Job overview
Our service recently successfully recruited two new band 7 therapy posts from a very competitive field that included a large number of great candidates. We are back on the market looking for another band 7 Clinical Psychologist or Psychological Therapist to join our central Manchester Early Intervention team. This post has arisen after our highly valued colleague was successful in moving onwards and upwards to a new post in a team that will be very fortunate to have her join them.
We recently secured funding for 21 new staff, so this a great time to join and help us turn this investment into a big success for the service users and families we support.
Our EIS multi-disciplinary colleagues work alongside each other to offer therapeutic interventions to people experiencing or at risk of experiencing a first episode of psychosis.
We have a fantastic collection of colleagues, service users and families to work alongside and the successful applicants will be well supported in their new role. Although in some services, the life of a therapist can sometimes feel a little lonely, here the successful applicants will be surrounded by kind, caring colleagues who are enjoyable to be around.
Although working within a service like ours can involve significant challenges, we have a great staff group and a very low turnover.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicants will not only be well supported therapists, facilitating individual therapy, they will be integrated MDT Psychological Therapists, working closely with colleagues and contributing to assessments, family focused interventions as well as providing support, advice, occasional training and supervision to colleagues within the service. As well as having plenty of autonomy and flexibility to manage your own working week (we are strong supporters of a positive work/life balance), we will also ensure that you have enough variety within the role to coincide with a comfortable and enjoyable workload.
We prioritise the facilitation of CBTp and Behavioural Family Therapy within the service, but our therapy staff have a range of interests and experience that span multiple therapeutic modalities ( compassion, schema, EMDR, Transaction Analysis, Psychodynamic, CAT, etc.).
Our EIS service covers quite large areas within the city, so it is advantageous to have your own transport or lots of comfort and confidence in using public transport across the city (from Wythenshawe, etc. in the south up to Blackley, etc. in the north).
Working for our organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
1. Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
2. 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
3. Excellent pension
4. Cycle to work scheme
5. Salary sacrifice car scheme
6. Wellbeing programme
Person specification
clinical qualification
Essential criteria
7. Doctoral level professional qualification, or equivalent, in Clinical/Counselling Psychology enabling registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Healthcare Professions’ Council. Plus, Experience in delivering Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Desirable criteria
8. Post-qualification experience of delivering therapy to people experiencing psychosis.
Experience
Essential criteria
9. The post holder should have the: Experience of working effectively in a multi disciplinary team.
Desirable criteria
10. Specialist experience in early intervention for psychosis, cognitive therapy for psychosis or at risk mental state
The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.
Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.
The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.
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We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.
Sponsorship
We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – click .
If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.
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Do you have experience outside the NHS?
We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.
We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.