Job summary
- Main area
- Talking Therapies
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 311-O678-25-B
- Employer
- Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Oldham Talking therapies - 111 Union Street
- Town
- Oldham
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialised Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to be instrumental in the transformation and expansion of an existing enhanced pathway within an established and successful talking therapies service. The post holder will be open to working in a team that values interdisciplinary support and advice, and places emphasis on developing good interpersonal relationships.
The post holder will provide a specialised clinical psychology/therapy service for people referred to talking therapies, working with cases presenting with greater complexity/chronicity. The post holder will provide specialist assessment, formulation and interventions for a clinical caseload. Working in an integrated and inclusive style you will work closely with the MDT to support the development of individual treatment planning for patients with complex needs within the service. You will provide specialist advice, consultation, support and training to other staff, and play an active role in supervision of therapists, service developments and governance within the service as required.
The post holder will propose and implement evidenced based practice, utilising research skills for audit and service developments.
Main duties of the job
To provide assessments for specialist psychological interventions/individual therapy based on complex data from a variety of sources to service users referred to the service. Sources of data include: observations, self-report measures, semi-structured interviews with clients, their families and other professionals involved in the client’s care.
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups within and across teams. Developing and refining formulations across a range of clients and psychological models
To manage a therapy caseload providing evidence based psychological therapies to service users seen within the service in line with targets agreed with the Service Manager
To provide clinical supervision to therapist within the service in line with Trust supervision policy and IAPT guidelines.
To work collaboratively with service users, families and the multidisciplinary team to communicate information concerning the assessment, including formulations and recommendations of treatment and management using methods of proven efficacy.
Working for our organisation
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 #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
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.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
- Access to Continued Professional Development
- Involvement in improvement and research activities
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Collect, collate, evaluate and report information maintaining accurate clinical records in the management of service users receiving psychological interventions including electronic data entry.
To organise and implement specialist psychological advice, guidance, consultation and training to other professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment.
To contribute to risk assessment and risk management of individual service users and provide general advice to other professionals on other aspects of risk assessment and management.
To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner to service users, carers and relevant professionals, information about assessments, formulations and treatment plans.
To provide advice, consultation and training to other team members for their provision of psychologically based interventions to help improve service user functioning
To provide clinical placements for trainee clinical psychologists ensuring that trainees acquire the range of skills relevant to working within a primary care mental heath setting
To also receive regular and appropriate clinical supervision on an individual basis.
To contribute to training and supervision of other members of the team
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology and registration with the HCPC or BABCP/BACP /UKCP accredited CBT/therapist with additional training in for example EMDR/DBT/CAT
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of delivering highly specialist psychological assessments and interventions within a mental health environment.
- Experience of working within multidisciplinary services in mental health
- Previous experience of offering clinical supervision
- Experience of working with step 3 cases with high levels of complexity/chronicity
- Experience of providing clinical supervision to other psychological therapists
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of professional issues in psychology and psychological therapies
- Knowledge of the application of clinical governance and risk management policies
- Knowledge of contemporary legislation relevant to the delivery of mental health and psychological services
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to service users, carers and other professional colleagues
- Ability to negotiate the interface between Primary and Secondary Care services
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment and intervention frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Ability to prioritise work, manage waiting lists, meet deadlines and revise work plans accordingly
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Neil Fallon
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 720 2777
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