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Job summary

Main area
Clinical Psychology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
  • Home or remote working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
311-HYM676-25-A
Employer
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Oldham CAMHS, Reflections Building, Royal Oldham Hospital
Town
Oldham
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/05/2025 23:59

Employer heading

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Clinical Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 7

 

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople

https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values

 

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join a multidisciplinary CAMHS team and contribute to an integrated and well established psychological provision. There will be opportunities to work with children and young people from 5 to 18 years old, and their families, using a range of modalities and methods of intervention.  You will have opportunities to contribute to service evaluation and development, work across a range of care pathways and get involved in project and improvement work. You will be joining a motivated and nurturing multidisciplinary team and have opportunities for professional development including training and multidisciplinary supervision and working. 

Please see the job description and person specification for more details. 

Main duties of the job

As part of our CAMHS team the post holder will be expected to support services for children who require assessment and intervention in relation to mental health difficulties which are impacting significantly on their quality of life and/or neurodivergencies and to be an integral part of the CAMH Service and working to Pennine Care Strategic objectives.  The Post holder will be managed by a senior Clinical Psychologist in CAMHS /Operational Manager. 

You will :

  • provide specialist psychological assessments of children
  • formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of the child’s presenting issues
  • be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups
  • evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group
  • contribute to the development of a service whereby professionals within and outside of CAMHS who work with children with significant mental health or neurodevelopmental needs have access to a psychologically based framework for understanding the care of clients of the service, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and 
    theory

Please see the job description and person specification for full details of the role.

Working for our organisation

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification for a detailed description of the job role and main responsibility. 

We also invite you to get in touch with the Sarita Dewan, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, if you would like to find out more about the role.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • 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
  • Current registration with HCPC governing body
Desirable criteria
  • Post-qualification training or experience with children and adolescents.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in assessment and therapeutic work with children and families across the age range.
  • Experience of multidisciplinary teamwork and consulting with health care and other professionals.
  • 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.
Desirable criteria
  • Positive approach to own continuing professional development.
  • Interest in supervising assistant psychologists and trainees.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of attachment difficulties in YP and their families / carers
Desirable criteria
  • Working knowledge of professional systems involved in work with children.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to plan and prioritise own caseload.
  • Ability to formulate clinical problems using psychological theory
  • Ability to assess needs, plan, implement and evaluate appropriate interventions with children and parents / carers across the age range
  • Ability to work with people from different backgrounds, cultures and of different ages
  • Good skills in communicating with children, parents and colleagues
  • 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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sarita Dewan
Job title
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01617162020

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
225 Old Street
225 Old Street
OL6 7SR
Telephone
01617163181
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