Clinical Psychologist (Liverpool Step Forward Service)
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
We currently have Band 7 and/or 8a Clinical Psychology vacancies in our Liverpool Step Forward service. We provide our trauma informed model of psychological care to those who might previously have 'fallen through the gap' between primary and secondary mental health services; our intention is to reduce the possibility of longer term deterioration in people's metal health by offering more timely earlier interventions. We offer lots of opportunities for you to be trained in/utilise modalities including: EMDR, DBT, CBT, CAT, CFT, FT and PIT. Part of your role would also include the provision of clinical supervision within our team. We as a service are fully committed to address social inequalities and improve accessibility to psychological therapies for our minoritized communities. We do this by providing consultation and support to community providers, and by having a specialist 'widening access' agenda. Moreover our service incorporates service user involvement forums and our fully embedded carers pathway. We are an innovative service and pride ourselves on service development and nurturing our colleagues' development at all times. Our service comprises Clinical Psychologists, Psychological Practitioners and Assistant Psychologists. If you join us you will become part of a passionate and incredibly welcoming team. We will always fully support your leadership / development skills and ambitions.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will supervise and support the highly specialised psychological assessment and therapy provided by other psychological professions and other members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
The post holder will exercise delegated management responsibilities where appropriate and work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the team.
The post holder will utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research and propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the team.
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
20 February 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£48,526 to £54,619 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
350-MHC5043507
Job locations
Life House
Summers Road
Liverpool
L3 4BL
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Life House
Summers Road
Liverpool
L3 4BL
Employer's website
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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