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Job summary

Main area
CAMHS
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
311-HYM827-26
Employer
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Birch Hill Hospital
Town
Wardle, Rochdale
Salary
£28,392 - £31,157 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/09/2026 23:59

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Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust logo

Assistant Psychologist - CAMHS

NHS AfC: Band 4

Job overview

We are looking for a highly skilled, compassionate assistant psychologist to join us in Pennine Care NHS foundation trust CAMHS

Why Pennine Care CAMHS?

We are passionate about staff well-being and compassionate leadership in the CAMHS Care Hub. 

We support staff to work flexibly and recognise and respect the roles our colleagues hold outside of their working hours.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the top of our agenda. We believe that a diverse, inclusive and engaged culture is vital; that everyone’s value should be recognised and respected.

 

We proactively challenge injustices, and are the only Trust in the North West to publicly recognise our commitment to becoming anti-racist and supporting our transgender and non-binary colleagues. We also have thriving staff networks to make sure everyone has a voice.

 

We are committed to staff development and have an extensive psychological therapies training programme

Our trust values are:

 Kindness, Fairness, Ingenuity and Determination

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an assistant psychologist committed to these values and with a passion for working with children and their families to join us and work with neurodevelopmental team within HMR CAMHS. 

You will support the psychology lead by assisting in the delivery of aspects of neurodevelopmental assessments including developmental histories and observations and working as an MDT within the wider neurodevelopmental team. 

 

  Does this sound like you?  If so we’d love you to join us.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

These can be found in the attached job description and person specification in the documents to download section below. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience as a Psychology Assistant

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • An understanding of the difficulties of children with neurodevelopmental conditions and / or mental health problems and the needs of their carers
  • An understanding of psychology applied to health care
  • Knowledge of child development
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of ability to design and evaluate research projects relevant to Clinical Psychology

Skills

Essential criteria
  • High level of communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance
  • Ability to devise observational measures
  • An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines. An ability to interact with children with mental health problems / disabilities and their families
  • Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
Desirable criteria
  • High Standard of report writing
  • An interest in working with children with mental health problems / disabilities and their families
  • A desire to explore a career in Clinical Psychology

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareNo smoking policyDisability confident employerNorth West BAME

Applicant requirements

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.

Application numbers

We may close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. To ensure your application is considered, please apply as soon as possible.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Amanda Harris
Job title
Neurodevelopmental team manager
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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