing psychosis
- Post qualification experience of psychological assessment, intervention and management working with a wide range of clinical presentations. These should include complex mental health difficulties
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified clinical psychologist and within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan
- Experience of teaching and training.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
- Experience of working with clients co-morbid difficulties, for example autistic spectrum condition, learning difficulties, complex PTSD, and difficulties commonly referred to as personality disorder.
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of supervising other health care professionals
- Experience of promoting and advocating for the role of psychology within an MDT
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of post-doctoral learning and the development of knowledge of theory and practice in relation to psychosis and Early Intervention
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies with complex client groups (e.g. those with co-morbid problems, history of trauma and abuse, developmental disorders, neurological or cognitive difficulties etc)
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practice within the field of clinical psychology.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
Desirable
- Formal training in supervision of other Psychologists
Work related circumstances
Essential
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
- Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threats of physical abuse
- 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, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non - professional groups
- An interest in developing skills in working with clients from a broad range of ethnic backgrounds
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
- Ability to identify and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi -media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
Desirable
- Highly skilled in working with complex clients in groups
- Enthusiasm for treating those from diverse ethnic backgrounds and experience of working within a multicultural framework
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Post-Graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS including specific models of psychopathology/mental health, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
Desirable
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Training in CBT for psychosis, Family Intervention, or Mindfulness.
- CAARMS trained
Experience
Essential
- Experience working as a qualified clinical psychologist.
- Experience of working with clients experiencing psychosis
- Post qualification experience of psychological assessment, intervention and management working with a wide range of clinical presentations. These should include complex mental health difficulties
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified clinical psychologist and within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan
- Experience of teaching and training.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
- Experience of working with clients co-morbid difficulties, for example autistic spectrum condition, learning difficulties, complex PTSD, and difficulties commonly referred to as personality disorder.
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of supervising other health care professionals
- Experience of promoting and advocating for the role of psychology within an MDT
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of post-doctoral learning and the development of knowledge of theory and practice in relation to psychosis and Early Intervention
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies with complex client groups (e.g. those with co-morbid problems, history of trauma and abuse, developmental disorders, neurological or cognitive difficulties etc)
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practice within the field of clinical psychology.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
Desirable
- Formal training in supervision of other Psychologists
Work related circumstances
Essential
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
- Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
