Consultant Clinical Psychologist | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	22 Medi 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£76,965 - £88,682 per annum, pro rata
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	22 Hydref 2025
Lleoliad:	Manchester, M40 5BP
Cwmni:	Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7418733/349-MCH-7418733-RL4

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CAMHS has a long history of providing services to children and young people with moderate to severe mental health needs, learning disabilities and complex presentations of autism, as well as working closely with the networks around young people and their families, including schools, local authority and other agencies. The postholder will be the clinical lead for North Manchester Core CAMHS providing assessment, intervention and support to this population.

You will closely link with clinicians and managers across MFT CAMHS, and be a key lead in contributing to innovative delivery of psychological services for the whole service. MFT CAMHS have been at the forefront of many national developments for CYP mental health, including research trials, development of innovative targeted teams, CYP-IAPT and i-THRIVE, and you will be part of continuing this innovation.

The postholder must demonstrate excellent working relationships with Children’s Services, Community Health, Education, Parent Carer for a and other partner agencies as required.

The post holder will take a leading role in facilitating provision of a district CAMHS psychological service to children and young people in North Manchester, including referral systems, intervention pathways and service evaluation. Services will include direct assessment, formulation and intervention with children and families, particularly those young people with the most complex psychological needs, including high risk. The role will also involve leading on staff training, consultation and support and provision of psychological advice, including multiagency liaison around complex cases. In conjunction with the Director of Psychological Services and other senior leads in the CSU, to lead on innovative psychological practice.

You will supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by all psychological practitioners and other clinical members of the North Manchester CAMHS district team who provide psychologically based care and treatment. This includes working autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & 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 30,000 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 6 Oct 2025

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