Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist or Senior Psychotherapist

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Job summary

This in an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist or experienced Psychotherapist to work as part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service, within the Mid-Mersey team, in Warrington, Halton, St-Helens and Knowsley.

We are looking for ambitious and values-driven psychotherapists / clinical psychologists to join as our service expands and work collaboratively to deliver the ambitions of the NHS long term plan.

We welcome applications from experienced clinicians with a strong interest in working in the field of perinatal and parent-infant mental health.

Applicants must have either doctoral training in clinical psychology, training in psychodynamic/ psychoanalytical psychotherapy, or a core profession in addition to practitioner level training in two or more psychological therapies (e.g. CBT, CAT, EMDR etc).

We offer excellent training and supervision programme, and have a strong focus on research, coproduction and inequalities throughout the service.

The postholder will have a robust understanding of the impact of social inequalities on maternal mental health and are passionate about improving outcomes around health inequality for mothers, babies, families and communities.

The successful candidate will have experience of working collaboratively with families and will have great relationship skills and energy for driving change programmes. The post is advertised as part time, but there may be potential for increased hours.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will work within our Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service [Liverpool or Warrington base] providing appropriate psychological assessment and therapy for service users across the footprint.

They will work as an integral part of the clinical MDT to deliver high quality psychological therapies within the specialised area of perinatal mental health.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Date posted

05 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year Pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

350-COM 5932604

Job locations

Hollins Park

Warrington

WA28WA

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work to provide assessment, formulation and, where appropriate, intervention to service users who present with complex mental health and relationship problems.

Delivery of staff training and support for supporting teams/services regarding psychological principles in perinatal mental health care is fundamental to this role.

The postholder will establish responsive relationships and collaborate with colleagues in maternity, mental health, third sector organisations, and place-based perinatal networks.

To work collaboratively with families and experts by experience and support co-production methodologies to inform service model.

The postholder will have an excellent grasp of inequalities and their impact on mothers and babies.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work to provide assessment, formulation and, where appropriate, intervention to service users who present with complex mental health and relationship problems.

Delivery of staff training and support for supporting teams/services regarding psychological principles in perinatal mental health care is fundamental to this role.

The postholder will establish responsive relationships and collaborate with colleagues in maternity, mental health, third sector organisations, and place-based perinatal networks.

To work collaboratively with families and experts by experience and support co-production methodologies to inform service model.

The postholder will have an excellent grasp of inequalities and their impact on mothers and babies.

Person Specification

Essential

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology accredited by the BPS or its approved equivalent.
Registration with Health Professions Council as Practitioner Psychologist
To have a recognised qualification i.e., Post Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Therapy, Psychotherapy
Additional training in specialist interventions (e.g. VIG,, EMDR,).
Significant experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care

Person Specification

Essential

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology accredited by the BPS or its approved equivalent.
Registration with Health Professions Council as Practitioner Psychologist
To have a recognised qualification i.e., Post Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Therapy, Psychotherapy
Additional training in specialist interventions (e.g. VIG,, EMDR,).
Significant experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care

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.

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hollins Park

Warrington

WA28WA

Employer's website

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hollins Park

Warrington

WA28WA

Employer's website

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)