Clinical Psychologist | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for a committed Psychologist to join our large and welcoming team to work into the cleft, lip and palate service at RMCH, and the diabetes team at Tameside General Hospital. This post will be supervised and managed by Consultant Clinical Psychologists at RMCH.

Paediatric Psychosocial services are well regarded in the hospital and close relationships exist with our colleagues in paediatric (and indeed adult) medical specialties. We are keen to promote innovative practice, as well as traditional individual psychological assessment and intervention.

This is a Band 7 to 8a development opportunity using Annex 21 process.

This is open to Band 8a and Band 7 applicants.

We will be accepting applications from Band 7 applicants with view to develop into a Band 8a role

Duration

Salary Payable

(i) up to 12 months prior to completion of training:

75% of the top of the band

(ii) more than one but less than two years prior to completion of training:

70% of the top of the band

(iii) more than two but less than three years prior to completion of training:

65% of the top of the band

(iv) more than three years from completion of training:

• Providing evidence-based psychological assessment and interventions
• Contributing to MDT care planning and review
• Providing consultation, training and support to the wider team
• Developing the clinical psychology service in conjunction with senior colleagues
• Supervision of more junior colleagues, trainee and assistant psychologists or other psychological practitioners
• Contributing to audit and research

• An accredited post-graduate qualification in Clinical Psychology
• Registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Post-qualification experience of working within the fields of paediatric, adolescent or adult health psycholog

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & 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.

We work with hospital inpatients, groups, and with face-to-face as well as online/virtual modalities. We run patient groups, consultation groups and psychosocial meetings with other medical specialties, we actively contribute to the wider Trust Schwartz team and support a range of therapeutic intervention modalities, including neuropsychology, family therapy, ACT, CFT, Narrative, CBT approaches and psychotherapeutic approaches.

We are a committed research service with our team contributing to a wide range of research projects and host some of our own too. Continuing professional development and further training is supported and encouraged at this grade in association with the appraisal process

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 you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

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 atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

This advert closes on Friday 18 Oct 2024