• Job Description

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  Job summary

  This is an exciting opportunity for 2 Band 8B Clinical Lead Princip al Clinical Psychologist s within the Merseycare Talking Therapiesservice s for Liverpool and St Helens

  The teams are undergoing transformation and expansion and to achieve this we want to increase Clinical Leadership. This is an exciting time for NHS Talking Therapies and the post holders will have significant opportunity for service development to ensure the quality of our therapeutic offer

  NHS Talking Therapies Merseycare is an NHS service is made up of a number of Talking Therapies teams. We provide therapy for those aged over 16yrs who experience anxiety and depression. The teams offer a variety of psychological therapies to the community in Merseycare. Interventions are diverse and evidence based, ranging from guided self help, face to face or video therapy, telephone support to workshop courses. We offer a range of evidence based psychological therapies including CBT, IPT, CFD and DIT to meet the individual needs of our service users.

  We know that we can only achieve a high quality clinical service by maximising the efforts of our team and by creating an environment where colleagues are valued and involved in service development. We believe in investing in people, keeping to the values of Merseycare NHS Trust and the NHS and looking after the wellbeing of all our teams. NHS Talking Therapies is a vibrant and lively place to work and offers a variety of development opportunities to its staff.

  Main duties of the job

  Main duties of the job

  The post holder will join a supportive and friendly Clinical Leadership Team, made up of a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, a Principal Clinical Psychologist and a team of lead clinicians from various therapeutic backgrounds. The Clinical Leads/Lead Clinicians from each place based team work together to ensure equity of offer across the Trust.

  The Clinical Lead / Principal Clinical Psychologist will link in with the wider Senior Leadership Team for the service, including close liaison with the Operational Manager; Clinical Service Manager; as well as Team Managers/Leads.

  The postholder will:

  • Ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service to NHS Talking Therapies (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies: IAPT) service users, across community primary care settings.
  • Advise, supervise and support the assessment and treatment provided by clinical members of the teams who provide psychologically based care and treatment within the service.
  • Work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service.
  • Utilize research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
  • Propose and lead on the implementation of service developments.
  • Work in an effective partnership with the clinical service leadership including other Talking Therapies team members and members of other agencies responsible for a client's care.

  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

  08 August 2023

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8b

  Salary

  £58,972 to £68,525 a year per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  350-COM5306538-A

  Job locations

  Peasley Cross

  St Helens

  WA9 3DE

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Qualifications Essential

  • Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
  • Registered with the Health Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.

  Knowledge/Experience Essential

  • 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 nonprofessional groups.
  • Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
  • Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
  • Knowledge of attachment theory.
  • Formal training in IAPT compliant supervision of other psychological professionals including at least one IAPT approved therapeutic modality.
  • Specialist experience in the area of complex trauma- related mental health.
  • Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients psychological care and treatment.
  • Experience of planning and delivering ongoing training/CPD and supervision to clinical staff at steps two and three within a stepped care model.
  • Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets.
  • Expertise and knowledge across the spectrum of an IAPT service.
  • Experience of working in Primary Care Services.
  • Contributed to the developing IAPT programme and understanding of the national IAPT service and how it links to governmental objectives.

  For more information please refer to the Job Description / Person Spec attached

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Qualifications Essential

  • Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
  • Registered with the Health Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.

  Knowledge/Experience Essential

  • 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 nonprofessional groups.
  • Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
  • Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
  • Knowledge of attachment theory.
  • Formal training in IAPT compliant supervision of other psychological professionals including at least one IAPT approved therapeutic modality.
  • Specialist experience in the area of complex trauma- related mental health.
  • Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients psychological care and treatment.
  • Experience of planning and delivering ongoing training/CPD and supervision to clinical staff at steps two and three within a stepped care model.
  • Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets.
  • Expertise and knowledge across the spectrum of an IAPT service.
  • Experience of working in Primary Care Services.
  • Contributed to the developing IAPT programme and understanding of the national IAPT service and how it links to governmental objectives.

  For more information please refer to the Job Description / Person Spec attached

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
  • Registered with the Health Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.

  Desirable

  • Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
  • Post-qualification specialist training in particular psychotherapeutic approaches e.g., cognitive analytic psychotherapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, CFT, EMDR etc.

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • 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 nonprofessional groups
  • Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology
  • Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
  • Knowledge of attachment theory
  • Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
  • Formal training in IAPT compliant supervision of other psychological professionals including at least one IAPT approved therapeutic modality.
  • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a variety of settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
  • Specialist experience in the area of complex trauma- related mental health
  • Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment.
  • Experience of planning and delivering ongoing training and CPD to clinical staff at steps two and three within a stepped care model
  • Experience of planning and providing supervision of clinical staff at steps two and three within a stepped care model.
  • Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets.
  • Expertise and knowledge across the spectrum of an IAPT service.
  • Experience of working in Primary Care Services
  • Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes.
  • Contributed to the developing IAPT programme and understanding of the national IAPT service and how it links to governmental objectives
  • Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post

  Desirable

  • Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g., personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
  • Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
  • Experience of representing psychology within the context of multidisciplinary 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 working within a multicultural framework.
  • Knowledge of models of leadership and experience of applying these in practice.

  Skills

  Essential

  • Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly emotional situations.
  • Able to lead a service and make decisions and judgments about the best possible way forward in a complex work environment where the evidence base is evolving
  • 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.
  • Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
  • Ability to demonstrate clinical leadership with a service sector
  • Ability to contain and work within organisational stress.
  • Enthusiasm for a broad range of psychological approaches and interest in models of service delivery and ability to articulate the value added by clinical psychology services within the context of multi- disciplinary team working.
  • IT Literate

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
  • Registered with the Health Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.

  Desirable

  • Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
  • Post-qualification specialist training in particular psychotherapeutic approaches e.g., cognitive analytic psychotherapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, CFT, EMDR etc.

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • 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 nonprofessional groups
  • Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology
  • Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
  • Knowledge of attachment theory
  • Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
  • Formal training in IAPT compliant supervision of other psychological professionals including at least one IAPT approved therapeutic modality.
  • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a variety of settings including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
  • Specialist experience in the area of complex trauma- related mental health
  • Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment.
  • Experience of planning and delivering ongoing training and CPD to clinical staff at steps two and three within a stepped care model
  • Experience of planning and providing supervision of clinical staff at steps two and three within a stepped care model.
  • Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets.
  • Expertise and knowledge across the spectrum of an IAPT service.
  • Experience of working in Primary Care Services
  • Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes.
  • Contributed to the developing IAPT programme and understanding of the national IAPT service and how it links to governmental objectives
  • Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post

  Desirable

  • Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g., personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
  • Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
  • Experience of representing psychology within the context of multidisciplinary 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 working within a multicultural framework.
  • Knowledge of models of leadership and experience of applying these in practice.

  Skills

  Essential

  • Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly emotional situations.
  • Able to lead a service and make decisions and judgments about the best possible way forward in a complex work environment where the evidence base is evolving
  • 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.
  • Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
  • Ability to demonstrate clinical leadership with a service sector
  • Ability to contain and work within organisational stress.
  • Enthusiasm for a broad range of psychological approaches and interest in models of service delivery and ability to articulate the value added by clinical psychology services within the context of multi- disciplinary team working.
  • IT Literate

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  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

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  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).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Peasley Cross

  St Helens

  WA9 3DE

  
  

  Employer's website

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

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Peasley Cross

  St Helens

  WA9 3DE

  
  

  Employer's website

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

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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