Assistant Psychologist - Paediatric Psychosocial Service

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen to recruit 5 full time Assistant Psychologists in the Paediatric Psychosocial Service (PPS), part of Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust (MFT) CAMHS which sits within the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.

Our service is organized into three teams, Critical Care and Surgery, Medicine, and Neuropsychology. Our patients could be pre, post diagnosis or treatment, they may even be under long term follow up from their treatment here at RMCH / MRI / The Christie Hospital / Other satellite Hospitals.; hence the work base will varied.

These posts are to support busy services in Cleft lip and Palate, General Medicine , and the Neuropsychology Group, all within the Paediatric Psychosocial Services.

Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for specialist paediatrics and several whole lifespan services are based at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital/ Manchester University Foundation NHS Trust / Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI). A wide range of tertiary paediatric specialities are provided from within the Trust, including both regional, national, and international services, both within Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, and in satellite clinics at other hospitals.

Royal Manchester Children's Hospital is a regional paediatrics hospital . Psychosocial services are well regarded in the hospital and close relationships exist with our colleagues in paediatric (and indeed adult) medical specialties.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates would hold a good Honours Degree in Psychology (at least Class 2 Division 1), have a good knowledge of developmental and abnormal psychology, a clear understanding of psychological theory and interventions, and experience in working with children presenting with psychological problems.

Two of these posts will be based within the Paediatric Psychosocial Service at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and will be involved in providing support to qualified clinical staff, taking a role in direct assessment and interventions as well as undertaking audit and evaluation. The remaining post will be hosted at the Christie Hospital Protons Service in South Manchester supporting the new team being developed and established.

The Assistant Psychologist will be supervised by a Clinical Psychologist. They will have the opportunity to learn about how psychological services are offered to children, young people and their families, as well as gaining experience of Child and Adolescent Mental Health service delivery more generally. They will gain experience of psychometric assessment, individual clinical work, group-work, multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency working . They will also learn about inpatient CAMHS work and many topics very relevant to psychological interventions and assessment. A sound knowledge of Microsoft applications is required for this post in particularly in databases.

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.