Job summaryAn exciting opportunity has arisen to join a large and established team within the Paediatric Psychosocial Service within the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (RMCH), part of Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust (MFT) CAMHS.
The Paediatric Psychosocial Services are well regarded in the Trust and close relationships exist within our colleagues in paediatric (and indeed adult) medical specialities. The Service also sits within a wider CAMHS Division and within the Acute Trust, so is well supported and connected with other Children's Mental Health Services in Manchester, Salford and Trafford.
We are keen to promote innovative practice, as well as specialist psychological assessment and intervention. Across the service we work with hospital inpatients and outpatients, with face-to-face as well as online/virtual modalities. We offer patient groups, consultation groups and psychosocial forums with other medical specialties, we actively contribute to the wider Trust Schwartz Round programme and support a range of therapeutic intervention modalities, including neuropsychology, family therapy, ACT, CFT, Narrative, CBT, psychotherapeutic approaches and parent-infant work. We are a committed research service with our team contributing to a wide range of research projects and host some of our own too.
We are a friendly, caring team who want to make a difference and would love to hear from you if this post is of interest.
Main duties of the jobAs a Principal Clinical Psychologist with substantial senior clinical experience and post-qualification training, the post-holder will work alongside other senior staff to provide leadership to ensure the systematic delivery of a high-quality and highly specialist psychosocial service for children and families across four specialties at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital: Endocrine, Disorders of Sexual Development (DSD), Urology and Renal.
The post holder would have a lead role for clinical psychology provision across these areas, and responsibility for ensuring specialist psychological assessments, direct and indirect therapeutic interventions, and clinical audit and research evaluations. The post holder will require a strong working knowledge of governance systems within the NHS and be confident working autonomously within professional guidelines.
To use the highest quality of psychological evidence and clinical accountability to inform and enable best practice. To undertake the supervision and clinical evaluation of Specialist Clinical Psychologist and doctoral Trainee Clinical Psychologists.
Applications for specific specialties and for those interested in an 8a development role will be considered on balance with service need.
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At MFT, you'll find a workplace where everyone is respected, supported, and encouraged to thrive. We offer clear clinical pathways for professional development, helping you grow your skills and achieve your ambitions.Your journey at MFT is more than a job - it's an opportunity to make a lasting impact. We'll support you as you shape the future of healthcare, one patient at a time.
QualificationsEssential- Registration / Eligibility for registration as a clinical psychologist with the Health Professions Council
- Accredited membership of an appropriate psychological therapy professional body (e.g. BABCP)
- Diploma, masters, doctoral degree or equivalent accepted by the British Psychological Society as qualifying the person to work as a clinical psychologist
Desirable- Post Qualification Continuing Professional Development related to Paediatric Psychosocial services
- Post-doctoral experience of service development within Paediatric Psychology
- Post Qualification Continuing Professional Development or training in 3rd wave CBT approaches or Family Therapy
Experience/KnowledgeEssential- Significant and demonstrable experience of working as a child specialist clinical psychologist.
- Experience of managing referral protocols, guidelines and pathways
- Experience of leading on the development of services
- Experience of working within specialist paediatric services
- Experience in assessment and therapeutic work with children and families across the age range with a full range of presenting problems and across settings
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment independently and within a multidisciplinary and multiagency context
- Experience of consulting with health care and other professionals
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
- Experience of assessment and interpretation of neuropsychological tests
- Knowledge of legislation and national guidance in relation to the needs of children within a Diabetes service
- Experience in developing services
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multidisciplinary care
Desirable- Working knowledge of professional systems involved in work with children, both in specialist hospital and community settings
- Experience of working with children and families within diabetes services
- Experience of working autonomously as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience in working in developing services. Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of supporting multidisciplinary staff within an acute hospital setting
- Experience of facilitating debrief sessions with multidisciplinary staff
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications 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.UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration.Diversity MattersMFT 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. 
