Consultant Practitioner Psychologist

Overview

The post-holder will provide psychological clinical and professional leadership to the older adult community services across the GMMH community care group, including mental health and dementia services. This covers services in Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Wigan and Bolton. Services include memory assessment services, specialist older adult community mental health teams, some specialist older adult psychological therapies provision, and meeting older adult needs within age inclusive aspects of the community pathway (e.g. neighbourhood mental health teams).

Working closely with the adult community psychological professional leads and operational staff, the post holder will help continue to support the governance and development of a high-quality psychological service in the community and to ensure that current resources are used most effectively.

• Provide psychological clinical and professional leadership to older adult community services across the GMMH community care group, including mental health and dementia services.
• Oversee services in Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Wigan and Bolton, including memory assessment services, specialist older adult community mental health teams, and specialist older adult psychological therapies provision.
• Support the meeting of older adult needs within age inclusive aspects of the community pathway (e.g. neighbourhood mental health teams).
• Collaborate with adult community psychological professional leads and operational staff to governance and development of a high-quality psychological service in the community.
• Ensure current resources are used effectively to meet service aims.

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The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve and are committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like an informal chat about the recruitment process or additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

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Sponsorship:
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Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services, either as a service user or a carer. We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 staff, delivering services from more than 122…