Clinical Psychologist jobs in Canada

Are you an enthusiastic and skilled Psychology graduate who would be interested in working within our well established CAMHS team as an Assistant Psychologist? We are keen to find a new team member who is able to utilise their existing skills and competencies and to build upon them to support young people and their families who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties.

Our team is made up of a wide variety of different professionals from health (i.e. Mental health nursing, LD nursing, Psychology, Psychiatry, SALT) and social care (Social workers). This means we offer an opportunity to work alongside colleagues from different disciplines, giving you a variety of experience and opportunities. We have other Assistant Psychologists in the team and there is a wider network of Assistant Psychologists across the MFT network.

This post involves assisting in the delivery and development of Salford Core CAMHS and supporting CAMHS clinicians in their direct work with children and young people and their families.

Salford CAMHS is unique in MFT as its core services and Neurodevelopmental offer sit under the same team. This means the post holder will have the opportunity to work within both streams and will be involved in assessment and interventions for young people who have a co-morbid mental health presentation alongside a suspected or diagnosed neurodevelopmental condition.

The post holder will assist with a wide range of duties at all stages of service delivery - assessment, formulation, intervention, and evaluation. Duties may include the development of resources, audit, service development and support to group delivery.

The post holder will also be expected to assist CAMHS clinicians in the preparation, delivery and evaluation of a variety of clinical, teaching and research tasks. They will act under the supervision of a Senior Clinical Psychologist and will receive regular supervision

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

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 atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!


This advert closes on Sunday 3 Aug 2025