Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced clinician to lead the ongoing development of Parent and Infant Relationship Service (PAIRS) in Salford. This service is in its infancy and is part an integrated approach to ensuring high quality Perinatal and Parent Infant Mental Health (PIMH) services across the whole of Greater Manchester. Salford PAIRS are also expanding as part of the Best Start for Life national funding which is resulting in a wider staff team and expected reach. You will be part of an innovative, outstanding multidisciplinary CAMHS team in the city of Salford, and alongside multi-agency colleagues you will be leading and delivering highly specialist interventions and early intervention/prevention approaches for parent-infant populations.
This post will be a key lead in continuing to develop the 0-2 years Parent & Infant Relationship Service (PAIRS) in Salford, working alongside managers, clinical leads and multi-agency partners to ensure the high-quality delivery of psychological provision, supervision, service development and research to this population group. You will work closely with multi-agency strategic leads in Salford and will be part of a service that contributes to strategic developments and innovation across Greater Manchester, including research trials, development of innovative targeted teams, CYP-IAPT and i-THRIVE.
Main duties of the job
This post is open to Clinical Psychologists and Child & Adolescent Psychotherapists, who come with extensive experience working with parent-infant mental health/CAMHS. You must be highly motivated, proactive and flexible, with the ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and verbally with diverse groups of staff (clinical and operational), and external organisations. High level skills in planning, prioritising and innovation are essential in this exciting, diverse and challenging role.
Your eligibility for HCPC/ACP Registration (or equivalent) is considered essential.
This is a 12 month fixed term post to cover Maternity leave for the existing Lead Clinician and internal MFT Employees will be considered for a secondment opportunity.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & 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 28,000 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
essential & desirable
Essential
- Doctorate level training in clinical psychology or Professional qualification as a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist as recognised by the Association of Child Psychotherapists
- Eligibility for Chartered Clinical Psychology Status & HCPC registered or Full Membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP).
- Undertaken post qualification further training in a specialised area of Psychotherapeutic practice such as CAT, psycho-analytic therapy, Psycho-dynamic Psychotherapy)
- Training in supervision of trainee psychologist/child psychotherapists and other professionals within an MDT.
- Substantial experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist/Child Psychotherapist
- Experience in undertaking line management of psychological therapies staff.
- oHolder of a valid driving licence and access to a car
Desirable
- Experience of working as a highly specialist clinician with children under 2 and their families
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
Person Specification
essential & desirable
Essential
- Doctorate level training in clinical psychology or Professional qualification as a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist as recognised by the Association of Child Psychotherapists
- Eligibility for Chartered Clinical Psychology Status & HCPC registered or Full Membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP).
- Undertaken post qualification further training in a specialised area of Psychotherapeutic practice such as CAT, psycho-analytic therapy, Psycho-dynamic Psychotherapy)
- Training in supervision of trainee psychologist/child psychotherapists and other professionals within an MDT.
- Substantial experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist/Child Psychotherapist
- Experience in undertaking line management of psychological therapies staff.
- oHolder of a valid driving licence and access to a car
Desirable
- Experience of working as a highly specialist clinician with children under 2 and their families
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
