Clinical Psychologist
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Prescot
Contract type: Full time

An exciting opportunity to provide a qualified clinical psychology service to individuals within the CYPMHS Knowsley Service providing psychological assessment and therapy, offering advice and consultation on individuals’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professionals. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of Trust policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
Would consider a preceptorship 7/8a if a candidate was more suitable
To provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service to clients of the service team, across all relevant sectors within an equality and human rights framework. To provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy, offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non professional carers.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Directorate’s and team’s policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/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 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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alana Waring Job title: Clinical Team Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 0151 351 8610
Would consider a preceptorship 7/8a if a candidate was more suitable
To provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service to clients of the service team, across all relevant sectors within an equality and human rights framework. To provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy, offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non professional carers.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Directorate’s and team’s policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/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 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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alana Waring Job title: Clinical Team Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 0151 351 8610
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