Pennine Care NHS FT rLpIFIvA
The Principal Psychologist will provide clinical leadership, supervision, and support for a team of psychological therapists, ensuring effective care for individuals with complex mental health needs. The role involves collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, contributing to the development of psychological care, and embedding new practitioner roles to enhance service delivery. The candidate should possess strong consultation and communication skills, a compassionate approach, and expertise in various therapeutic modalities while leading the team through transformational changes in a trauma-informed manner.
Do you want to have a significant impact on the delivery of mental health services and psychological therapy to the people in Bury?
Do you want to be part of an exciting and challenging process of meaningful change in community mental health services?
Do you want to lead a team of committed, highly skilled and compassionate psychological therapists in this work?
We are really excited to advertise this permanent 8b Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) post to lead Bury Secondary Care Psychological Therapies Service (SCPTS). The SCPTS works alongside Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) colleagues and the Complex Emotional and Relational Needs (CERN) team in Bury.
The context of the role:
Community Mental Health Services are going through a process of transformation and there is real opportunity for you to support and be part of delivering the ambitions of 'The Community Mental Health Framework', particularly focusing upon the 'Psychological Therapies for Severe Mental Health Problems' (PT-SMHP) NHS-E paper.
There are five Secondary Care Psychology Services across the Pennine Care footprint, and you will work closely with and be supported by the Secondary Care Psychology pathway lead (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) and your peers across these teams.The direction of travel is to embed collaborative and relational processes to support, empower and develop your leadership skills and those of your peers in your work as clinical leads and managers.
As a Principal Clinical Psychologist/ Principal Counselling Psychologist, you will be responsible for the provision of specialist expertise with complex and/or challenging cases within the secondary care adult Psychological Therapies Service. You will work with the clinical lead for the adult mental health secondary care pathway and the borough leadership group to ensure robust and effective care for service users who present with complex and/or severe mental health needs.
You will contribute to the development of effective psychological care with the multidisciplinary team. A key component of your role will be to provide consultation, support, and where appropriate, clinical & managerial supervision to other psychological therapy staff.You will be part of supporting with the Community Transformation programme, embedding new psychological practitioner roles and meeting the ambitions of the 'Psychological Therapies for Severe Mental Health Problems 'PT-SMHP' NHS-E paper.
The roles and responsibilities of this post are in evolution in the context of the nationally-driven changes, and you will have the opportunity to be an important part of a collaborative process of defining and structuring your roles and relationships, with the support of the Secondary Care Psychological Therapies Clinical Lead and your peers in similar roles.
About us
Please see the attached job description and personal specification for additional information about the role.
What you will do:
Bring clinical leadership to the team to further develop the clinical delivery model.
Provide clinical leadership and supervision to colleagues.
Work as part of an MDT, offering consultation, reflective practice and supervision.
Ensure the provision of trauma-informed care.
Help the secondary care services in Bury to grow as a psychologically healthy system.
About you:
You are a highly skilled and compassionate Psychologist.
Enjoy working as part of the team.
Trained in and experience of offering different therapeutic modalities.
Excellent consultation and communication skills.
Have a desire to support and lead a team through change using a trauma-informed framework.
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