Job overview

An opportunity has arisen within the Community Adult Learning Disability Service for a permanent post as an Assistant Psychologist within the Psychology Service that works in the Central Learning Disability Service in Manchester, based in Hulme.

The role will be to support the qualified psychologists to work with adults with learning disabilities, their families and the services that support them in a variety of ways, as well as supporting the wider multi-disciplinary teams. This will include delivering therapy, neuropsychological assessments, behavioural advice, training, and contribution to service developments.

Main duties of the job

To assist, under the direct supervision of a qualified  psychologist, the delivery of  psychology services .  There is an emphasis upon clinical delivery alongside evaluation, service development, research and audit. Clinical delivery will include neuropsychological assessments, delivery of therapy, advice to supporters and dementia assessments. 

 To support and enhance the professional psychological care within clinical psychology services for Adults with Learning Disabilities and their families and care staff in  Central Manchester.

To assist in clinically related administration, collation and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, development of audit and research projects, delivering and participating in training and service development project work.

Working for our organisation

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.