Highly Specialist Psychotherapist


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£57,528 to £64,750 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Ashton, OL6 7SR
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	1 Oct 2026
Closing date:	15 Oct 2026

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Summary

Support the Clinical Team Leader to ensure there are safe and effective care pathways in place for those impacted by incidents. Lead on developing an understanding of universal and workplacepsychological support offers for health, social care and other professionals involved in incidents. Take responsibility for maintaining partnerships and effective interfaces with other professionals and agencies that work alongside mental health services in supporting those affected by incidents and trauma. Proactively involve stakeholders, respond to and support the resolution of conflict between different stakeholders when this arises throughfacilitation and or other appropriate mechanisms. Undertake clinical reviews of screening information and other referralsreceived in the CITS service. Provide assessment and formulation for specialist psychological intervention of complex/high risk service users open to the CITS service. To formulate plans for the formal psychological treatment and/ormanagement of clients presenting issues based upon an appropriateconceptual framework of the clients problems. Take a lead on developing and reviewing formulation and care planning for services users open to the CITS service. Provide specialist advice, guidance or consultation to team members andother professionals contributing directly to clients formulation and treatmentplans. Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individuals and provide advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessmentand management of trauma symptoms. Utilise sound clinical knowledge and awareness of national guidance inrelation to trauma focussed interventions to deliver evidence-based therapyto CITS service users. Develop and lead on consultation, formulation and interventions for systems,managers and teams impacted by trauma in the workplace. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the advice,consultation and formulation provided as a highly specialistpsychologist/psychotherapist within the CITS service. Lead on incident responses for teams and individuals, promoting bestpractice and supporting wider systems. Plan, lead on and deliver group interventions for CTS service users, with a focus on psycho-social interventions for trauma. Support the Clinical Team Leader in the planning and delivery of training events for other professionals working with those affected by major incidents. To offer and contribute to specialist advice, support, education and training toall members of this team and wider services as required. Be the senior clinician on home visits to families impacted by majorincidents, as required. Maintain knowledge of the evidence base and improve andpositively develop clinical practice in relation to psychologicalsupport for those impacted by incidents. Support the identification and sharing of best practice in relation topsycho- social support following major incidents across GM,nationally and internationally as appropriate. Support the Clinical Team Leader in the development and maintenance of effective systems to monitor individuals for whom treatment is expedited with local providers. Lead on major incident responses, including representing the CITSservice at a GM, regional and national level.

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