Job summary
CAMHS has a long history of providing services to children and young people with moderate to severe mental health needs, learning disabilities and complex presentations of autism, as well as working closely with the networks around young people and their families, including schools, local authority and other agencies. The postholder will be the clinical lead for North Manchester Core CAMHS providing assessment, intervention and support to this population.
You will closely link with clinicians and managers across MFT CAMHS, and be a key lead in contributing to innovative delivery of psychological services for the whole service. MFT CAMHS have been at the forefront of many national developments for CYP mental health, including research trials, development of innovative targeted teams, CYP-IAPT and i-THRIVE, and you will be part of continuing this innovation.
The postholder must demonstrate excellent working relationships with Children's Services, Community Health, Education, Parent Carer for a and other partner agencies as required.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will take a leading role in facilitating provision of a district CAMHS psychological service to children and young people in North Manchester, including referral systems, intervention pathways and service evaluation. Services will include direct assessment, formulation and intervention with children and families, particularly those young people with the most complex psychological needs, including high risk. The role will also involve leading on staff training, consultation and support and provision of psychological advice, including multiagency liaison around complex cases. In conjunction with the Director of Psychological Services and other senior leads in the CSU, to lead on innovative psychological practice.
You will supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by all psychological practitioners and other clinical members of the North Manchester CAMHS district team who provide psychologically based care and treatment. This includes working autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service.
About us
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.
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
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters, doctoral degree or equivalent accepted by the British Psychological Society as qualifying the person to work as a Clinical Psychologist ? Or equivalent core professional qualification (e.g. Nursing, Social Work) along with additional post-graduate level qualification in approved professional therapeutic training (Masters Level or above)
- Post-qualification registration with appropriate regulatory body
Desirable
- Appropriate Management qualification
- Appropriate Supervision qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-qualification experience of working as a Clinical Psychologist/Equivalent Psychological Professional.
- Experience of professional/clinical management of qualified psychological practitioners
- Extensive experience of joint working with other statutory, voluntary or private sector organisation.
- Extensive experience in assessment, formulation and therapeutic work with children and families across the age range with a full range of presenting problems and across settings including community, outpatient and clinic settings.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for the psychological care and treatment of clients independently and within a multidisciplinary and multiagency context
- Extensive experience of consulting with health care and other professionals.
- Experience of innovative service development in CAMHS
- Extensive experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- High level knowledge of legislation and national guidance in relation to the mental health needs of children and young people.
Desirable
- Experience of the application and delivery of psychological services in diverse contexts.
- Experience of representing psychological services in local policy fora.
- Experience of service planning, performance management and budgetary management
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters, doctoral degree or equivalent accepted by the British Psychological Society as qualifying the person to work as a Clinical Psychologist ? Or equivalent core professional qualification (e.g. Nursing, Social Work) along with additional post-graduate level qualification in approved professional therapeutic training (Masters Level or above)
- Post-qualification registration with appropriate regulatory body
Desirable
- Appropriate Management qualification
- Appropriate Supervision qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-qualification experience of working as a Clinical Psychologist/Equivalent Psychological Professional.
- Experience of professional/clinical management of qualified psychological practitioners
- Extensive experience of joint working with other statutory, voluntary or private sector organisation.
- Extensive experience in assessment, formulation and therapeutic work with children and families across the age range with a full range of presenting problems and across settings including community, outpatient and clinic settings.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for the psychological care and treatment of clients independently and within a multidisciplinary and multiagency context
- Extensive experience of consulting with health care and other professionals.
- Experience of innovative service development in CAMHS
- Extensive experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- High level knowledge of legislation and national guidance in relation to the mental health needs of children and young people.
Desirable
- Experience of the application and delivery of psychological services in diverse contexts.
- Experience of representing psychological services in local policy fora.
- Experience of service planning, performance management and budgetary management
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).
