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- Prif leoliad
- psychology
- Gradd
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Cyfnod Penodol: 12 mis (maternity cover)
- Oriau
- Llawnamser
- Gweithio hyblyg
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 311-HYM786-26
- Cyflogwr
- Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- Hope Unit, Fairfield Hospital
- Tref
- Bury
- Cyflog
- £49,387 - £64,750 per annum, pro rata
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- Yn flynyddol
- Yn cau
- 16/07/2026 23:59
Teitl cyflogwr
Specialist Clinical Psychologist - CAMHS Inpatients
NHS AfC: Band 8a
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values
Trosolwg o'r swydd
We are looking for a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist to join our friendly and dynamic CAMHS Inpatient multi-disciplinary team to cover maternity leave for 12 months. Consideration would be given to a newly qualified preceptee or somebody looking to develop from 7 to 8a clinical Psychologist.
The Hope unit is a 12 bedded general adolescent unit which provides assessment, care and mental health treatment to young people aged 13-18.
We are a compassionate and resilient team, present with purpose, reflecting and growing together. Through kindness, support, appreciation and passion, we create a positive environment where both staff and young people are encouraged to thrive. Every day, we lead with care, celebrate our strengths, and commit to excellence, because together, we make a lasting impact.
PCNFT is proud to be the lead provider for CAMHS Inpatient Care within Greater Manchester. As such the post holder will opportunity for collaborative working, service and professional development.
Job Summary
• To provide a qualified specialist CAMHS clinical psychology service to clients of the service, providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy including DBT, Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapies and psycho-dynamically informed psychotherapies.
• To provide supervision and reflective practice to the Hope unit staff team.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
• To provide specialist psychological assessments and formulation of young people who have been admitted to the unit
• To formulate and implements plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems.
• To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups within and across teams.
• To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both therapeutic and theoretical models and highly complex factors
• To provide specialist psychologically informed advice, guidance, supervision and consultation to other professionals. Including direct support of the assistant psychologist
• To offer specialist therapy in a range of therapeutic modalities.
• To work autonomously and as one of the senior members of the multi-disciplinary team within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
• To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the CAMHS Service
• To take the lead in the development of new areas of service delivery and care pathways.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
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 #PennineCarePeople and 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
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
please see detailed job description and person specification. please note this role is for maternity cover for 12 months.
Manyleb y person
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- • Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical 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.
- • Registration with BPS
Meini prawf dymunol
- • Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
- • Specialist training in therapeutic work with children, young people and families.
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- • Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist (with demonstrable experience at a specialist level).
- • Experience of working with children and young people presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a wide range of care settings severity 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 exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a MDT care plan
- Experience of teaching, training and / or professional and clinical supervision.
Meini prawf dymunol
- • Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- • Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings.
- • Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
Knowledge
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and young people and mental health.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for children and young people
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, including psychometric testing, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
- Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations
- Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to work flexibly including some evenings and occasional weekends
work related circumstance
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
- Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
- Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Application numbers
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Kirsty Smedley
- Teitl y swydd
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 0161 716 1174
Os ydych yn cael problemau'n gwneud cais, cysylltwch â
- Cyfeiriad
-
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
225 Old Street
225 Old Street
OL6 7SR
- Rhif ffôn
- 01617163181
Rhestr swyddi gyda Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust yn Proffesiynau Perthynol i Iechyd neu bob sector



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