Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
The closing date is 02 September 2025
The Paediatric Psychosocial Service (PPS), part of Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust (MFT) CAMHS which sits within the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital is looking to recruit a Clinical Psychologist to provide a high-quality specialist clinical and neuropsychology service to patients within the neuro-oncology service at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and The Christie Hospital in collaboration with clinical psychology colleagues and members of the neuro-oncology MDT.
This role also involves a small but important role in consultation and training with the Cochlear Implant Team at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.
This is a brilliant opportunity for dedicated mental healthcare professionals to promote and improve the mental health and well-being of children and young people with physical health conditions and those who care for them.
You'll be supported to manage a defined caseload and have the responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children and young people. Roles also include consultation and liaison with medical teams.
Main duties of the job
* Providing evidence-based psychological assessment and interventions
* Contributing to MDT care planning and review
* Providing consultation, training and support to the wider team
* Developing the clinical psychology service in conjunction with senior colleagues
* Supervision of more junior colleagues, trainee and assistant psychologists or other psychological practitioners
* Contributing to audit and research
To be considered for this role, you'll need:
* An accredited post-graduate qualification in Clinical Psychology
* Registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
* Post-qualification experience of working within the fields of paediatric, adolescent or adult health psychology.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
* You must be registered/accredited with a professional body. HCPC
* You must have a recognised qualification. Recognised qualifications are: Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent) as accredited by the BPS.
* Pre-qualification training or experience with children and adolescents / adults with health conditions.
* Post- Qualification CPD relating to paediatrics or neuropsychology.
* Post-qualification training in a specific therapeutic modality relevant to a paediatric setting.
Experience/Knowledge
* Significant and demonstrable experience of working as a specialist clinical psychologist / neuropsychologist.
* Experience with children and adolescents / adults with health conditions.
* Experience of assessment and interpretation of neuropsychological tests
* Experience in assessment and therapeutic work with children, families, and adult patients across the age range with a full range of presenting problems and across settings including community, outpatient, and clinic settings.
* Experience of assessing and managing risk in a therapeutic setting
* Experience of multi-disciplinary teamwork.
* Experience of teaching, training, and professional and clinical supervision
* Experience of consulting with health care and other professionals.
* Knowledge of legislation and national guidance in relation to the needs of child and adult patients.
* Working knowledge of professional systems involved in work with child/ adult patients, both in specialist hospital and community settings.
* Experience of working autonomously as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
* Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
* Experience of facilitating debrief meetings/staff support with multidisciplinary teams.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
£55,690 to £62,682 a yearper annum (pro rata)
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