Clinical Psychologist

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; Oldham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Clinical Psychologist to join their multidisciplinary CAMHS team. This role offers the chance to work with children and young people, implementing psychological assessments and interventions that significantly impact their quality of life. The position encourages professional development through training and supervision, while contributing to innovative service improvements. Join a nurturing environment committed to high-quality mental health services and make a meaningful difference in the lives of young individuals and their families.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Flexible working opportunities

Access to Continued Professional Development

Health and Wellbeing activities

Staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree or equivalent accepted by the British Psychological Society.
• Experience in assessment and therapeutic work with children and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessments of children.
• Formulate and implement psychological treatment plans.
• Contribute to service evaluation and development.

Skills

Psychological Assessment

Psychological Intervention

Multidisciplinary Teamwork

Clinical Research

Communication Skills

Education

Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology

Eligibility for BPS Chartered status

Current registration with HCPC

Job description

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

This is an exciting opportunity to join a multidisciplinary CAMHS team and contribute to an integrated and well established psychological provision. There will be opportunities to work with children and young people from 5 to 18 years old, and their families, using a range of modalities and methods of intervention. You will have opportunities to contribute to service evaluation and development, work across a range of care pathways and get involved in project and improvement work. You will be joining a motivated and nurturing multidisciplinary team and have opportunities for professional development including training and multidisciplinary supervision and working.

Please see the job description and person specification for more details.

Main duties of the job

As part of our CAMHS team the post holder will be expected to support services for children who require assessment and intervention in relation to mental health difficulties which are impacting significantly on their quality of life and/or neurodivergencies and to be an integral part of the CAMH Service and working to Pennine Care Strategic objectives. The Post holder will be managed by a senior Clinical Psychologist in CAMHS /Operational Manager.

You will :

• provide specialist psychological assessments of children
• formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of the child's presenting issues
• be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups
• evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group
• contribute to the development of a service whereby professionals within and outside of CAMHS who work with children with significant mental health or neurodevelopmental needs have access to a psychologically based framework for understanding the care of clients of the service, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and
  theory

Please see the job description and person specification for full details of the role.

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

Please see the job description and person specification for a detailed description of the job role and main responsibility.

We also invite you to get in touch with the Sarita Dewan, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, if you would like to find out more about the role.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Doctoral degree or equivalent accepted by the British Psychological Society as qualifying the person to work as a clinical psychologist.
• Eligibility for BPS Chartered status
• Current registration with HCPC governing body

Desirable criteria

• Post-qualification training or experience with children and adolescents.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience in assessment and therapeutic work with children and families across the age range.
• Experience of multidisciplinary teamwork and consulting with health care and other professionals.
• Experience in designing, planning and undertaking clinical research and service evaluation.
• Experience in teaching and training staff from other professional groups in psychological skills and concepts.

Desirable criteria

• Positive approach to own continuing professional development.
• Interest in supervising assistant psychologists and trainees.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of attachment difficulties in YP and their families / carers

Desirable criteria

• Working knowledge of professional systems involved in work with children.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to plan and prioritise own caseload.
• Ability to formulate clinical problems using psychological theory
• Ability to assess needs, plan, implement and evaluate appropriate interventions with children and parents / carers across the age range
• 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

Hints and tips for completing your application can be found here. We also offer virtual application support sessions each month, where you will learn some hints and tips to support you in completing your application form. To secure your place, and to find out more visit the jobs events page on our website.

Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

What happens after your application has been received?

You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.

What happens if I am offered the position after interview?

The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.

What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?

By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards. The checks are:

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to NHS will be required to provide HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years. This information will used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.

If you are offer a position with is and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with government guidance. If the role you have been offer is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.

What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?

Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.

Other important information

• We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
• If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
• If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
• Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
• We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure you application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

• Job Description (PDF, 121.6KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 163.1KB)
• Policy Statement on Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 117.0KB)