Clinical/Counselling/Health Practitioner Psychologist

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Job description

Main area Clinical Health Psychology (CSF/Long Covid) Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 236-SCO-P213-25

Employer Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Salford Royal Hospital Town Salford Salary £53,755 - £60,504 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 07/04/2025 23:59

Clinical/Counselling/Health Practitioner Psychologist

Band 8a

Job overview

An existing opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified Clinical, Counselling or Health psychologist to join the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Long Covid psychology team within the department of Clinical Health Psychology at Salford Royal Hospital.

Permanent contract 37.5 hours per week band 8a. Hybrid working is encouraged with the post-holder splitting the week between working from home and attending the hospital base in Salford.

Main duties of the job

The Post holder will:

1. Contribute to the provision and development of specialist psychological care provided to adults with chronic physical health problems; principally Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Long Covid conditions.
2. Provide excellent peer support and supervision within the general medicine team and as part of the wider department which is shared between the clinical health psychology and neuropsychology teams.
3. Demonstrate enthusiasm and commitment, along with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
4. Commit to the provision of evidence-based health care and have an understanding of the psychological factors influencing physical health and delivery of health care.

Candidates meeting all criteria will be informed of their interview time and sent a link when shortlisting is complete.

Informal enquiries: Sara Low, Consultant Psychologist 0161 206 5588.

The post holder may be expected to cover other areas of clinical health psychology dependent on changing service needs and waiting list priorities.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust, we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners.

We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate, and inspire – to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility.

The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities, and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person specification

Qualifications

• The post holder must be able to satisfy the criteria for HCPC Registration for the advertised role.
• BSc Psychology (or equivalent recognised by BPS) and post-graduate doctorate training or statement of equivalence from BPS.
• Doctoral level training in Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychology.

Skills and experience

• An interest in working with people with a variety of health conditions.
• Evidence of an understanding of the required skills to formulate and appropriately design an intervention for individuals with chronic health conditions.
• Experience of working in Clinical Health.
• CPD and clinical supervision; the post holder must demonstrate working towards the ‘Highly Specialist’ criteria for further training and experience.
• Evidence of peer-reviewed research publication.
• Experience of developing services and taking on other roles of increasing responsibility such as supervision of trainee clinical psychologists.
• Research experience or further doctoral training.
• Understanding of risk assessment in medical settings.
• Familiarity working with patients in a variety of ways including face to face and remotely.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust does not accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies and will not be liable for fees for candidates submitted speculatively.

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.

For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.

In applying for this post, you give the Trust permission to use your data for recruitment purposes.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.