Clinical Psychologist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Wardle; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Flexible working

CPD opportunities

Involvement in research

Wellbeing activities

Staff discounts

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS FT is advertising a 12-month Clinical Psychologist post within CAMHS covering Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale. The role focuses on psychological assessment, formulation and therapy for children and young people with complex mental health needs.

The post includes clinical supervision, training of staff, and involvement in service development, audit, and research within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Doctoral-level training in clinical or counselling psychology accredited by the BPS (or equivalent for those trained before 1996).
• Eligibility for BPS Chartered Status.

Responsibilities

• Specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
• Direct therapeutic work with children, young people and families.
• Developing and implementing psychological plans of care.
• Consultation and advice to multidisciplinary teams and partner agencies.
• Liaising with other agencies on care delivery and risk management.

Skills

Knowledge of child mental health

Child safeguarding

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Assessment and formulation

Clinical supervision

Education

Doctoral-level training in clinical or counselling psychology

Eligibility for BPS Chartered Status

Job description

This 12-month Clinical Psychologist post sits within the multidisciplinary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) covering Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale, run by Pennine Care NHS FT. The work centres on psychological assessment, formulation and therapy for children and young people with moderate to severe mental health difficulties, including neurodevelopmental conditions. The post also carries clinical supervision and training of qualified and trainee staff, alongside service development, audit and research. Doctoral clinical or counselling psychology training, HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist and eligibility for BPS Chartered Status are required.

What the job involves

• Specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention
• Direct therapeutic work with children, young people and families
• Developing and implementing psychological therapeutic plans of care
• Consultation and advice to multidisciplinary teams and partner agencies
• Liaising with other agencies on care delivery and the management of risk
• Clinical supervision and training of qualified and trainee staff
• Risk assessment and safeguarding responsibilities
• Service development, audit, evaluation and research
• Systematic governance of psychological practice within the service
• Working autonomously within professional guidelines
• Contributing to psychologically informed care across CAMHS and partner organisations

Qualifications

• Doctoral-level training in clinical or counselling psychology accredited by the BPS (or equivalent for those trained before 1996), covering psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more…
• Eligibility for BPS Chartered Status

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist

Experience

• Previous experience as a trainee or qualified clinical psychologist working with children, young people and their families
• Working with children and young people across the full range of clinical severity and care settings, staying professional with emotive problems, verbal abuse and threat of physical abuse
• Working with families and carers
• Multidisciplinary and multi-agency working
• Child safeguarding
• Exercising clinical responsibility as a care coordinator and within a multidisciplinary care plan under supervision

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of child mental health issues
• Knowledge of child safeguarding
• Knowledge of services typically involved with children with complex needs
• Doctoral-level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis

Nice to have

• 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 applying psychology in different cultural contexts
• Experience of assessment or intervention with children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions and/or learning disabilities
• ADOS trained
• Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for children and young people
• Well-developed knowledge of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies

What’s offered

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff
• Flexible working opportunities
• Access to continued professional development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and wellbeing activitiesAccess to an staff wellbeing service
• Staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel