Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an appropriately qualified Practitioner Psychologist or Psychotherapist to lead on the provision and governance of high quality supervision for the Talking Therapies Services across Merseycare.
In recognition of the importance of high quality supervision this a newly created post, the successful candidate will work closely and an integral member of the Talking Therapies Clinical Leadership Team. They will influence the strategic vision of supervision across the Talking Therapies Services with particular emphasis on quality of supervision provision within the teams.
It is expected that the successful candidate will work flexibly across the 4 Talking Therapies Services (Halton, Knowsley, St Helens and Liverpool).
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an experienced clinical or counselling psychologist, an appropriately qualified and accredited/registered High Intensity Therapist with additional qualification and experience in supervisionor from a counselling, nursing, social work background with a nationally recognised qualification and experience to deliver High Intensity Therapy and supervision who will be responsible for the systematic provision of primary care psychology services to adults with mental health problems in the MERSEYCARE area, including GPs surgeries and other community venues. This is to incorporate complex assessments leading to psychological formulations of distress; interpretation, under professional supervision, ofassessment instruments and forming judgements for treatment options.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
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.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To be part of an NHS Talking Therapies service and deliver step 3 treatment interventions as well as acting as an expert resource across the 2 steps covered by the service.2. To provide primary care services within the field of adult mental health to adults covered by the team. In doing so will be responsible for adhering to relevant Trust policies and professional ethics and standards. Will be accountable for professional and clinical actions.3. As a clinician with specialist post-qualification training, the post holder will participate in taking responsibility for development of training, supervision and governance aspects of the specific therapeutic model.4. To ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist therapeutic service, to clients of the service team, across all aspects of care. To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by other members of the team who provide psychologicallybased care and treatment. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team.5. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research. To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the team/ service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Must have appropriate qualification and relevant registrations and accreditation
Desirable
- Additional training in supervision
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Solid grounding in assessment, diagnosis and formulation of adult mental health problems
Desirable
- o Experience of delivering modality specific supervision within Talking Therapies o Trained in the administration, evaluation and reporting of psychological tests. o Working knowledge in the theory and application of leadership models o IT skills required in accessing/ updating recording systems o Experiencing of conducting teaching / training to both psychological colleagues as well as other multidisciplinary colleagues o Experience of developing pathways of care through the system in partnership with other provider
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Understanding of appraisal system and able to recognise/ identify personal development training needs
- Able to contribute to teaching of professional groups through planning, creating and delivering training and lectures
- Able to provide clinical supervision to various professional groups
- Experience of delivering Clinical Supervision
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Solid grounding in assessment, diagnosis and formulation of adult mental health problems
- Experience/ knowledge of specialist area e.g., anxiety/ depression
- Experience of delivering NICE recommended psychological interventions e.g., EMDR, Counselling for Depression, DIT, or IPT for anxiety and depression
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- o Experience of delivering modality specific supervision within Talking Therapies o Trained in the administration, evaluation and reporting of psychological tests. o Working knowledge in the theory and application of leadership models o IT skills required in accessing/ updating recording systems o Experiencing of conducting teaching / training to both psychological colleagues as well as other multidisciplinary colleagues o Experience of developing pathways of care through the system in partnership with other providers
Qualifications
Essential
- o 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
- o Registered with the Health Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist OR A recognised post graduate qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (or postgraduate level training conferring equivalent competences)
- Accreditation with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (BABCP) achieved through training and experience with adults with anxiety and depression OR
- One or more NHS Talking Therapies specified counselling or psychotherapy accreditations (as detailed in the NHS Talking Therapies Manual): British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Accredited; United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered as a Psychotherapist or Psychotherapeutic Counsellor; Association of Christian Counsellors Accreditation; National Counselling Society Accredited Professional
Desirable
- o Training in Supervision o Leadership qualification - such as Thrive or equivalent
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Harry Blackman House
St Helens
WA9 3DA