Clinical Psychologist/Specialist CAMHS Practitioner | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 24 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 Per Annum (Pro Rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 May 2024 |
| Location: | Stretford, M32 0TH |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6190088/349-MCH-6190088 |
Summary
We are looking for a dynamic, creative Clinician to join our highly experienced, supportive CAMHS for Children in Care team. Trafford CAMHS CIC work with Children and Young People aged 0 to 18 yrs with a wide range of complex emotional and behavioural difficulties.
The successful candidate will join our multi-disciplinary team and be interested in developing and extending their clinical skills in evidence-based interventions (in particular CBT and/or DBT). You will manage your own caseload working with young people at assessment and intervention stage. You will develop skills in liaising with education and social care. This is a clinical post and the expectation is the majority of time will be spent in direct clinical practice. Individual supervision is provided by Senior Clinicians.
You must have experience of working with children, young people and their carers/families with complex mental health needs, have a working knowledge of CAMHS and or adult mental health and have an understanding of assessing complex mental health needs and levels of risk.
We are committed to the continuing professional development of team members and positive well-being, ensuring clinicians are able to achieve the right work-life balance.
This vacancy is for a post with Trafford CAMHS for Children in Care, Trafford Town Hall, Stretford.
The post holder will work in the Trafford District for the CAMHS for Children in Care team service and will see general referrals to the Department across the age range, with a broad range of presenting difficulties. The post holder will be based within our core service and will be responsible for delivering formulation driven and evidence-based interventions with children, young people and their families. Intervention offers will include individual and groupwork, with opportunities to work jointly with other practitioners. There will be a specific focus on supporting the fostering arm of Trafford’s Children in Care Team via regular consultation and therapeutic parenting interventions to maximise placement security and stability, with multi-agency liaison and consultation.
The post holder will have a range of skills and knowledge base to deliver clinical aspects of the role in a multi-disciplinary team setting and will be competent to do this work as an autonomous practitioner within professional practice guidelines. This post entails teaching and supervisory duties to other professionals and junior staff and/or students and regular consultation to the wider children’s service. The post holder is also expected to promote and develop partnerships and interface with other professionals and agencies that work within the Child and Adolescent Mental Health THRIVE Framework.
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 Monday 13 May 2024
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