Practitioner Psychologist / Senior Psychotherapist

Mersey Care; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Liverpool is looking for a qualified practitioner psychologist to join their psychology team within the Early Intervention for Psychosis Service. This 0.6 part-time role focuses on providing CBT to individuals experiencing their first episode of psychosis. The post offers high-quality supervision in a supportive environment, ideal for those keen on developing their skills in mental health care. The position is fixed-term for 9 months, covering maternity leave, with flexible working requests considered.

Benefits

High quality supervision

Supportive team environment

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Must be HCPC registered as a practitioner psychologist.
• BABCP accreditation for CBT therapy is required.
• Experience with first episode psychosis is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide CBT to service users experiencing first episode psychosis.
• Support and supervise clinical team members.
• Utilise research skills for audit and policy development.

Skills

CBT provision

Clinical supervision

Research skills

Working autonomously

Education

HCPC registered practitioner psychologist or BABCP accredited CBT therapist

Job description

• A Band 7 - Band 8a Preceptorship/Development will also be considered for this post ***

This is an exciting fixed term opportunity to be a part of the psychology team within the Early Intervention for Psychosis Service in Mersey Care, based at Baird House, Liverpool.

The post is open to applicants who are qualified as HCPC registered practitioner psychologists and/or BABCP accredited CBT therapists, and a major part of the role will be the provision of CBT to service users experiencing first episode psychosis.

The role is 0.6wte (22.5hrs/week) over a 9‑month period to cover maternity leave within an established and highly regarded Early Intervention service working in a specialist multidisciplinary community‑based team to support the recovery of people who have experienced a first episode of psychosis.

High quality supervision is available to support further development of your clinical skills whilst working in a friendly and caring team environment that is both supportive and rewarding. The post provides an ideal development opportunity for someone wishing to build their knowledge and skills in working with this client group.

If you have a passion for providing exceptional care and are looking for an exciting, varied and challenging role within EIP, we would welcome your talents and skills.

The team is based at Baird House, Liverpool, and travel around the patch will be required.

The post holder will apply and maintain those skills acquired through further specialist training and experience to monitor and ensure the systematic provision of highly specialised psychological services, provide a service to clients referred to the team across all sectors of care, within an equality and human rights framework, and supervise and support the other clinical 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.

A work plan will be developed with the post holder which will be reviewed on a regular basis depending on the needs of the service.

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 is 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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Diane Griffiths
Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 0151 250 6271