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Job summary

Main area
CAMHS
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (From start date)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
311-HYM839-26
Employer
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
CAMHS, Birch Hill Hospital
Town
Wardle
Salary
£49,387 - £56,515 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/10/2026 23:59

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Clinical Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 7

 

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Job overview

We are looking for a Clinical Psychologist to become a key member of our multidisciplinary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale, providing specialist psychological assessment, formulation and evidence-based therapeutic interventions to children and young people experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties including neurodevelopmental conditions.The post holder works collaboratively with families, schools, social care, health professionals and partner agencies to support effective treatment planning, risk management and positive outcomes for young people.
 
A central aspect of the role is providing clinical supervision, training and support to qualified and trainee staff, helping to strengthen psychologically informed practice across services. The post holder contributes to the development and governance of psychological services, participates in service evaluation, audit and research activities, and supports the continuous improvement of CAMHS through evidence-based practice and service development initiatives. The role requires autonomous professional practice within professional and organisational guidelines while maintaining high standards of clinical care, safeguarding and record keeping.

Main duties of the job

  • Specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
  • Direct therapeutic work with children, young people and families
  • Consultation and advice to multidisciplinary teams and partner agencies
  • Clinical supervision and training of qualified and trainee staff.
  • Risk assessment and safeguarding responsibilities
  • Service development, audit, evaluation and research
  • Contribution to psychologically informed care across CAMHS and partner organisations.

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 attached JD and PS

As a member of the multi-disciplinary CAMHS team, this post will contribute to the provision of psychological assessment and intervention to the CAMH Service working with children and young people with moderate to severe mental health difficulties and / or neurodevelopmental conditions including autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) 

To develop and implement psychological therapeutic plans of care and to liaise and work with other agencies regarding the implementation of care and the management of risk.

To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service. 

To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the CAMH service. 

To provide supervision to qualified and pre-qualified staff. To offer expert consultation to partner agencies and other professionals within the multi-disciplinary team.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling 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
  • • Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
  • • Eligibility for BPS Chartered Status.
Desirable criteria
  • • Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
  • • Specialist training in psychological therapies with children, young people and families.
  • • Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Previous experience of working as a trainee or qualified clinical psychologist with children, young people and their families.
  • • Experience of working with children and young people presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a wide range of care settings, 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 multidisciplinary and multi-agency working.
  • Experience of child safeguarding.
  • Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan under supervision.
Desirable criteria
  • • Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
  • • Experience of assessment or intervention with children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions and / or learning disabilities
  • • ADOS trained

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of child mental health issues Knowledge of child safeguarding
  • Knowledge of a range of services typically involved with children with complex needs
  • Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
Desirable criteria
  • Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for children and young people
  • Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.

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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
Janet Teshola
Job title
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01706 676000

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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