Assistant Psychologist TPFS and Galaxy House
Assistant Psychologist TPFS and Galaxy House
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This is an exciting opportunity to work in two different Paediatric services at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital with the CAMHS Directorate. The job involves working in an MDT in both services under the supervision of a Consultant Clinical Psychologist. The post holder will spend half the week in Galaxy House, and inpatient CAMHS service and half the week in the Tertiary Paediatric Fatigue Services. Both services are based within the same building allowing for ease of combining input across both services.
The successful candidates would hold a good Honours Degree in Psychology (at least Class 2 Division 1), have a good knowledge of developmental and abnormal psychology, a clear understanding of psychological theory and interventions, and experience in working with children presenting with psychological problems.
The posts are to provide support to qualified clinical staff, taking a role in direct assessment and interventions as well as undertaking audit and evaluation. The Assistant Psychologist will be supervised by a Clinical Psychologist. They will have the opportunity to learn about how psychological services are offered to children, young people and their families, as well as gaining experience of Child and Adolescent Mental Health service delivery more generally. They will gain experience of psychometric assessment, individual clinical work, group-work, multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency working. They will also learn about inpatient CAMHS work and many topics very relevant to psychological interventions and assessment. A sound knowledge of Microsoft applications is required for this post in particularly in databases.
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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Paul Abeles Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: paul.abeles@mft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0161 701 4514
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