Clinical Psychologist

Pennine Care; Wardle; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Flexible working

Continued Professional Development

Staff wellbeing service

Staff discounts

Job summary

Pennine Care is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to join the CAMHS team in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale. You will conduct specialist assessments, develop formulations, and provide evidence-based interventions for children and young people with moderate to severe mental health needs.

You will supervise staff and trainees, contribute to service development, and work with families, schools and partners to improve outcomes. Autonomy within guidelines and commitment to safeguarding are essential.

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology.
• HCPC registration as Practitioner Psychologist.
• Eligibility for BPS Chartered Status.
• Post-doctoral training in additional specialized areas of psychological practice.
• Specialist training in psychological therapies with children, young people and families.
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.

Responsibilities

• Specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
• Direct therapeutic work with children, young people and families.
• Contribution to psychologically informed care across CAMHS and partner organisations.
• Provide supervision to qualified and pre-qualified staff and offer expert consultation.

Skills

Clinical psychology practice

Supervision & training

Therapy delivery (children/families)

Audit & research skills

Education

Post-graduate doctoral training in clinical/counselling psychology

HCPC registration

Eligibility for BPS Chartered Status

Post-doctoral training in specialized areas

Specialist training with children and families

Supervision of other psychologists training

Job description

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We are looking for a Clinical Psychologist to become a key member of our multidisciplinary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale, providing specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based therapeutic interventions to children and young people experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties including neurodevelopmental conditions. The post holder works collaboratively with families, schools, social care, health professionals and partner agencies to support effective treatment planning, risk management and positive outcomes for young people.

A central aspect of the role is providing clinical supervision, training and support to qualified and trainee staff, helping to strengthen psychologically informed practice across services. The post holder contributes to the development and governance of psychological services, participates in service evaluation, audit and research activities, and supports the continuous improvement of CAMHS through evidence-based practice and service development initiatives. The role requires autonomous professional practice within professional and organisational guidelines while maintaining high standards of clinical care, safeguarding and record keeping.

Main duties of the job

• Specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
• Direct therapeutic work with children, young people and families
• Contribution to psychologically informed care across CAMHS and partner organisations.

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#PennineCarePeopleand 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 attached JD and PS

As a member of the multi-disciplinary CAMHS team, this post will contribute to the provision of psychological assessment and intervention to the CAMH Service working with children and young people with moderate to severe mental health difficulties and / or neurodevelopmental conditions including autistic spectrum disorders (ASD)

To develop and implement psychological therapeutic plans of care and to liaise and work with other agencies regarding the implementation of care and the management of risk.

To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service.

To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the CAMH service.

To provide supervision to qualified and pre-qualified staff. To offer expert consultation to partner agencies and other professionals within the multi‑disciplinary team.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
• Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Eligibility for BPS Chartered Status.
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
• Specialist training in psychological therapies with children, young people and families.
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.

Experience

• Previous experience of working as a trainee or qualified clinical psychologist with children, young people and their families.
• Experience of working with children and young people presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a wide range of care settings, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of working with families and carers.
• Experience of multidisciplinary and multi‑agency working.