Principal Clinical Psychologist

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Salford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Un hôpital reconnu recherche un psychologue clinicien spécialisé pour travailler avec des enfants et des familles souffrant de troubles d'apprentissage. Le candidat idéal aura une formation solide et une expérience dans la gestion de cas complexes. Ce rôle implique une autonomie importante ainsi qu'une collaboration au sein d'une équipe multidisciplinaire.

Qualifications

• Diplôme accepté par la BPS pour une fonction de psychologue clinique.
• Expérience significative avec des enfants ayant des besoins complexes.
• Capacité à gérer des situations interpersonnelles stressantes.

Responsibilities

• Gérer la responsabilité clinique pour le soin psychologique des jeunes.
• Évaluer et traiter des enfants présentant des troubles d'apprentissage.
• Développer des projets avec des partenaires au sein de l'organisation.

Skills

Planification de cas

Évaluation psychologique

Communication adaptée

Gestion du stress

Education

Diplôme en psychologie clinique

Inscription à l'HCPC

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll 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 you'll 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 [e-mail].

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Diploma, masters, 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 and HCPC registration

Desirable criteria

• Additional qualifications relating to the assessment of autism e.g. ADI, ADOS training and/or learning disability e.g. PBS coaches training, EMDR training related to children, Tree of Life or ACT therapy

Experience and knowledge

Essential criteria

• Significant experience of working as a specialist child clinical psychologist in the field of learning disability adapting practice for this client group
• Significant experience in assessment and therapeutic work with children and families across the age range who have disabilities and or are autistic; including experience of managing complex cases that include safeguarding
• Significant experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for young people's psychological care and treatment independently and within a multidisciplinary and multi agency context within a paediatric setting
• Significant experience of consulting with healthcare and other professionals
• Experience of teaching and training
• Significant experience providing professional and clinical supervision
• Experience of service development and development of projects with partners in other organisations
• Experience of representing CAMHS at strategic level
• Knowledge of legislation and national guidance in relation to the needs of children and young people with complex disabilities
• Experience of consultation in paediatric settings
• Experience managing clinical risk and safeguarding

Desirable criteria

• Working knowledge of national strategic agendas and legal and ethical frameworks relating to children and young with disability and/or who are autistic
• Experience as a local lead in paediatric autism/ld
• Experience of running groups
• Experience of supervising clinical psychologists

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to plan and prioritise own caseload
• Ability to select, use and interpret a range of psychological measures including cognitive and developmental assessments
• Evidence of good and adapted communication skills for working with children, parents and colleagues
• Skills in being able to adapt interventions for this client group
• 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

Education and supervision

Essential criteria

• 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 and areas relating to autism learning disability and paediatric practice

Other

Essential criteria

• Good attendance record
• Flexibility in working arrangements

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

• Principal Clinical Psychologist JD (PDF, 280.4KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 920.2KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)