Job summary
- Main area
- Therapist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (Secondments only)
- Hours
- Full time
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 311-F853-25
- Employer
- Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Pennine Care Trust Head Quarters
- Town
- Ashton
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Therapeutic Clinician
NHS AfC: Band 7
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values
Job overview
The Greater Manchester Resilience Hub is a unique, all age, psychology led, trauma informed, partnership focused portfolio of services, established after the Manchester Arena Attack in 2017. The Critical Incident and Trauma Service (CITS) offers specialist trauma advice,
consultation, assessments and interventions following major incidents and to GM health and care staff experiencing incidents, trauma and vicarious trauma at work. The offer is hosted by Pennine Care NHS FT is for systems, teams and individuals.
Main duties of the job
As a senior therapeutic clinician within the CITS service you will:
• Ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist trauma service.
• To work with people of all ages, including professionals, in GM impacted by major incidents and other traumatic events.
• Offer specialist trauma informed consultation, assessment and NICE
approved therapeutic interventions for individuals and teams.
• Support service users to access appropriate treatment, including making referrals on their behalf to mental health services across the UK;
• Lead on range of interventions including 1:1; family interventions and group interventions.
• Provide specialist advice and consultation to other professionals involved in supporting people affected by incidents.
• Play an active role in supporting the development of the CITS service and the wider portfolio of the GM Resilience Hub in becoming a GM centre of excellence in the care of those experiencing psychological difficulties as a result of involvement in a major incident or other trauma;
Working for our organisation
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
- Access to Continued Professional Development
- Involvement in improvement and research activities
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Support the Clinical Team Leader to ensure there are safe and effective care pathways in place for those impacted by incidents.
• Develop an understanding of universal and workplace psychological support offers for health, social care and other professionals involved in incidents.
• Promote and maintain 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 through
facilitation and or other appropriate mechanisms.
• Undertake clinical reviews of screening information and other referrals
received in the CITS service.
• Provide assessment and formulation of complex/high risk service users open to the CITS service.
• Take a lead on formulation and care planning for services users open to the CITS service.
• Provide specialist advice, guidance or consultation to team members and other professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation and treatment plans.
• Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individuals and provide advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management of trauma symptoms.
• Utilise sound clinical knowledge and awareness of national guidance in
relation to trauma focussed interventions to deliver evidence based therapy to CITS service users.
• Lead on consultation, formulation and interventions for systems, managers and teams impacted by trauma in the workplace.
• Plan, lead on and deliver group interventions for CTS service users, with
a focus on psycho-social interventions for trauma.
• Deliver support to teams affected by incidents in the workplace.
• 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 to all members of this team and wider services as required.
• Be the senior clinician on home visits to families impacted by major
incidents, as required.
• Support the Clinical Team Leader in the development and maintenance of effective systems to monitor individuals for whom treatment is expedited with local providers.
• Maintain knowledge of the evidence base and improve and positively develop clinical practice in relation to psychological support for those impacted by incidents.
• Support the identification and sharing of best practice in relation to
psycho- social support following major incidents across GM, nationally and internationally as appropriate
• Contribute to major incident responses.
Person specification
Education / Qualification / Experince
Essential criteria
- Relevant core qualification (e.g RMN, OT or social work) with additional therapeutic qualification OR other relevant qualification e.g. IAPT recognised qualification.
- Training in one or more additional specialised areas of practice e.g. trauma focused-CBT or EMDR
- Extensive experience of providing therapy, therapeutic and group interventions in community settings which meet the core competencies of the post.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life span and presenting with the full range of severity.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jenni Willbourn
- Job title
- Clinical & Operational Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03330 095 071
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
225 Old Street
225 Old Street
OL6 7SR
- Telephone
- 01617163181
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