We are looking for a highly skilled, compassionate, and experienced consultant clinical psychologist to join us in Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust CAMHS.
Why Pennine Care CAMHS?
We are passionate about staff well-being and compassionate leadership in the CAMHS Care Hub.
We support staff to work flexibly and recognize and respect the roles our colleagues hold outside of their working hours.
Equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the top of our agenda. We believe that a diverse, inclusive, and engaged culture is vital; everyone's value should be recognized and respected.
We proactively challenge injustices and are the only Trust in the North West to publicly recognize our commitment to becoming anti-racist and supporting our transgender and non-binary colleagues. We also have thriving staff networks to ensure everyone has a voice.
We are committed to staff development and have an extensive psychological therapies training program.
Main duties of the job
To lead the design and delivery of evidence-based care pathways and psychological interventions for a range of childhood emotional health and well-being issues across the local system. To support whole-system transformation and lead programs of change that ensure the principles of "Future in Mind" and iThrive recommendations are delivered within the locality. Ensure the systematic provision of high-quality clinical psychology and psychological interventions in the multidisciplinary team for the child and family population of the locality, across all sectors of care. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service. Embed a local culture of early intervention and develop the recovery and self-management agenda within all.
About us
We are proud to provide high-quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester-Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities, and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage, and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We also encourage applications from individuals with lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us, we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance.
- Access to Continued Professional Development.
- Involvement in improvement and research activities.
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service.
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure, and travel.
Job responsibilities
As the Consultant Lead Clinical Psychologist, the post holder would provide clinical leadership for the Clinical Psychologists, Psychological Therapists, and practitioners delivering psychological interventions in the locality CAMHS. These roles include generic psychology posts and specialist psychological posts working with Looked After Children, Autism, and Learning Disability, as well as therapists across a range of modalities. Following recent publication of Psychological Therapies plans for working age and older adults, a Psychological Therapies plan for children and young people is being developed.
Key Result Areas
- The development and delivery of whole-system evidence-based care pathways emphasizing recovery, self-management, capacity building, and accessible expertise.
- Provision of highly developed specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the multidisciplinary team, utilizing complex data from various sources, including psychometric procedures, self-report measures, rating scales, structured observations, and interviews with clients, families, and others involved in care.
Person Specification Application and interview
- Doctorate level training in clinical psychology, including models of clinical, psychometrics, at least two psychological therapies, and child developmental psychology, accredited by the BPS or equivalent.
- Experience as a qualified clinical psychologist working with children and young people and their families, including line management of psychological therapies staff.
- Effective communication skills, capable of conveying highly technical and sensitive information to diverse audiences.
- Experience working with children with complex needs in various settings, including community, inpatient, residential, and foster care environments.
- Additional qualifications in therapeutic models such as CBT, CAT, psychoanalytic therapies.
- Experience representing psychology within multidisciplinary teams.
- Deep knowledge of psychological therapies and assessment methodologies for specific groups.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A check will be conducted via the Disclosure and Barring Service for any criminal convictions.
Associate Network Director Psychological Therapies