Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist/Psychotherapist

Employer: NHS Jobs

Location: Ashton, OL6 7FW

Pay: £55,690.00 to £62,682.00 per year, £55690.00 - £62682.00 a year

Contract Type: Contract

Hours: Full time

Disability Confident: No

Closing Date: 05/03/2026

The Post holder will be managed by the Clinical Team Leader (Operations). Clinical to provide assessments for specialist psychological interventions/individual therapy based on complex data from a variety of sources to clients of the Resilience Hub.

Sources of data include: observations, self-report measures, semi-structured interviews with clients, their families and other professionals involved in the clients care.

To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological therapeutic interventions for individuals.

Developing and refining formulations across a range of clients and psychological models. To contribute to the psychological understanding of trauma in adults, and offer guidance and supervision to a range of other professionals working to improve their clients mental health and other important outcomes.

To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the entirety of your work within the Resilience Hub.

To take an active role in the process of multi-disciplinary risk assessment, utilising clinical guidelines to support consultation and formulation processes within the Hub, documenting formulations and recommendations as appropriate.

To support the other professionals to understand and take positive risks, as part of an agreed plan.

To report adverse incidents and ensure documentation is detailed and supported by evidence.

To provide effective and timely communication using all relevant means to ensure information about clients progress and any changes to risk profile are given to all relevant stakeholders internal and external to the service.

To formulate plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients presenting issues, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems and support professionals in navigating mental health systems to facilitate access to the required services both within Greater Manchester and across the UK. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the advice, consultation and formulation provided as a clinician within the Resilience Hub.

To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service across all settings and agencies serving the client group.

To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of adults under the care of the Hub and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of multidisciplinary care.

To provide expertise, advice and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care to the young people, adults and professionals supported through the Greater Manchester Resilience Hub.

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