Job summary
Are you looking to make a difference to the rewarding and expanding area of Perinatal Mental Health? Do you want to work in a supportive team, for a service which invests in its staff? We are looking for compassionate, innovative, creative and enthusiastic Psychological Therapist to join our supportive and nurturing team and deliver high quality talking therapies for people with perinatal trauma and/or perinatal loss.
The Perinatal Trauma and Loss Service is a Greater Manchester wide, trauma focused therapeutic and Psychological Therapy service for people struggling with emotional and psychological difficulties as a direct result of trauma and/or loss which has resulted from their maternity/perinatal/neonatal or reproductive experience.
The service supports the delivery of the NHS' Long Term Plan and aims to integrate maternity, reproductive health and psychological therapy for women experiencing mental health difficulties directly arising from or related to the maternity experience.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide highly specialist psychological assessment, intervention and therapy to women referred to the service.
The post holder will be able to work autonomously within professional guidelines to be able to deliver interventions to help women and families who have experienced loss and trauma.
They will also be able to contribute to research and audit, policy and service development within the service.
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About us
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over7000members of staff, who deliver services from more than160locations.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
Staff benefits
- 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
- Blue Light Card Discounts
- fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
Staff benefits
- 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
- Blue Light Card Discounts
- fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- A qualification in health care at graduate level in nursing, social work or allied health profession PLUS professional registration (e.g. HCPC, NMC) PLUS post- graduate diploma (or equivalent) in cognitive behaviour therapy and accreditation (or working towards accreditation) with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies OR A post-graduate diploma in cognitive behavioural therapy and accreditation (or working towards accreditation) with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
Desirable
- Post qualification training in a specialised area of psychological practice (e.g EMDR, CFT, Prolonged grief interventions).
Experience
Essential
- Experience in offering appropriate assessment of clients, to use judgement in the planning of care, and to implement specific evidence based therapies.
- Experience of applying cognitive behavioural therapy approaches.
- Experience of using trauma focussed interventions.
- Experience of using psychometric measures.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment.
- Experience of conducting high quality risk assessments and implementing risk management plans.
- Experience of working effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
Desirable
- Experience of providing supervision to other professionals.
Knowledge
Essential
- Be able to provide effective liaison with colleagues in the wider system, as well as other statutory / non statutory services relevant to the client and their ongoing needs.
- Contribute when required, to team research and development activities.
- Evidence of CPD as recommended by a professional registration body.
Desirable
- Knowledge of policy and legislation in relation to service specialism and of relevant mental health legislation.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Communicate directly with clients, partners and families and other healthcare professionals, complex and potentially emotive information
- Demonstrate skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Demonstrate 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.
Desirable
- Skills in providing consultation to other professionals and non-professional groups.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability and interest to teach and train others, by developing teaching materials, as well as delivering training using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- 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 travel to a range of locations across the whole of Greater Manchester in a timely and efficient manner, as well as having the ability to offer psychological assessments and interventions online, using video technology.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- A qualification in health care at graduate level in nursing, social work or allied health profession PLUS professional registration (e.g. HCPC, NMC) PLUS post- graduate diploma (or equivalent) in cognitive behaviour therapy and accreditation (or working towards accreditation) with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies OR A post-graduate diploma in cognitive behavioural therapy and accreditation (or working towards accreditation) with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
Desirable
- Post qualification training in a specialised area of psychological practice (e.g EMDR, CFT, Prolonged grief interventions).
Experience
Essential
- Experience in offering appropriate assessment of clients, to use judgement in the planning of care, and to implement specific evidence based therapies.
- Experience of applying cognitive behavioural therapy approaches.
- Experience of using trauma focussed interventions.
- Experience of using psychometric measures.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment.
- Experience of conducting high quality risk assessments and implementing risk management plans.
- Experience of working effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
Desirable
- Experience of providing supervision to other professionals.
Knowledge
Essential
- Be able to provide effective liaison with colleagues in the wider system, as well as other statutory / non statutory services relevant to the client and their ongoing needs.
- Contribute when required, to team research and development activities.
- Evidence of CPD as recommended by a professional registration body.
Desirable
- Knowledge of policy and legislation in relation to service specialism and of relevant mental health legislation.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Communicate directly with clients, partners and families and other healthcare professionals, complex and potentially emotive information
- Demonstrate skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Demonstrate 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.
Desirable
- Skills in providing consultation to other professionals and non-professional groups.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability and interest to teach and train others, by developing teaching materials, as well as delivering training using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- 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 travel to a range of locations across the whole of Greater Manchester in a timely and efficient manner, as well as having the ability to offer psychological assessments and interventions online, using video technology.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
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).
