Clinical Psychologist - Resilience Hub

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We are currently looking to recruit a Band 7 Clinical Psychologist within our Cheshire and Merseyside Resilience Hub on a secondment or a temporary basis until 31st March 2022. We welcome applicants who are looking for full-time or part-time hours.

The Resilience Hub adopts a holistic approach and offers a service to staff working within NHS, Social Care, Primary Care and Emergency Services across Cheshire and Merseyside to provide high quality self-care and self-help resources, clinical triage, assessment and signposting as well as clinical intervention when required.

The Resilience Hub delivers specialist training, advice, consultation and clinical supervision on an individual or team basis to enhance knowledge and skills amongst professionals to promote and build resilience in the workforce.

Shortlisting is planned for: 23rd August 2021

Interviews are planned for: 2nd September 2021

The post holder will provide a qualified clinical psychology service to individuals accessing the Resilience Hub providing psychological assessment and therapy, offering advice and consultation on individuals’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other non-professionals. They will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of Trust policies and procedures and utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

The Resilience Hub is committed to enhancing mental health resilience through providing support to staff involved in caring for people who use NHS, Social Care, Primary Care and Emergency services during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Our aim is to ensure colleagues have access to psychosocial interventions within a stepped care model which integrates with existing service offers across the Cheshire and Merseyside footprint.

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist inpatient and community mental health, learning disabilities, addiction and acquired brain injury services for the people of Liverpool, Sefton and Kirkby, Merseyside. We also provide community physical health services in

Liverpool, Sefton, secure mental health services for the North West of England, the West Midlands and Wales and specialist learning disability services across Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside.

Our ambition is to deliver perfect care to become the world’s leading organisation in holistic health and well being.

Mersey Care’s vision and values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respect, Enthusiasm and Support (CARES) drive our organisation and the way we work together to deliver services. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate, during recruitment and any subsequent employment with the Trust, that their behaviour supports our values.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Vicky Penketh Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist Email address: Vicky.Penketh@merseycare.nhs.uk