Clinical Lead - Sexual Violence and Complex Trauma Pathfinder


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£66,582 - £77,368
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 7SR
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	31 Jul 2026
Closing date:	13 Aug 2026

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Summary

- To support the provision of highly specialist psychological assessments,utilising information from a broad range of highly specialist psychological tool kits including psychometric and semi-structured clinical methodologies, where trained to do so. - Integrating highly specialist assessments into a psychological specialistformulation of complex and challenging survivors drawing on a range ofpsychological theoretical perspectives. - To formulate and provide highly specialist and complex judgements based on a multi-factorial psychological understanding, traumaresponsive approaches and current research and evidence-based practice. - To implement a range of specialist and highly complex psychologicalinterventions to support the management of complex and challengingpathways and situations. - Using a trauma-responsive approach to evaluate, analyse and makejudgements on the effectiveness of the complex psychological interventions for complex and challenging situations and pathways - To make highly specialist adjustments to complex psychological interventions to ensure that the most effective interventions are delivered in an appropriate sequence and an appropriate pace. - To make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about intervention options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors and how these impact on individuals and families. - To support the delivery of a range of highly specialist and complexpsychological therapeutic interventions, drawing on a range of psychological models and employing a range of modalities (individual, family and group) adapted and tailored to the needs of the individual, family or team and the context and the ongoing evaluation of the outcomes of the intervention. This will include ensuring the use of current research findings and best practice guidance. - To organise own clinical time to enable the efficient provision of clinical time with a clinical caseload. - To be able to sit frequently for substantial periods of time, through clinical case work, and while delivering clinical supervision, maintain intense prolonged and frequent periods of concentration. - To be able to communicate effectively while engaged in clinical work that is highly distressing and or challenging with episodes of verbal/threat of physical aggression. - To support all members of the Pathfinder partner organsations having access to a psychologically based framework for the understanding and care of survivors of sexual violence/abuse, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological knowledge, research and theory. - To take substantial professional responsibility and exercise appropriatejudgement, in consultation with colleagues in Pathfinder partner organisations supporting survivors of sexual violence/abuse, with regard to professional practice. - To participate in the recruitment, selection and induction of staff whenrequested by the Service Lead and managers of Pathfinder partnerorganisations. - To provide leadership and management oversight of the Pathfinder project and be responsible for clinical and data quality assurance of the reporting to NHSE. - To take a lead in the development and implementation of the Pathfinderproject including the development of pathways for survivors into a range of appropriate clinical services services e.g. community mental health services, eating disorder services and crisis services. - To contribute to the systematic governance of psychological practice within services, including maintaining systematic records and maintaining record keeping standards. - To advise and participate in appropriate professional recruitment across a range of organisations as well as the recruitment of other clinicians within the GM Resilience Hub. - To serve as a representative of the GM Resilience Hub at regional, national and international events including presenting, training and delivery of workshops. - To contribute to the GM Resilience Hubs workstream leads group and take a lead there on protocols and procedures in relation to the Pathfinder project work along with supporting the development of performance and other reporting.

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