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CAMHS Learning Disability Nurse/Clinical Psychologist LD

Job details
Posting date: 08 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £43,742 - £50,056 Per Annum (Pro Rata)
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 08 May 2024
Location: Salford, M6 5FX
Company: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6151342/349-MCH-6151342

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Summary

A Vacancy at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.


Salford CAMHS are looking for a Learning Disability Nurse or Clinical Psychologist to work within our team to support young people with complex needs.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a multi-agency team, working alongside clinical psychologists and community learning disability nurses to provide a service to children with severe learning disabilities and complex presentations of autism (aged up to 18). The post holder will be involved in running groups as well as holding their own individual caseload and be expected to support trainees, engage in training and be involved in consultation. The service works across all Thrive needs lead groupings and is committed to providing positive behavioural support using person centred formulations.

We offer a robust supervision and development structure in terms of psychological therapies training within the Trust and across Greater Manchester to access specialist training in line with your own and the team's needs.

Salford CAMHS sees service user feedback and participation as key components of service delivery and development.

Delivery of service provision within the parameters of learning disability, in a multi-agency context. To provide specialist assessments of children and adolescents referred to the service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources including structured assessments, self-report measures, direct observation and interviews with clients, family members and/or carers. You will provide evidence based therapy and you may do this in the workplace, at the young person's home or in schools.

To join the existing team in delivering a range of specialist assessments.

To formulate and implement plans for intervention.

To deliver group Parenting interventions

To attend MDT clinics as appropriate. To provide training, advice and consultation to staff from Education, health and other agencies.

To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, and discharge of clients.



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.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll 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 you’ll 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 atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!


This advert closes on Sunday 28 Apr 2024

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