Clinical Psychologist

NHS Greater Manchester; Wardle; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Flexible working

Continued Professional Development

Research involvement

Health and wellbeing support

Staff discounts

Job summary

NHS Greater Manchester is recruiting a Clinical Psychologist to join the multidisciplinary CAMHS team in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale. You will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence‑based interventions for children and young people with moderate to severe mental health difficulties and neurodevelopmental conditions.

The role includes supervision and training of staff, contributing to service development, governance and research, and working with families,

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology, with competency in psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology.
• Registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.
• Eligibility for BPS Chartered Status and post-doctoral specialization in child psychology.
• Formal supervision training for psychologists and trainees.

Responsibilities

• Specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for CYP with mental health needs.
• Direct therapeutic work with children, young people and families.
• Provide supervision and training to qualified and trainee staff.
• Contribute to safeguarding, risk management and governance within CAMHS.

Skills

Clinical psychology

Supervision

Risk assessment

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology

HCPC registration

Eligibility for BPS Chartered Status

Post-doctoral training in additional areas

Specialist training in therapies for children/young people

Training in supervision of psychologists

Job description

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
• Consultation and advice to multidisciplinary teams and partner agencies
• Clinical supervision and training of qualified and trainee staff.
• Risk assessment and safeguarding responsibilities
• Service development, audit, evaluation and research
• Contribution to psychologically informed care across CAMHS and partner organisations.

About us

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

Job 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

• oPost-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
• oProfessionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• oEligibility for BPS Chartered Status.
• oPost-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
• oSpecialist training in psychological therapies with children, young people and families.
• oFormal training in supervision of other psychologists.

Experience

• oPrevious experience of working as a trainee or qualified clinical psychologist with children, young people and their families.
• oExperience 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.
• Experience of child safeguarding.
• Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan under supervision.
• oExperience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
• oExperience of assessment or intervention with children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions and / or learning disabilities

Knowledge

• Knowledge of child mental health issues Knowledge of child safeguarding
• Knowledge of a range of services typically involved with children with complex needs
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
• Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for children and young people
• Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.

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.