Senior Locally Employed Doctor in CAMHS (Salford) | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Posting date: | 02 July 2025 |
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Salary: | Not specified |
Additional salary information: | £61,825 Per annum |
Hours: | Full time |
Closing date: | 02 August 2025 |
Location: | Salford, M6 5FX |
Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
Job type: | Permanent |
Job reference: | 7276645/349-MCH-7276645-RL4 |
Summary
Our CAMHS service our OUSTANDING and the CQC agrees! We have achieved an outstanding rating in two consecutive unannounced CQC inspections and this is something we are understandably very proud of.
Our CAMHS division provides a full range of mental health services to the children of North, South and Central Manchester. We also provide the same services for Salford and Trafford area. In addition to our 5 locality services, we have a community service for 16 and 17 year olds (Emerge), an inpatient unit (Galaxy House); a small Tier 4 specialist outpatient Social Communication Clinic and liaison mental health for the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
With other CAMHS colleagues, to provide child and adolescent psychiatric care and advice as required and in accordance with the service specification.
To give child and adolescent psychiatric opinion and advice as appropriate within the CAMHS team.
• Case liaison with other agencies as appropriate.
• Assessment and management of children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties, including delivering ADHD medication clinics
• Management of children and young people prescribed medication for the treatment of mental health difficulties
• Clinical supervision of other CAMHS team members as appropriate.
• Duty cover in the day time for emergencies.
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.
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.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
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 Thursday 17 Jul 2025
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