Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist/ /Psychological Therapist


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£57,528 to £64,750 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Rochdale, OL11 3EU
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	1 Oct 2026
Closing date:	14 Oct 2026

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Summary

To provide a qualified specialist psychological therapies service for people referred to the Specialist Mental Health Team (SMHT) in keeping with the recommendations of the local and national guidelines (e.g., Psychological Therapies for Severe Mental Health Problems and Clinical Strategy). To be an integral member of the MDT, providing integrated care for service-users and their carers/families. As part of the MDT, support colleagues understanding of mental health difficulties using a trauma-informed lens, to ensure the provision of trauma-informed care and formulation driven care-planning. To work jointly with MDT colleagues to ensure evidence-based outstanding care provision. Toprovide consultation and formulation to staff within the SMHT, working as an MDT member, integrated within the SMHT. To work alongside the SMHT leadership team to provide clinical leadership to the B7 psychological therapists, B6 trainees and B5 MHWPs. To work collaboratively with the SMHT leadership to manage waiting lists for psychological therapies and interventions including triage, monitoring and allocation - and on waiting list initiatives as the experts in psychological therapies. To collaborate with leadership of the SMHT to ensure that there is collective team approach to risk and safeguarding for those who are on psychological therapies caseloads and waiting lists. To ensure that evidence-based therapies offered in in SMHTs are in-keeping with the recommendations of the PTSMHP paper. To progress towards becoming accredited practitioners for therapeutic modalities where this is possible. To support reflective practice within the CMHT. To co-design local therapy pathways aligned with CMHT colleagues and experts by experience. To provide leadership to the borough-wide psychological therapies network. To be an active member of this network, ensuring limited unwarranted variation and individual service-users can get their needs met. To provide specialist assessment, formulation and interventions for a clinical caseload. The post holder will propose and implement evidence-based practice, utilising research skills for audit, QI and service developments.

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