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Clinical Psychologist
The closing date is 29 May 2025
An exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist Band 7 to join the Paediatric Psychosocial Service (PPS), part of Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust (MFT) CAMHS which sits within the 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.
We provide inpatient and outpatient support to patients with a wide range of physical health conditions on a local, regional, national and international basis. Working for the Paediatric Psychosocial Service at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, you'll work with children and young people aged up to 18 years and their families who present with a wide range of complex emotional and behavioral difficulties associated with physical health conditions.
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
To contribute to the development, systematic provision and evaluation of a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service to patients within the North of England Epilepsy Surgery Service at RMCH and the NHS England Proton Beam Radiotherapy (PBT) Service at The Christie Hospital.
Responsibilities include:
assessment and intervention with children, their families and adults, including specialist neuropsychological assessment
liaison with the specialist medical teams in Epilepsy and PBT
attendance at the multi-disciplinary Epilepsy clinics
supervision of assistant psychologists
liaison with other national principal treatment centres around the follow up and neuropsychological assessment of PBT patients.
work with schools and other community-based professionals working with children
staff training
consultation, support and provision of psychological advice
working within professional guidelines
utilising research skills for audit, policy and service development and research
liaison and effective teamwork will be required with staff from paediatric services, community health and education as appropriate.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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 28,000 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 have a recognised qualification in: Registered Nursing: RMN/RSCN/RNMH Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, Counselling Psychology Social Work (CQSW/DipSW) Occupational Therapy You must be registered with a professional body. e.g. NMC, UKCP, HCPC, BACP
Experience and Knowledge
* Experience of providing evidenced based assessments, formulations and treatment packages to children, young people and families. Experience of working with children in paediatric health settings. Experience of multidisciplinary teamwork Experience of consulting with health care and other professionals. Knowledge of legislation and national guidance in relation to the needs of children Experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding. Experience of caseload management working within a multi-disciplinary mental health setting
Skills
* Ability to plan and prioritise own caseload. Ability to select, use and interpret a range of psychological measures including cognitive and developmental assessments. Ability to formulate clinical problems using psychological theory. Ability to integrate psychological theories and outcome data with clinical practice and service provision. Ability to assess needs, plan, implement and evaluate appropriate interventions with children and parents/carers across the age range. Skills in planning and delivering evidence-based interventions with children and parents. Demonstrate sensitivity in all contact with disadvantaged groups. Ability to work with people from different backgrounds, cultures and of different ages. Good skills in communicating with children, parents and colleagues. Ability to cope with stressful interpersonal situations including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the case of highly emotive and distressing problems and the threat of verbal and physical abuse. Ability to use assessment tools and outcome measures effectively and in collaboration with the child, young person and family. Demonstrable extensive therapeutic skills. The ability to work independently and autonomously. To reflect on and critically appraise the performance of self and others. To manage and organise own time and diary To follow policy and make proposals for and be part of local legislation change.
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
£46,148 to £52,809 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rata)
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